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The Knights Who Say NIH
Health agency reviews bisphenol A safety as controversy swirls |
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06 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Knights Who Say NIH Health agency reviews bisphenol A safety as controversy swirls Ignoring the news about bisphenol A? Time to pay attention, cuz the plastic resin is used in everyday products from baby bottles to canned goods and linked to a host of health problems. And with the National Institutes of Health reviewing the safety of BPA this week, a maelstrom is brewing: a major player in the NIH study, Sciences International, is ... |
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| Topics: health, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Meany in a Bottle
Baby bottles found to leak chemicals, California may ban them |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: California, green living, health, news, parenting, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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On the Ball: Eat, drink, and be wary
Chinese food quality a concern as 2008 Olympics approaches |
Sarah K. Burkhalter |
19 Dec 2006 |
Gristmill |
| In 2000, when Beijing made its bid for the 2008 Olympics, it promised to get all cleaned up if it could please, pretty please, be the host. Its wishes came true, but China's goal of throwing a green Olympics seems ever out of reach. To quote ourselves: China has promised to throw a 'green' Olympics in Beijing in 2008 -- but simple livability may be the megacity's bigger challenge. Beijing has 15.2 million inhabitants; if current trends hold, that number could ... |
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| Topics: China, food, health, Olympics, sports, toxics (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: green living, health, parenting, San Francisco, toxics (all these topics) |
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Chemically Dependent
Decades after Silent Spring, pesticides remain a menace -- especially to farmworkers |
Tom Philpott |
18 Oct 2006 |
Victual Reality |
| In 1962, Rachel Carson published her landmark Silent Spring, which documented the ravages of agricultural pesticides, particularly DDT, on wildlife. The book inspired wide outrage and helped spark the modern environmental movement. It eventually led to a (now-controversial) ban on DDT. But since then, use of other pesticides has boomed. Sign of the times? Photos: ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, health, industrial ag, toxics, Victual Reality (all these topics) |
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Filet of the Land
New studies give conflicting advice about the benefits and risks of eating fish |
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18 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Filet of the Land New studies give conflicting advice about the benefits and risks of eating fish Two studies released yesterday are likely to confuse you even further about the benefits and risks of eating fish. A report from the Harvard School of Public Health claims that fish consumption can reduce the risk of coronary death by 36 percent, and total mortality by 17 percent -- benefits that far o ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, health, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: green living, health, toxics (all these topics) |
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Under the Covers: Voices from Chernobyl
A heartbreaking collection of monologues from those affected by the disaster |
Sarah van Schagen |
26 Apr 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Today is the 20th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine. And in remembrance, I bring to you a special edition of Under the Covers, highlighting the book Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster, which recently hit my desk with an incredibly depressing thud. Written -- or rather, collected -- by journalist Svetlana Alexievich (and translated by Keith Gessen), Voices from Chernobyl presents personal accounts of the tragedy vi ... |
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| Topics: books, health, nuclear power, toxics (all these topics) |
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Rhymes with unanimity
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Todd Hymas Samkara |
17 Apr 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Basically everyone agrees: we're full of chemicals. Hooray, agreement! Now what to do about it? Some California lawmakers are suggesting a program to monitor and catalog said chemicals in residents' bodies. Senate Bill 1379 would create the nation's first statewide biomonitoring program to study levels of chemical contamination in blood, urine, fatty tissue, or breast milk. Essentially it's a state-specific version of the CDC's National Report on Human Expos ... |
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| Topics: health, toxics (all these topics) |
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Give Him a Farmhand
Tirso Moreno, farmworker organizer, answers readers' questions |
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24 Mar 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Tirso Moreno, Farmworker Association of Florida. A note from Moreno: This interview is especially timely as next week (March 27 - April 2) is national Farmworker Awareness Week. I hope you will all take a few minutes to find out more about the actions, activities, and campaigns going on around the country and see what you can do to help make a difference for farmworkers in the U.S. Do you support bans ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, environmental justice, Florida, health, InterActivist, interview, Poverty and the Environment, toxics (all these topics) |
