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Regulator waffles on bisphenol A.
Eight days after chemical industry lobbyists met with Obama administration officials, federal regulators delayed action on including bisphenol A in a new effort to better regulate dangerous chemicals.
Full StoryGood chemistry for some household sprays.
It has been nearly a year since S. C. Johnson & Son agreed to begin disclosing all the ingredients in its home-cleaning and air-care products sold in the U.S. And earlier this month, a lawsuit with the aim of forcing other cleaning-product manufacturers to do the same inched closer to resolution.
Full StoryWhat Your Cell Phone’s Made Of
From Wired.com: Ever wonder what makes your cell phone ring? We’re talking hardware, not incoming calls. That tiny device puts a periodic table’s worth of elements in your pocket. We dissected a Sony-Ericsson W300 — and tracked down where its contents likely originated.
Full StoryIs Your Lipstick Safe?
From Ms Magazine: That lipstick or nail polish you may be wearing — are they a danger to your health? How about your deodorant, toothpaste, body lotion, soap? Seemingly innocuous personal-care products contain a host of largely unregulated chemicals and toxic ingredients. Some of those chemicals — phthalates, formaldehyde, petroleum, parabens, benzene and lead — [...]
Full StoryParents Sue Soft Drink Cos. Over Benzene
By LIBBY QUAID AP Food and Farm Writer WASHINGTON Apr 11, 2006 (AP)— Two soft-drink companies were sued Tuesday by parents complaining that there might be cancer-causing benzene in kids’ drinks. Attorneys filed class-action lawsuits against the companies in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston and Leon County Circuit Court in Tallahassee, Fla. They accused Polar [...]
Full StoryThe Lowdown on Sweet?
New York Times: By Melanie Warner WHEN Dr. Morando Soffritti, a cancer researcher in Bologna, Italy, saw the results of his team’s seven-year study on aspartame, he knew he was about to be injected into a bitter controversy over this sweetener, one of the most contentiously debated substances ever added to foods and beverages. Aspartame [...]
Full StoryWhat’s in you?
Part one of a three part series Douglas Fischer – STAFF WRITER Inside Bay Area In a pioneering study, we tested a Bay Area family for a suite of chemical pollutants. The results stunned even scientists. A casual observer of Rowan Hammond Holland sees a little towhead, devilishly cute, who grins impishly while tossing food [...]
Full StorySteelworkers Union Alerts Commercial Users of DuPont Teflon ® -Related Chemical about “Duty to Warn” Customers of Possible Harm
Source: ENN: Environmental News Network August 10, 2005 — By United Steel Workers PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Citing growing public health concerns, the United Steelworkers (USW) union has informed major carpet cleaning retailers and wholesalers, fast food chains and major retail clothing companies that they may have “a legal duty to warn” their customers about potential [...]
Full StoryTeflon likely to cause cancer
News-Medical.net: In a new report scientists say that a chemical compound used to make Teflon, possibly causes cancer. The report, which is still in draft, is written by the scientific advisory panel of the Environmental Protection Agency, and has identified perfluorooctanoic acid as a “likely carcinogen”. The EPA has until now classified PFOA as a [...]
Full StoryTesting For Toxins
SFGate.com: Women are taking environmental health into their own hands Recent research has shown that phthalates, chemicals routinely used in body-care products, could harm developing fetuses and young children. (The effects on adult bodies are less clear but may include male-fertility problems.) Beyond simple questions of poisoning — the sort of tests the cosmetic industry [...]
Full StoryThe Ugly Side of Cosmetics
Make-up and body care products have been linked to allergic reactions, birth defects, and even cancer. Here’s what you need to know. Suzanne Anich of Minneapolis, MN, has a morning routine similar to that of many women. She shampoos and conditions her hair with products that contain natural ingredients, according to the labels. She brushes [...]
Full StoryMoms’ cosmetics linked to sons’ sexual development
For the first time, scientists have found evidence that chemicals widely used in cosmetics and plastics and found in pregnant women are adversely affecting genital development in their infant boys. The findings published by researchers at the University of Minnesota and other institutions could have implications for the chemical industry and for the U.S. Food [...]
Full StoryWhy Your Mattress May Be Killing You
By Mark Sweiger The organic movement, which started with organic food, is moving to the bedroom in a big way. “The bedroom? ” you say. Yes, my dear, the bedroom, where organic mattresses and organic bedding are becoming an important new trend in the quest for a healthier lifestyle. The organic bedroom trend is motivated [...]
Full StoryHow Toxic Is Your Home?
By Debra Lynn Dadd We like to think of our homes as being a safe place to be–a refuge from a dangerous world. Yet some of the exposures that you have day-to-day that are most hazardous to your health and the health of your family happen right at home. The good news is that for [...]
Full StoryMaking Your Own Herbal Hair Shampoo
By Rudy Silva In 1990 I decided not to use the commercially made shampoos after reading Aubrey Hamptons book, Natural Organic Hair and Skin Care. In this book Aubrey tells you how to read the label on any product that you put on your skin or hair. Manufacturers are constantly using toxic chemicals in their [...]
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