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The Sands of Grime Waterways downstream from oil sands are full o' toxins, says study		09 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 1:46 PM on 09 Nov 2007 Fish, water, and sediment downstream from the gigantic oil sands projects in Alberta are chock-full of carcinogens and other toxins, says a new study. While the research does not make a direct link between the oil sands, the toxins, and presumed health consequences, the largely Native residents of downstream community Fort Chipewyan have long suspected that they experience high ...
Topics: Alberta, energy, environmental justice, health, news, oil, oil sands, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Fume and Far Between FEMA prohibits employees from entering toxic trailers		09 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 11:54 AM on 09 Nov 2007 Concerned about formaldehyde fumes, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has prohibited its employees from entering thousands of stored trailers. And the hurricane victims living in some 50,000 trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi? Well, FEMA hasn't gotten around to seeing if those trailers are toxic yet -- last week, the agency postponed plans to begin testing -- but eh, they'll be f ...
Topics: health, insanity, Louisiana, Mississippi, news, toxics (all these topics)

Toxics 'R' Us Everyday folk found to be contaminated with toxic chemicals		09 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 9:16 AM on 09 Nov 2007 Volunteers across the U.S. were found to have toxic bisphenol-A, PBDEs, and phthalates in their blood and urine, says a small study sponsored by a coalition of environmental health groups. The "Is It in Us?" study analyzed 35 people from seven states; while the sample size was too small to be representative of the larger population, the results were quite similar to those of a hu ...
Topics: Centers on Disease Control and Prevention, green living, health, news, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Patty Ache Asbestos legislation watered down, disappointing activists		06 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 4:08 PM on 06 Nov 2007 Public-health advocates who in June praised legislation to ban asbestos now say the version passed by the Senate last month was watered down so significantly that they no longer support it. Thanks in large part to industry lobbying, many products containing cancer-causing asbestos wouldn't be banned under the new version of the bill. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), who has labored for years to ge ...
Topics: health, legislation, news, politics, toxics, US Senate (all these topics)

Banana Split Six farmworkers compensated for pesticide exposure, six cases dismissed		06 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 3:00 PM on 06 Nov 2007 Six farmworkers who became sterile after working on a Nicaraguan banana plantation three decades ago were awarded a total $3.3 million from Dole Food Co. and Dow Chemical, after a judge agreed that the corporations "actively suppressed information about" the "reproductive toxicity" of now-banned pesticide DBCP. Six other plaintiffs with a similar claim had th ...
Topics: agriculture, business, health, industrial ag, litigation, news, Nicaragua, toxics (all these topics)

Leaded Gasoline Is a Crime -- No, Literally Phasing out leaded gasoline may have reduced crime rates, says research		22 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 4:39 PM on 22 Oct 2007 Thank the Clean Air Act for significantly reducing violent crime rates in the U.S., says researcher Jessica Wolpaw Reyes. The legislation was behind the phaseout of leaded gasoline in the 1970s and '80s, which significantly reduced blood levels of the heavy metal in Americans. The arc of lead-exposure rates seems to match the arc of violent crime i ...
Topics: health, news, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Kiss of death New report reveals lead content in lipsticks	Sarah van Schagen	11 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics today released a report revealing that a number of name-brand lipsticks contain lead, some at levels up to six times the FDA limit for lead in candy.
Topics: fashion, health, toxics (all these topics)

Berry Bad News EPA approves carcinogenic pesticide		08 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 1:45 PM on 08 Oct 2007 Just when we think the U.S. EPA might have some sense, it goes and approves a carcinogenic pesticide, ignoring scientists' warnings that "pregnant women and the fetus, children, the elderly, farmworkers, and other people living near application sites would be at serious risk." As a substitute for ozone-depleting fumigant methyl bromide, California and Florida strawberry growers and other farmers will w ...
Topics: agriculture, California, Florida, health, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Lose five pounds fast! A no-makeup diet is healthier for you and the planet	Sarah van Schagen	06 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Did you know you can absorb up to five lbs. of chemicals every year from make-up and other "beauty" products? Yikes. A British paper presents that and other scary facts -- "the average woman eats, albeit unwittingly, five lipsticks a year, which in her lifetime is the equivalent volume of 1.5 blocks of lard" -- in a story about a pair of sisters who switch out all of their toxic cosmetics for chem-free versions and report on the differences. ...
Topics: fashion, health, toxics (all these topics)

