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Drugs busted Communities taking action for clean water	Erik Hoffner	22 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Communities around the country are getting wise to the threat posed by the common practice of flushing old drugs, which inevitably end up in rivers after passing straight through sewage treatment facilities, feminizing fish, mutating frogs, and worse, probably. One recent effort in coastal Maine collected hundreds of pounds of drugs for proper disposal, but this impressive total was crushed by another grassroots 'clean sweep' that collected over a ton of pharmaceutic ...
Topics: green living, health, toxics, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

Pun in the sun EWG takes a look at how sunscreens stack up	Kate Sheppard	20 Jun 2007	Gristmill
As the summer sun starts to heat up in Seattle, I've been wondering what sort of environmentally sound sunscreen options are out there to protect my pale, pale flesh from certain scorching. I considered writing to Umbra under a pseudonym to get an answer, but the Environmental Working Group jumped on the subject before I could with their new guide to both the efficacy and the environmental health cred of more than 780 different sunscreens. Sweet.In their databas ...
Topics: green living, green products, health, toxics (all these topics)

Trouble With a Capital B Chemicals play a big role in breast-cancer cases, says report		15 May 2007	Daily Grist
Trouble With a Capital B Chemicals play a big role in breast-cancer cases, says report You know how Tammy Wynette said sometimes it's hard to be a woman? Well, it just got harder: a new report finds a potential link between breast cancer and 216 chemicals, including 35 common air pollutants and 73 food or consumer-product ingredients. Racking up evidence from hundreds of existing lab tests, researchers concluded that en ...
Topics: green living, health, news, toxics (all these topics)

Fat rats may be evidence that we're all doomed Are our standards for exposure to toxics all wrong?	Kate Sheppard	12 May 2007	Gristmill
An intriguing new study published recently on Environmental Health News challenges the long-held assumption on which all regulatory toxicology testing is based, and poses new questions about what -- and how much -- of certain toxic substances merit 'OK' exposure. Toxicology tests are usually performed by giving subjects (usually rodents) high doses of a substance and monitoring the biological response. The assumption has long been that what these high doses do to ...
Topics: green living, health, toxics (all these topics)

How Much Wood Could a Wood Check Chuck? California restricts formaldehyde in wood products		27 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
How Much Wood Could a Wood Check Chuck? California restricts formaldehyde in wood products It may be a land of earthquakes, smog, and drought, but California's doing something right. In the latest in a string of forward-thinking green policies, state air regulators passed restrictions on formaldehyde in wood products that are the restrictiest in the world. "There is no safe threshold for this carcinoge ...
Topics: California, green living, health, news, toxics (all these topics)

Message on a Bottle On aluminum bottles	Umbra Fisk	04 Apr 2007	Ask Umbra
Umbra, Are aluminum bottles safer than Nalgene bottles? I'm looking at getting Sigg bottles for my self, wife, and son. Vendor agnostic, are the materials used by aluminum-only vendors safer than those that incorporate Lexan? Chris Webber Seattle, Wash. Dearest Chris, I swear, I pick questions and only then do I notice that yet again I have chosen one from Seattle. It is not a conspiracy. I just wanted a question to go with our r ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, green products, health, toxics (all these topics)

Healthy cars Also known as bikes	Sarah van Schagen	20 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Is your car safe?I'm not talking seat belts and air bags. Nope, I'm asking about that new-car smell. Take a big whiff, and ask yourself again: Is your car safe? What you smell may be part of a toxic soup of chemicals off-gassing from parts like the steering wheel, dashboard, armrests, and seat. These chemicals can include bromine, chlorine, lead, and other toxins that contribute to a litany of health problems ranging from decreased fertility to liver, kidney, th ...
Topics: cars, green living, health, toxics (all these topics)

Meany in a Bottle Baby bottles found to leak chemicals, California may ban them		01 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Meany in a Bottle Baby bottles found to leak chemicals, California may ban them Most parents discourage their kiddos from ingesting known toxics, so a new study from green group Environment California is a bit of a bummer: when run through a simulated dishwasher 50 to 75 times, name-brand baby bottles leach the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, in levels that have caused reproductive abno ...
Topics: California, green living, health, news, parenting, politics, toxics (all these topics)

What not to buy for Christmas Watch out for scary chemicals in plastic toys for tots	Lisa Hymas	13 Dec 2006	Gristmill
Umbra offered up a number of clever gift ideas for kids in her latest column, focusing particularly on experiences rather than things. But if you still want to do some thing-giving for those wee ones, you might first want to check out 'What's Toxic In Toyland,' an article by Margot Roosevelt in Time. San Francisco has just banned some plastic toys aimed at kids under three. The prime targets -- bisphenol A and phthalates -- have been found in everything from rubber duckie ...
Topics: green living, health, parenting, San Francisco, toxics (all these topics)

