Tag: Toxins - Page 2
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How to Remove a Bat from Indoors
In the face of a devastating epidemic, bats need our tender loving care more than ever. If one sneaks inside, here's how to remove it without toxicants or harm.
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5 Common Household Cleaners Hazardous to Your Health
Cancer, asthma, allergies, oh my. The toxins watchdog EWG has unearthed some unnerving data about cleaners commonly used around the house.
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Flame Retardants May Kill More Than They Save
It's time to rethink our practice of adding dangerous chemicals to combustible plastics and putting them in our houses.
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FDA Punts On Banning Bisphenol A; NRDC is Outraged, But I Think They Got It Right
It is one thing to ban something, it is another thing to have something to replace it with at hand. We don't.
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What is Causing Early Puberty In Girls?
New York Times article asks a lot of questions, and doesn't deliver a lot of answers.
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TreeHugger Radio #200: The Pipeline That Won't Die, Helium Shortages, Franken-Legos, and More
Jacob and Brian dig into the pipeline that won't die, helium shortages, franken-Legos, laser recycling, and more.
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Maryland Politicians Chicken Out on Arsenic Ban
Maryland's ban on arsenic in chicken feed would have been groundbreaking, but the bill has been gutted by lobbyists.
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Best of Green Readers' Choice: Living
What's the best vegetarian restaurant in New York? The best celebrity activist, artist using recycled materials, food website, and more? Vote for your picks here.
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New Study Strengthens Link Between Obesity, Diabetes and BPA
BPA had been found to trigger the release of insulin in nearly twice the amount as when glucose is ingested.
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Julianne Moore Marches With Mom’s Clean Air Force (Video)
The actress joined a gathering of mothers and daughters to fight toxic air, taking the message to Washington.
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Bill That Prevents EPA From Coal Ash Oversight, Allows Arsenic in Drinking Water Goes to Vote Today (UPDATED: Bill Passes)
Earthjustice calls the bill: "a misguided attempt to neuter the Environmental Protection Agency's attempt to set the first ever federal regulations on coal ash. Despite evidence
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Walmart Faces Trouble in China For Selling Fake "Organic" Pork
Walmart stores in southwest China's Chongqing have been forced to close following allegations that they have been labeling non-organic pork as organic and selling it at a higher price. There's speculation that the incident
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Wood Preservatives and the Battle of Big Government
We live in strange times. Amidst flying accusations about how the USA got into the current economic state, and who is responsible for it, many a finger has pointed at the burden of Big Government on the backs of small businessmen.
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Is the EPA Letting the Chemical Industry Regulate Itself?
The American Chemistry Council is trying to influence how the EPA prioritizes the chemicals it chooses to evaluate for safety. The ACC—a group that supported Obama's recent decision to drop the effort to tighten
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Big-Brand Clothing Found Laced with Toxic Chemicals
Samples of clothing from 14 of the most popular brands in the U.S., including Adidas, Uniqlo, Calvin Klein, H&M;, Abercrombie & Fitch, Lacoste, Converse and Ralph Lauren, have tested positive for toxic chemicals known as
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Crushed Fish Bones Are the Surprising Solution for Lead Contaminated Soil
It seems that lead contamination is everywhere these days- in jewelry, in 85% of kids' drinks, even Alaskan waters. Lead is a major problem in soil throughout the country as well, spread by car exhaust
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Majesteas are the Perfect Hostess Gift
You are visiting a cottage, you have to bring something and you want it to be nice. What to do?
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US EPA Gets Tough on Glyme
Glyme is a nickname for 1,2-dimethoxyethane, a solvent chemical in the glycol ether family. Glyme, and its close cousins diglyme, and ethylglyme, are suspected reproductive toxins. For example, monoglyme is officially required to
