Tag: Chemicals - Page 5
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High Levels of Flame Retardants Found in Dogs
Researchers at Indiana University have found flame retardants in the blood of pet dogs at levels five to ten times higher than typically found in humans. Could dogs be the canary in the coal mine for how accumulating polybrominated
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Pediatricians Say U.S. Policy Fails Children on Chemical Safety
Pediatricians are, at least in theory, among the most trusted groups of professionals in the country, so it's notable when they come out with a position statement on the health of our children and the lack of proper
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Ask Pablo: What's The Most Environmentally Friendly Way to Paint My Fence?
Image credit: Melanie Cook, used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: My fence is in desperate need of some attention. I want to know, what is the most environmentally friendly way to make it look good again? Do I use paint or stain, or is there
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Men and Women are Different, Even If Doing the Same Job
News Flash! Men and Women are different. OK, have a chuckle, we know there are plenty of studies that prove men are from Mars and women from Venus. And just as many policy papers
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Just When You Thought It Safe to Go Back in the (Drinking) Water
SNEWS is a publication for the US outdoor sports and fitness industry. They've been providing in-depth coverage of the Bisphenol-A (BPA) story over the past eight years. Yesterday they
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Switch to Fresh Foods Could Lower Your Bisphenol A Exposure By 60%
Food packaging is a big source of our overall exposure to endocrine disruptor Bisphenol A, according to a peer-review study to be published in Environmental Health Perspectives. It's hard to make a steady scapegoat
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When I Die, Dissolve Me in Lye: The Liquid Cremation Controversy
From composting your corpse to greening your funeral, we've looked at plenty of options for more sustainable disposal of human remains. Perhaps the most controversial is chemical
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Ant-Control Product Sold Online Contained Pesticide Banned in 1978; EPA Issues Warning to Customers
More than 2,800 customers in the U.S. may have purchased an ant-control product that contains a pesticide that was banned in 1978. The product is called Fast Ant Bait, and was found to contain mirex, a pesticide the EPA says
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Scientists Call for "Swifter and Sounder" Chemical Testing
In a letter to the journal Science (subscription only, or see the letter republished with permission at WSUnews), associations representing over 40,000 scientists have proposed a resourceful solution to the less-big-government
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Europe Proposes Seven New Chemical Substances of Very High Concern
This week Europe proposed to add seven more chemicals to the list of substances of very high concern (SVHC). The addition of a chemical to the SVHC list enables European regulators to ban the chemical from the market unless it is
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Coca-Cola Case Could Set Precedent on Secret Ingredients
Anybody who advises companies on how to walk the line between trade secret and full ingredient disclosure knows that the threat of a lawsuit weighs as much or more than the regulations in any decision made. Protecting recipes --
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TCE Contamination Lingers & Little Is Done About It - Canadian Class Action Suit Seeks to Change That
Some problems just won't go away. That's what a lot of companies probably think about people who gripe about issues the companies would rather not deal with—as well as what the people griping think about the actual
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Lie Down With Spoonk, Wake Up Stress Free
Two years ago, funny-looking mats started appearing in the windows of all the health food stores in Europe. The mats were in mellow new-age colors - sunburst orange, Mediterranean turquoise - and they were covered with tiny
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Cancer Alley: Big Industry & Bigger Illness Along Mississippi River
There's a region in Louisiana known as cancer alley (or chemical corridor, take your pick). You can guess why. Cancer claims victims at an alarming rate along the 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge
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View From Above: Fertilizer Use Around the World
The map above is the first illustration of worldwide imbalances in the use of phosphorus, a key component of fertilizers and an essential plant nutrient. "Typically, people either worry
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Madrid's Mayor Fiddles Air Pollution Results
The Mayor of Madrid is very proud of the reductions in air pollution achieved during his term of office. "We have better air quality in Madrid than ever before", he boasted this year.
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Your Ski and Snowboard Wax Could Be Seriously Harmful to You, Wildlife
We're in the thick of ski and snowboard season, and if you've been hitting the slopes a lot, you've probably had to wax your
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Dow Chemical, Nature Conservancy Announce $10M Partnership: Good Deal for the Environment?
The Nature Conservancy and Dow Chemical announced a new collaboration yesterday that will "help Dow and other companies recognize, value and incorporate nature into global business goals, decisions and strategies." The pledge, $10 million from Dow over
