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Lead: Celebrate its ban, but don't cross it off your list
Like many parents, I spent a lot of last year feeling outraged by the (literally) 45 million toy recalls, especially the lead paint. It seemed like every day I read about another contaminated...
Shady industry campaign kills CA ban on BPA in baby bottles
SACRAMENTO – Bowing to a deceptive, no-holds-barred campaign by the chemical industry, the California State Assembly has failed to approve a bill that would have made the state the first in the...
The Unintended Environmental Impacts of the Renewable Fuels Standard
U.S. farmers are planting fence-row-to-fence-row to produce enough corn to supply ethanol plants and at the same time meet burgeoning demand for food and feed crops. The intensification of corn...
Nothing HEHE about the HEHE initiative
Different countries have different responses and initiatives to respond to the global rise of fuel costs. Here in the U.S., we drill more. In Bhutan, they walk more. The new initiative by Dr. Lyonpo...
California Assembly approves ban on Teflon chemical in food packaging
The California State Assembly has adopted first-in-the-nation legislation to ban a toxic Teflon chemical linked to a number of serious health problems, including cancer, from use in food packaging...
Choosing the family toothpaste: How hard can it be?
Brush twice a day. Floss. Hit the dentist every year or so for a battery-powered cleaning and a once-over and voila, dental health. Pretty straightforward, huh? Not so fast, it turns out. Just finding...
Book review: “Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children"
The 20th century will undoubtedly be remembered in history as the century of chemistry. Don't we all remember “Better Living Through Chemistry?†And now as we stand on the banks of polluted rivers...
Adios, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen. . .
Hey loyal Enviroblog readers, This is my last week at EWG. I'll be around all week, and after that I'm leaving the blog in very capable hands, so don't you worry -- you'll still get quality...
Just science?
Greetings from California detours north of the border this week to answer criticisms of EWG by a Canadian newspaper columnist. His newspaper has (so far) refused to print the response below, so we're...
Toxic fragrance in the air
Many Enviroblog readers are familiar with the health concerns of undisclosed chemicals that hide under the pseudonym “fragrance†in everyday products—everything from cosmetics to cleaning...
New here? Looking for more?
Welcome to Enviroblog! Whether you clicked through from your email to read Lisa's back-to-school guide, or you're coming in from Treehugger (where we're one of their Greens of the Week), we've got...
Taking advantage of the disadvantaged
The relationship between Europe and Africa has always been an interesting one -- for centuries, the European colonial powers destroyed their African colonies by enslaving their people, crippling their...
Back to school: Are we ready? Are we non-toxic?
Just yesterday the letter came from our new school. Excitement turned to panic as I read the list of required items to bring on the 1st day. The many purchases we must make between today and the first...
Elected officials MIA; Instead, Wal-Mart and Burger King protecting your health
Despite numerous health and consumer safety concerns, California lawmakers fell under the lobbying influence of the chemical industry and rejected the two bills that would ban chemicals from baby...
FDA got it wrong. Here's why.
By now you may have heard about the Food and Drug Administration's draft assessment of bisphenol A, which says that the known endocrine disruptor poses no health risk. They got it wrong. My colleagues...
Enviroblog hosts: Carnival of the Green #141!
Hello and welcome to Carnival of the Green #141! Last week's edition was hosted by The Evangelical Ecologist. Next week, the Carnival makes its way over to LifeGoggles, so be sure to check it out...
My quest for the perfect BPA-free sippy cup
You can probably imagine what it's like to work for EWG and be a parent. In a word: fraught. In two words: consumer paralysis. Maybe it's just because I'm new here. In time, I'll (hopefully) recover...
Children sifting the earth for gold
Gold mining is far from a golden industry. In fact, gold mining poses serious environmental and human rights concerns. Modern mining for gold is a massive operation which causes massive environmental...
Take two house plants and call me in the morning
My 18 year old sister called me not long ago and said, "So what's the deal with these plastic bottles?" "Which plastic bottles, exactly?" I asked. "The Nalgene ones -- is it true that they're bad?" It...
Who wants candy? EU may ban suspect food additives
After a UK study, published late last year, drew convincing connections between certain food additives and hyperactivity in children, Britain's Food Standards Agency asked food companies to comply...