The Age of Ban Senate passes asbestos ban, Democrats want to rid toys of lead		05 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 5:38 PM on 05 Oct 2007 Hey, you with the asbestos-contaminated attic: The Senate has unanimously passed a measure to ban importation, manufacture, processing, and distribution of products containing asbestos. Forty other nations have already banned the cancer-causing mineral, which is found in more than 3,000 consumer products in the U.S. Speaking of things that should have happened a long time ago, Democrat ...
Topics: green living, health, legislation, news, parenting, politics, toxics, US Senate (all these topics)

You Missed a Spot On household help and homemade cleansers	Umbra Fisk	01 Oct 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I recently moved in with my investment-banker boyfriend. So far, my efforts to teach him to have more fun with less stuff have been largely successful; however, I've hit a roadblock when it comes to his cleaning lady. My first question, Umbra, is this: what are the social and ecological implications of hiring a maid (one who commutes using public transportation and is paid more than double minimum wa ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green cleaning, health, shopping, toxics (all these topics)

DDT, Yeah You Know Me Study suggests link between DDT exposure and breast cancer		01 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 1:04 PM on 01 Oct 2007 Women exposed to the pesticide DDT as children are five times as likely to develop breast cancer, according to a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives. Draw your own conclusions. source:� Los Angeles Times From the Archives Veg Out. Today is World Vegetarian Day. Lejeune Bugged. U.S. Navy must notify N.C.-based Marines of exposure to contamin ...
Topics: agriculture, health, news, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

Lejeune Bugged U.S. Navy must notify N.C.-based Marines of exposure to contaminated water		01 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 10:14 AM on 01 Oct 2007 Some 1 million Marines stationed at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune between 1958 and 1987 drank, cooked with, and showered in toxic water; under a defense reauthorization bill amendment recently approved by the Senate, the U.S. Navy would be required to, um, let them know. The federal government closed the base's wells in the mid-'80s after confirming they were contaminated w ...
Topics: Department of Defense, health, news, North Carolina, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Go Forth and Be Underwhelmed Thoughts on surviving life after Brood Awakenings	Amy Linn	28 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
The perfect ending is a gorgeous thing, all the loose ends neatly knotted, all the confusion gone. It's a motionless bird on a wire -- calm, brightly plumed, contented, with no need to fly off or find a worm or do anything but sit in the sun and enjoy the day. Illustration: Keri Rosebraugh If only parenthood were like that. That's the kind of wistfulness I've been indulging in over the past ...
Topics: environmental movement, health, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Sludging Along U.S. agencies don't prioritize public in toxin-affected communities		28 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:27 AM on 28 Sep 2007 The U.S. Department of Energy found high levels of toxic hydrogen sulfide in the soil of suburban Versailles, Pa., and has neglected to inform local officials. The U.S. EPA was lackadaisical about cleaning up toxic paint sludge left by automaker Ford in Trenton, N.J., and disregarded complaints from the community. Luckily, those failures of the U.S. government to protect and infor ...
Topics: Department of Energy, health, jackassery, New Jersey, news, Pennsylvania, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Into the Drink California may require labels on bottled water, EPA strengthens lead-in-water regulations		27 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 5:08 PM on 27 Sep 2007 Bottled-water companies would have to disclose the source of their H2O under a bill that has passed through the California legislature and awaits the pen of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bill would require companies to list the minerals, chemicals, and bacteria present in bottled water, as well as whether it came originally from a well, aquifer, spring, or ...
Topics: California, food, green living, health, news, regulation, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Girl, You'll Be a Woman Too Soon Ecologist Sandra Steingraber explores the eco-causes of early puberty	Sandra Steingraber	26 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from "The Falling Age of Puberty in U.S. Girls: What We Know, What We Need to Know," written by Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., and published by the Breast Cancer Fund. In the full report (downloadable here), Steingraber reviews several causes of and contributors to early puberty, including environmental factors. ...
Topics: health, parenting, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

