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Are You Just Toying With Us? Congress agrees on product-safety bill banning phthalates, lowering lead in toys		29 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 7:21 AM on 29 Jul 2008 The U.S. House and Senate have agreed to a compromise product-safety bill that would ban phthalates from children's toys, lower toy lead levels, and require third-party safety testing before toys are put on the market. In 2007, some 45 million toys were recalled for high lead levels and other safety defects, and the resulting parental and consumer outrag ...
Topics: health, legislation, news, toxics, United States (all these topics)

I'm Restricted to You, Don't You Know That You're Toxic? Cheap materials, lax government standards at fault in toxic FEMA trailers		03 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 12:25 PM on 03 Jul 2008 The toxic trailers used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to house thousands of homeless Gulf Coast residents after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were found to be troublesome to occupants' health due to cheap building materials and lax government standards for RVs, scientists said Wednesday. "Manufacturers of travel trail ...
Topics: environmental justice, health, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

It Was Asbestos Times, It Was the Worst of Times U.S. Supreme Court rejects asbestos company's appeal, clearing way for trial		24 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 7:25 AM on 24 Jun 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from asbestos company W.R. Grace, clearing the way for a long-awaited criminal trial to begin. The company and six of its executives were indicted in 2005 on charges of violating the Clean Air Act by allegedly releasing asbestos-contaminated vermiculite from a mine in Libby, Mont., between ...
Topics: air pollution, business, health, Montana, news, United States (all these topics)

'Hyde and Shriek CDC confirms FEMA trailers tainted with formaldehyde; residents urged to move		14 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 12:03 PM on 14 Feb 2008 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has confirmed that the trailers used to house Gulf Coast hurricane victims are tainted with high levels of formaldehyde. The Federal Emergency Management Agency urged residents of over 35,000 of the trailers to move out as soon as possible, especially families with kids, elderly folks, and those with chronic illnesses. Formaldehyde ...
Topics: health, news, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Total Recall Over 500,000 more toys recalled due to lead		27 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 7:05 AM on 27 Sep 2007 Another round of recalls was issued yesterday for over 500,000 children's toys or accessories that were found to exceed allowable lead levels, including more Thomas the Tank Engine paraphernalia and the now conspicuously gloomy Happy Giddy Gardening Tools from Target. Federal regulators were quick to point out that this recall won't be the last. "After the first set of recalls, retailers and manufactu ...
Topics: consumerism, health, news, United States (all these topics)

Femme Natal Anika Rahman, women's- and reproductive-rights advocate, answers readers' questions		16 Mar 2007	InterActivist
What are the implications of the Bush administration's denial of funds to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)? ��-- Name not provided Anika Rahman, Americans for UNFPA. In 1969, the U.S. was integral in the formation of UNFPA, recognizing the importance of providing women's health care. Since 2002, the U.S. has withheld $161 million from UNFPA. The denial of funds strips the moral, ...
Topics: green living, health, InterActivist, interview, United Nations, United States (all these topics)

Intent of a Woman Anika Rahman, women's- and reproductive-rights advocate, answers Grist's questions		12 Mar 2007	InterActivist
Anika Rahman. What work do you do? What's your job title? I'm the president of Americans for UNFPA. UNFPA, or the United Nations Population Fund, is essentially the United Nations' women's health agency. It provides women's health care and promotes the rights of women all over the world. Working in 140 countries, it is the largest international source of such assistance. Americans for ...
Topics: green living, health, InterActivist, interview, United Nations, United States (all these topics)

Walking the Line What Mexican activists can teach the U.S. about poverty and the planet	Oliver Bernstein	07 Mar 2006	Soapbox
As the border organizer for Sierra Club's Environmental Justice program, I bounce back and forth across the U.S.-Mexico border supporting grassroots environmental activists. More than the food, language, or currency, the biggest difference from one side to the other is what issues are considered "environmental." Perhaps nowhere else on earth is there such a long borde ...
Topics: environmental justice, health, Mexico, politics, population, Poverty and the Environment, Sierra Club, sprawl, United States, waste, water conflicts (all these topics)