Rubber duckie, you're the one ... Polluting my bathroom	Gregory Dicum	11 Oct 2006	Gristmill
You know that little rubber duckie in your bathroom? I always thought the little fella was sorta cute, nestled there between the shampoo and the loofa. Well, it turns out the little ducky's not so rubber after all -- it's plastic, namely the dreaded PVC. And it further turns out the bathroom is full of the stuff. Today, the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice is launching a campaign to get Target to remove PVC from their stores. The background is, Target (ap ...
Topics: green living, health, toxics (all these topics)

How toxic is your breast milk?	Lisa Hymas	09 Jan 2005	Gristmill
A nice treatment of this topic in today's New York Times Magazine, from Florence Williams. When we nurse our babies, we feed them not only the fats, sugars and proteins that fire their immune systems, metabolisms and cerebral synapses. We also feed them, albeit in minuscule amounts, paint thinners, dry-cleaning fluids, wood preservatives, toilet deodorizers, cosmetic additives, gasoline byproducts, rocket fuel, termite poisons, fungicides and flame retardants. If, as Ci ...
Topics: food, green living, health, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Just Stick to Tofu Farmed Salmon Contaminated With PCBs, Other Nasties		09 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Just Stick to Tofu Farmed Salmon Contaminated With PCBs, Other Nasties Consumers, still struggling with the news that bovine spongiform encephalopathy-laden beef will make your brain melt and mercury-laden tuna will make your children stupid, were met today with more bad news: A new study in the journal Science claims that fish-farmed salmon contain enoug ...
Topics: European Union, fishing, green living, health, marine life, South America, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Going Bananas Philippine Journalists Arrested for Reporting on Illegal Pesticide Use		10 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Going Bananas Philippine Journalists Arrested for Reporting on Illegal Pesticide Use Four journalists working in the Philippines, including a New York Times correspondent, have been arrested on libel charges because of articles and columns they wrote in 2000 about the use of illegal pesticides at a banana plantation. Also arrested was Romeo Quijano, a professor of medicine at the University of the Philip ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, health, toxics (all these topics)

Puff the Toxic Dragon On green reasons to quit smoking	Umbra Fisk	15 May 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I want to quit smoking. As if the risks to my health weren't enough, could you help out by twisting that knife of guilt into my tree-hugging heart and give me some environmental reasons to stop supporting the tobacco industry? Cough, wheeze, Elaine Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Dearest Elaine, I don't care whether you smoke or not. In fact, I think anti-smoking hype is often thinly disguised clas ...
Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, green living, health, toxics (all these topics)

Menstruation Innovation On that time of the month	Umbra Fisk	12 Mar 2003	Ask Umbra
Hey there, Umbra! I have a kind of gross-yet-pressing question for you: Are sanitary products (pads, etc.) environmentally friendly? I would think no, but what do you say? And what can I do about it? Thanks, Jessica Telford, Tenn. Hey there, dearest Jessica, How is it possible that we live in a country where diapers are table conversation and menstruation is considered gross? But no worries, there are many nice flowe ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, health, toxics, waste (all these topics)

Drag Your Computer to the Recycle Bin		05 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Drag Your Computer to the Recycle Bin In an abrupt departure from past policy, high-tech giant Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will support California legislation requiring computer manufacturers to pay for safe disposal of electronic waste. In October, HP used its considerable clout as the world's largest maker of personal com ...
Topics: California, China, commercial and industry organizations, green living, health, pollution and waste, recycling, toxics (all these topics)

When the Fish and Chips Are Down		22 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
When the Fish and Chips Are Down Farmed salmon is coming under fire for the dangers it may pose to human health and the environment. A government study in the U.K. has found that salmon from fish farms is the most contaminated food sold by British supermarkets, beating out all other seafood, as well as meats and vegetables. Every sample of farmed salmon tested in the study contained at least three to ...
Topics: fishing, green living, health, toxics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

A New Day Lawning On lawn and garden pesticides	Umbra Fisk	30 Jul 2002	Ask Umbra
Dearest Umbra, Goddess of Green Knowledge, A few years ago, a farmer friend of mine argued that more pesticides and chemical fertilizers are applied to suburban lawns and gardens than are used in commercial agriculture. I can see how this might be the case, given the massive size of the lawn and garden chemical industry, but I haven't been able to verify this information. Can you help? Ed Hunt Dearest Ed, Supplicant, The l ...
Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, gardening, green living, health, toxics (all these topics)

Hot to Rot?		14 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
Hot to Rot? The U.S. EPA announced this week a two-year phase out of an arsenic-based preservative used to pressure-treat lumber against rot and insect damage. The treated wood is popular for use in fences, decks, and playground equipment, and its manufacturers and vendors -- including Home Depot and other building-supply stores -- currently face a class-action suit for an alleged failure to adequately warn ...
Topics: business, green living, health, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

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