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The Not-So-Funny Farm
Tirso Moreno, farmworker organizer, answers Grist's questions |
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20 Mar 2006 |
InterActivist |
| Tirso Moreno. What's your job title? General coordinator for the Farmworker Association of Florida. What does your organization do? We work to empower communities of farmworkers and the rural poor, focusing on a wide range of issues, from workplace and community organizing to disaster preparedness and response, from vocational rehabilitation to immigrants' rights advocacy for farmworkers and students. ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, environmental justice, Florida, health, InterActivist, interview, Poverty and the Environment, toxics (all these topics) |
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Justice in Time
Meet Robert Bullard, the father of environmental justice |
Gregory Dicum |
14 Mar 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Robert Bullard says he was "drafted" into environmental justice while working as an environmental sociologist in Houston in the late 1970s. His work there on the siting of garbage dumps in black neighborhoods identified systematic patterns of injustice. The book that Bullard eventually wrote about that work, 1990's Dumping in Dixie, is widely regarded as the first to fully articulate t ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, health, Louisiana, politics, Poverty and the Environment, Tennessee, Texas, toxics (all these topics) |
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Here We Go Again
Robert Bullard explains why the response to Katrina wasn't a fluke |
Gregory Dicum |
14 Mar 2006 |
Main Dish |
| In the course of my interview with environmental-justice scholar and leader Robert Bullard, we discussed his current work on the history of environmental racism in the South. He had plenty to say about the ways that inadequate government response to disasters has affected people of color over the past seven decades. I asked him whether Katrina was part of the norm or stood out somehow ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, health, Louisiana, politics, Poverty and the Environment, Tennessee, Texas, toxics (all these topics) |
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Bodies, Asbestos, and Motion
Controversial bill to create asbestos trust fund moves ahead in Senate |
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08 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Bodies, Asbestos, and Motion Controversial bill to create asbestos trust fund moves ahead in Senate An epic drama is playing out in the U.S. Capitol over ... asbestos. Seriously. A bill -- which, after a 98 to 1 vote in the Senate yesterday, will now move to the floor for debate -- would create a $140 billion industry-financed trust fund for victims of asbestos-related illness, but would ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Harry Reid, health, news, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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A Fine Meth
Meet the eco-agents cleaning up after the nation's latest addiction |
Erica Gies |
10 Nov 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Much has been made of the effects of methamphetamine on users, from crumbling teeth to erratic behavior to heart inflammation to death. It's a painful story that the media has been only too eager to tell, as an estimated 346,000 people in the United States have become part of the meth-addiction "epidemic," with a million more using the drug casually, according to the U.S. Departmen ... |
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| Topics: health, toxics (all these topics) |
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EI, EI, Oh
Rare good news about Environmental Illness/Multiple Chemical Sensitivities |
Todd Hymas Samkara |
02 Nov 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Finally a bit of good news about Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (aka Environmental Illness). And you thought there was no such thing as good MCS news. Or, more likely, you didn't know much about MCS/EI. Anyway, if that's the case, you're hardly alone. Even many who have the condition don't know much about it. First, a bit of background. MCS is a syndrome characterized by a range of adverse symptoms brought on by exposure to an equally broad array of chemicals, ... |
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| Topics: health, toxics (all these topics) |
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U Can't Touch This
EPA warns against skin contact with toxic New Orleans floodwaters |
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08 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| U Can't Touch This EPA warns against skin contact with toxic New Orleans floodwaters The floodwaters swamping New Orleans have become a filthy, toxic stew, testing at least 10 times over the U.S. EPA's limits for sewage-related contaminants like E. coli, viruses, and cholera-like bacteria. The EPA has warned that skin contact with floodwater could be almost as risky to human health as drinking it; searchers are giving the ... |
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| Topics: health, Louisiana, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Glow Figure
Health fallout from Chernobyl less severe than expected |