To Freak or Not To Freak? How four green parents deal with the plastics scare	Katharine Wroth	20 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Pop quiz time: plastic baby bottles are a) completely safe, or b) a risk to you, your baby, and every other living thing in the entire universe? The answer lies somewhere in between -- but you wouldn't know it from most media reports. Over the last year, countless stories have sprung up citing research about the dangers of endocrine disruptor bisphenol A leaching from clear plastic baby b ...
Topics: consumerism, green living, health, parenting, shopping, special series, toxics (all these topics)

Two Words: No Plastics A guide to buying non-plastic baby products	Katy Balatero	20 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Worried sick about plastic -- or even feeling a teeny bit queasy? Here are a few alternatives for common baby items, and resources for where to buy 'em. (And don't forget, you could always make your own.) Squeaky clean and PVC-free. Photo: iStockphoto Bathtubs Non-plastic baby tubs seem to be hard to find; probably the best you can do here is to use a nylon mesh sling or recyclable polypropylene Tummy ...
Topics: green living, health, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Lead-ers of Tomorrow Lead levels in toxic toys were off the charts		19 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:04 AM on 19 Sep 2007 In reaction to the recent lead-painted-toy recalls, no doubt some laissez-faire non-parents shrugged it off -- when pretty much everything is tainted with toxins, what's a little lead in paint? Except that, well, it was more than just a little lead. Some of the toys recalled by Mattel this summer contained 180 times the legally allowable level of the heavy metal, while some kids' jewelry sold by ...
Topics: green living, health, news, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Sex Education A primer on chemicals, fertility, and reproduction	Emily Gertz	18 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Illustration: Keri Rosebraugh Feeling unusually infertile lately? You're not alone: according to a December 2005 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 12 percent of American couples reported having a hard time conceiving a child and bearing it to term in 2002, up 20 percent from the 6.1 million couples reporting such "impaired fecundity" in 1995. Although the re ...
Topics: green living, health, parenting, sex, special series, toxics (all these topics)

Pick Your Poison Pesticides up to no good, says new research		18 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 5:08 PM on 18 Sep 2007 A decrease in pesticide availability led to an associated decrease in suicide rates in Sri Lanka, researchers publishing in the International Journal of Epidemiology have concluded. In 1995 and 1998, restrictions were put into place on importation and sales of highly toxic pesticides in Sri Lanka; in 2005, the country's suicide rate was half what it had been in 1995. "Changes in the availability o ...
Topics: agriculture, health, news, Sri Lanka, toxics (all these topics)

Put the Cure in Mercury Mercury contamination in fish declines when emissions go down		18 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 2:41 PM on 18 Sep 2007 Mercury contamination of waterways and marine life doesn't have to be an ongoing problem -- all we have to do is limit industrial mercury emissions. Easy! After a seven-year experiment in a Canada lake, researchers publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concluded that mercury concentrations in fish would decline relatively quickly if their ecosystem w ...
Topics: coal, fishing, food, health, news, toxics (all these topics)

Permanent Depress Top 10 most polluted places on earth tallied by Blacksmith Institute		13 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 3:11 PM on 13 Sep 2007 China, India, and Russia are each home to two of the most polluted places on earth, with sites in Azerbaijan, Peru, Ukraine, and Zambia rounding out the top 10, says the second annual tally by the nonprofit Blacksmith Institute. Some 12 million people total live in the affected areas, which are tainted largely by chemical-weapons manufacturing, heavy-metal and coal mining, and ...
Topics: air pollution, health, news, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

It's about damned time ConAgra: No more toxic fake butter	Tom Philpott	06 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Clearly not responding to my post from yesterday -- but rather to steady pressure from the Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy and other groups -- ConAgra announced it would stop using diacetyl in its Orville Redenbacher and Act II microwave popcorn brands. Diacetyl, a fake butter flavoring, has been known for years to cause severe lung damage among food-industry workers who inhale it in vapor form. New evidence suggests that it also harms consumers. Th ...
Topics: business, food, health, toxics (all these topics)

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