We're No. 28! U.S. environmental performance ranks below Malaysia, Chile, 25 others		23 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
We're No. 28! U.S. environmental performance ranks below Malaysia, Chile, 25 others We beat Cyprus! Yeah, boyee! The Mediterranean island nation comes in at 29th in a landmark pilot study ranking countries by their environmental performance. The U.S. comes in at a blazing 28th -- just behind most of Western Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Chile, and, uh, Slovakia. The 2006 Environmental Performance In ...
Topics: health, New Zealand, news, United States (all these topics)

GM: Unsafe for Any Seed Much of U.S. Food Supply Contaminated With Genetically Engineered DNA		24 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
GM: Unsafe for Any Seed Much of U.S. Food Supply Contaminated With Genetically Engineered DNA Most ordinary crop seeds in the U.S. are contaminated with strands of genetically modified DNA, and unless federal regulations and farm practices are tightened considerably, the entire U.S. food supply will soon contain GM elements, says a report released yesterday by the Union of Concerned Scien ...
Topics: European Union, food and agriculture, GMOs, health, United States (all these topics)

Wheeze and No Thank You Pollution a Likely Contributor to Rising Asthma Rates		17 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Wheeze and No Thank You Pollution a Likely Contributor to Rising Asthma Rates Asthma rates are climbing around the world, and though scientists can't say precisely what's causing the increase, pollution is thought to be a serious contributor. The respiratory disease has become a particular problem in Asia, where terrible air quality, rapid u ...
Topics: air pollution, Asia, China, health, placemaking, pollution and waste, Scotland, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Enough to Make Your Lead Spin Rhode Island lawsuit pinpoints lead poisoning as an environmental, not medical, problem		22 Jan 2004	The Gist
In the spring of 2000, in Manchester, N.H., a two-year-old Sudanese girl named Sunday Abek, just three weeks removed from an Egyptian refugee camp, was treated at an emergency room for a low-grade fever and vomiting. A throat culture turned up positive for strep, and she was sent home with an antibiotic prescription. Three weeks later, as her vomiting worsened, Abek w ...
Topics: health, Rhode Island, toxics, United States (all these topics)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Cow Demand Rises for Organic and Natural Beef		12 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Cow Demand Rises for Organic and Natural Beef What's bad news for most ranchers may be great news for growers and purveyors of organic and natural-fed beef. In the wake of the discovery of mad cow disease in the U.S., folks who still like to chomp on a nice, juicy steak are increasingly seeking out beef that's been raised the old-fashioned way. To earn the organi ...
Topics: California, food and agriculture, health, ranching, United States (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)

L'enfant, Terrible! Truck Pollution at U.S.-Mexico Border Is Killing Kids, Study Says		11 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
L'enfant, Terrible! Truck Pollution at U.S.-Mexico Border Is Killing Kids, Study Says Hundreds of kids have died and tens of thousands have been hospitalized in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, just south of the U.S. border, because of respiratory illnesses seemingly caused by air pollution, according to a five-year study released yesterday by th ...
Topics: air pollution, Canada, globalization, health, Mexico, placemaking, pollution and waste, Sierra Club, United States (all these topics)

Wheeze on Down the Road Workplace Environment to Blame in 26 Percent of Adult Asthma Cases		23 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Wheeze on Down the Road Workplace Environment to Blame in 26 Percent of Adult Asthma Cases People who work in cleaning, farming, and transportation are particularly vulnerable to asthma, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine. Overall, the study found, 26 percent of all adult asthma cases in the U.S. are caused or exacerbated by the work environment; other risky fields include entertainment, ...
Topics: health, United States (all these topics)