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06 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Glow Figure Health fallout from Chernobyl less severe than expected The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power-plant accident has yielded much less harm to human health than initially anticipated. According to a new report prepared for the U.N. by more than 100 experts, Chernobyl will ultimately cause about 4,000 deaths, primarily from cancer -- a lot, they concede, but far fewer than the tens of thousands once pred ... |
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| Topics: Belarus, health, news, Russia, toxics, Ukraine (all these topics) |
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Big papers (finally) taking note of hormone-disrupting chemicals
WSJ, USA Today highlight dangers |
Lisa Hymas |
03 Aug 2005 |
Gristmill |
| The Wall Street Journal astounded many in the green community last week when it launched a series on toxic chemicals with an in-depth page A1 story on endocrine disruptors, which, even in teeny-tiny amounts, muck up the functioning of human bodies, according to an ever-growing body of scientific studies. Now USA Today is getting in on the game with 'Are our products our enemy?' Here, reporter Elizabeth Weise's delightfully melodramatic lead: Like the glint of a knife i ... |
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| Topics: health, toxics (all these topics) |
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A Little Dab'll Do Ya In
Micro-exposure to common chemicals may cause big health problems |
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26 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Little Dab'll Do Ya In Micro-exposure to common chemicals may cause big health problems Will wonders never cease? The Wall Street Journal, not typically known for its sympathy to green issues, had a blockbuster piece of environmental reporting plastered on page A1 yesterday. In the first part of an ongoing series, it describes new research on low-level exposure to common industrial chemicals. Turns out assumptions that have guided d ... |
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| Topics: health, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Toxic babies
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David Roberts |
15 Jul 2005 |
Gristmill |
| You know, nothing warms the cockles of a father-to-be's heart like a study showing that babies in the womb are awash in toxic chemicals.We are abusing our children, all of us, before they are even born. Lovely.Julian Brookes has more. |
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| Topics: health, parenting, toxics (all these topics) |
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The Toxic Avoider
EPA failing to get health data on scads of potentially harmful chemicals |
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14 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Toxic Avoider EPA failing to get health data on scads of potentially harmful chemicals The U.S. EPA hasn't collected data on the potential risks of tens of thousands of toxic substances, putting the public at risk, says a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Under the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, which regulates industrial chemicals, the EPA can't force companies to provide health data unless there ... |
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| Topics: health, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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The Bad News Forebears
Study suggests toxins' effects may be passed down through generations |
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03 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Bad News Forebears Study suggests toxins' effects may be passed down through generations A pregnant woman's exposure to toxic chemicals may cause harmful effects not only in her children, but in her grandchildren and theirs, a surprising new study suggests. For some time scientists have known about "epigenetic" changes: chemical modifications of DNA that affect the way it is expressed (phenotype), without changing the ge ... |
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| Topics: health, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Well, That's One Way to Shrink the Population
Studies link common chemicals to reproductive harm |
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27 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Well, That's One Way to Shrink the Population Studies link common chemicals to reproductive harm Stronger evidence that a class of ubiquitous chemicals called phthalates -- found in a wide variety of plastics, nail polishes, fragrances, and other products -- are linked to adverse effects on the human reproductive system was made public Thursday. A study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives found a strong correlat ... |
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| Topics: health, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Will & Disgrace
Louisiana environmental advocate forced out of job by state attorney general |
Amanda Griscom Little |
28 Apr 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Willie Fontenot (center) surrounded by ExxonMobil security guards. Photo: Stephen C. Kowal. After scoping out an ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge last month, Willie Fontenot, a community liaison officer for the Louisiana attorney general's office for 27 years, found himself faced with the option of forced retirement or getting the boot. A longtime environment ... |
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| Topics: energy, environmental justice, health, Louisiana, Muckraker, oil, politics, toxics, waste (all these topics) |
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