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My toxic water bottles Ignorance isn't bliss, it's just better than knowing	Eric de Place	08 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: health, toxics (all these topics)

There's sh*t in the meat NYT on the surge in E. coli outbreaks	Tom Philpott	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, food, health (all these topics)

The school-lunch dog fight In the clash over school lunches, who's watching out for the kids?	Tom Philpott	05 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: education, food, health, parenting (all these topics)

Another Headache FEMA sets deadline for Katrina trailer park closures		29 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 10:01 AM on 29 Nov 2007 What's worse than being a storm victim housed in a formaldehyde-soaked trailer that makes you sick? How about getting kicked out of said dwelling? FEMA has announced an accelerated schedule for moving 3,700 families out of trailers set up to house Hurricane Katrina refugees, pledging to be "with them every step of the way" as they seek permanent housing. But advocates are concerned t ...
Topics: health, Louisiana, Mississippi, news (all these topics)

Take a Hike Exercise can combat both obesity and global warming, says CDC		12 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 9:54 AM on 12 Nov 2007 Americans facing the triple threat of climate change, obesity, and what-can-I-do-ness can tackle all three by walking or biking instead of driving -- even if just for a half-hour per day -- and eating less red meat. So says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is considering public promotion of everyday exercise as a way to mitigate the challenges of our time. source: Ass ...
Topics: food, green living, health, messaging, news, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Not-so-smooth sailing New study finds that pollution from ships kills 60,000 a year	Kit Stolz	09 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: air pollution, health, scientific research (all these topics)

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)

Scientists and rats agree Organic food is better for you	Tom Philpott	30 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: food, health, organic food, scientific research (all these topics)

Dropping (Fatty) Acid Organic food healthier than non-organic, research finds		29 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 5:16 PM on 29 Oct 2007 Who woulda thunk: Organic food is healthier than pesticide-ridden food, according to preliminary results of a four-year study funded by the European Union. Researchers found that organic nosh contained more antioxidants (yum!) and less fatty acids (ew!) than non-organic. Organic milk was found to have up to 80 percent more antioxidants than conventional cow juice, as well as higher amo ...
Topics: agriculture, food, green living, health, news, organic food, scientific research (all these topics)

What You Talkin' 'Bout, Dana? White House spokesfolks play up health benefits of climate change		26 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 1:34 PM on 26 Oct 2007 Recent Senate testimony on the public-health impacts of climate change by the director of the Centers for Disease Control was watered down because the White House wanted "to focus that testimony on public health benefits," White House spokesperson Dana Perino said this week. She went on to state that U.S. experts are attempting to determine "what are go ...
Topics: Centers on Disease Control and Prevention, climate, climate change impacts, dumbassery , health, news, White House (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	25 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change impacts, dumbassery, health, quotables (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)

Ghoul, Interrupted On Halloween	Umbra Fisk	22 Oct 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, We really enjoy the community aspect of trick-or-treating but we don't want to give out candy to the little ones, or toxic plastic Chinese toys. Two hundred kids come to our house every Halloween. How do we keep it green, safe, and economical? Jodi McMillian Charleston, W.Va. Dearest Jodi, Two hundred children? How did you keep it economical last year? Let's see, if you were to buy a bag of mini Snickers with 70 in the bag, a ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, health, holiday, parenting (all these topics)

From Bad to Thirst How the nation's breadbasket is poisoning its own water supply	Elizabeth Royte	16 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
In late September, the corn and soybean fields of the lower Missouri River floodplain are a lovely dull brown, nearly ready for harvest. The row crops sprawl as far as the eye can see, their regimental march broken only by levees, gravel roads, the occasional band of cottonwoods, and the endless tracks of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe. The scenery is pastoral and soothing. But ...
Topics: agriculture, food, health, industrial ag, Mississippi River (all these topics)

Table Talk A conversation with Michael Pollan	Tom Philpott	12 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
In his 1996 book Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom, the great food anthropologist Sidney Mintz concluded that the United States had no cuisine. Interestingly, Mintz's definition of cuisine came down to conversation. For Mintz, Americans just didn't engage in passionate talk about food. Unlike the southwest French and their cassoulet, most Americans don't obsess and quarrel about what comprises, say, an authentic veggie burge ...
Topics: agriculture, food, health (all these topics)

All's well that ends sick My brush with medical reality, on a bike	Katharine Wroth	11 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: bikes, green living, health (all these topics)

Kiss of death New report reveals lead content in lipsticks	Sarah van Schagen	11 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: fashion, health, toxics (all these topics)

Sow What? A Grist special series on food and farming		09 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
You know where babies come from, sure -- but do you know where Tater Tots come from? In this two-week series, we'll take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of your very own diet. Everybody eats, every day, but we tend to gloss over the details. Things like the work that really goes into putting food on our plates, the environmental impacts of food production, and how we can make the best choices -- for our bodies and the planet -- ...
Topics: agriculture, food, green living, health (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

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)

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