Sludge Not Lest Ye Be Sludged Bush Administration Won't Regulate Farm Dioxins		20 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Sludge Not Lest Ye Be Sludged Bush Administration Won't Regulate Farm Dioxins Nothing will get in the way of farmers using dioxin-tainted sewage sludge as fertilizer on their crops, thanks to a Bush administration decision announced on Friday. The U.S. EPA declared that it sees no need to regulate dioxins in sewage sludge that is applied to land in the U.S., say ...
Topics: food and agriculture, health, politics, pollution and waste, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Oh, Fudge EPA May Have Exaggerated Numbers on Safe Drinking Water		06 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Oh, Fudge EPA May Have Exaggerated Numbers on Safe Drinking Water The U.S. EPA may have fudged the numbers when it announced in a June report that "94 percent of the population served by community water systems were served by systems that met all health-based standards." Internal EPA documents suggest that the true number may be markedly lower -- 79 to 84 percent in 2002. The EPA's inspector genera ...
Topics: health, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

The Smoking Gun? Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons Raises Health Concerns in Iraq		04 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
The Smoking Gun? Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons Raises Health Concerns in Iraq High levels of radiation are showing up at a number of sites throughout Iraq, thanks to the use of depleted uranium (DU) weapons by U.S.-led forces during the war in March and April. DU is considered a potential cause of cancers and birth defects. Some Iraqi doctors and others say that use of DU ammunition during the 1991 Gulf ...
Topics: health, Iraq, pollution and waste, United States (all these topics)

Eat, Drink, and Be Wary Genetically modified animals could make it to your plate with minimal testing -- and no public input	Shelley Smithson	30 Jul 2003	Main Dish
Last January, inspectors with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration paid a visit to the University of Illinois, where researchers have been studying the DNA of pigs. The pig project, based in Champaign-Urbana, is one of dozens of experiments being conducted across the country in which scientists are altering the genetic structure of animals ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, fishing, Food and Drug Administration, GMOs, health, marine life, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Under the Wire		25 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Under the Wire Electromagnetic fields from home wiring, appliances, and power lines do not appear to cause breast cancer, according to a $2.5 million study of more than 1,100 women living in Long Island, N.Y. The study, published today in the online edition of the American Journal of Epidemiology, was part of the much larger Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project, a 10-year, $30 million effort to investigate the environmental causes ...
Topics: health, United States (all these topics)

White House Whitewash		24 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
White House Whitewash In a first-of-its-kind environmental survey released today, the U.S. EPA said that the nation's air, water, and land are cleaner and better protected than they were 30 years ago, though sprawl and air quality, among other problems, continue to pose challenges for the nation. But the survey's credibility was compromised by reports last week that the White House heavily edi ...
Topics: health, politics, pollution and waste, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

The Fat of the Land		23 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
The Fat of the Land Sprawl has been accused of many evils, but here's a new one: It may make you fat. While suburban residents drive to get most places they go, many city dwellers walk or ride bikes, and that physical exercise seems to keep urbanites slimmer. "[I]f you choose to live in a sprawling environment, you are more likely to be overweight," says Lawrence D. Frank, a professor of urban planning at the U ...
Topics: health, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

A Fine Kettle of Fish		06 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
A Fine Kettle of Fish The federal Clean Water Act might be a great thing in theory, but how's it doing in practice? Not so well, it turns out, due to the failure of the U.S. EPA to adequately enforce it. At any given moment, roughly 25 percent of all large industrial plants and water-treatment facilities are in violation of federal pollution standards -- but the EPA generally fails to ...
Topics: health, marine life, toxics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Oh, the Humanity		04 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Oh, the Humanity Before they can be put on the market, pesticides are usually tested for safety on animals. Government regulators then establish an exposure level for humans that is 10 times more conservative than the safety level for animals. In an effort to abolish the tenfold safety net, pesticide companies frequently sponsor clinical tests on volunteers to try to prove that their products are as ...
Topics: animal welfare, health, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

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