Archive for 'Healthy Home'
Regulator waffles on bisphenol A.
Feb 14, 2010 –
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. Read...
Read MoreGood chemistry for some household sprays.
Feb 11, 2010 –
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...
Read MoreWhat Your Cell Phone’s Made Of
Dec 17, 2006 –
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...
Read MoreIs Your Lipstick Safe?
Dec 11, 2006 –
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...
Read MoreParents Sue Soft Drink Cos. Over Benzene
Apr 11, 2006 –
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...
Read MoreThe Lowdown on Sweet?
Apr 04, 2006 –
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...
Read MoreWhat’s in you?
Aug 23, 2005 –
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...
Read MoreSteelworkers Union Alerts Commercial Users of DuPont Teflon ® -Related Chemical about “Duty to Warn” Customers of Possible Harm
Aug 10, 2005 –
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...
Read MoreTeflon likely to cause cancer
Jun 30, 2005 –
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...
Read MoreTesting For Toxins
Jun 09, 2005 –
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...
Read MoreThe Ugly Side of Cosmetics
Jun 05, 2005 –
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...
Read MoreMoms’ cosmetics linked to sons’ sexual development
May 27, 2005 –
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...
Read MoreWhy Your Mattress May Be Killing You
May 17, 2005 –
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...
Read MoreHow Toxic Is Your Home?
May 10, 2005 –
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...
Read MoreMaking Your Own Herbal Hair Shampoo
May 07, 2005 –
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...
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