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CDC confirms: Exposure to BPA exceeds safety standards
A new CDC analysis demonstrates that when it comes to bisphenol A, EPA's so-called safety standards are woefully inadequate. The dose EPA considers safe is based on decades-old data. Many scientists...
Latest recall: Aqua Dots laced with "date rape" drug
I occasionally talk to people who don't understand why lead in children's toys is such a problem. "I grew up exposed to lead paint chips," they say, "and I turned out fine." I might beg to differ -- I...
Envirohealth in Blogs: Tell Senators to support Dorgan-Grassley!
A little light reading. . . but first, a call to action: The Senate began its discussion of the farm bill on Monday, but that doesn't mean it's too late to call your Senator and give him or her your...
Mining reform law passes House 244-166
There's an old joke that asks, "Who's buried in Grant's tomb?" The answer, of course, is President Grant himself ( and, google reveals, his wife), but soon they may have some company. The House voted...
Envirohealth in Blogs: Have a green Halloween!
A little light reading. Happy Halloween! Eco-conscious but on a budget? David at The Good Human has the list you've been looking for: 35 low-cost ways to green your lifestyle. CPSC Chair Nancy Nord is...
Drop in aggressive crime parallels ban on leaded gasoline
It can be hard to prove the correlation between environmental exposures and health implications. Public health advocates that focus on environmental exposures, often speak about general health trends...
Envirohealth News: Crime, unleaded
When a body is exposed to lead it's stored in the bones like calcium, but scientists are just now realizing that it's also released back into the blood like calcium -- including when mothers are...
Prioritize your food dollars with Dr. Greene
You're organic-savvy, right? You already use the Shoppers' Guide to prioritize your produce purchases, but now you're wondering what else you should be considering when it comes to your food dollars...
Blog Action Day tip: Know your source
Today is Blog Action Day, an event created to draw the attention of the blogosphere as a whole to one particular issue. Today, bloggers around the world will turn their attention to this year’s...
DDT is not healthy for children and other living things
Imagine a group of gregarious nine and ten year old girls in the early 1960s, laughing and running through the streets of their neighborhood on a summer evening, following along behind a big truck --...
Exposure of Canadians to toxic killers
Canadians face up to 25,000 premature deaths annually and that costs the Canadian government more than $9 billion. These, among other statistics, were revealed in a new study published last week. This...
Envirohealth News: Finally, an asbestos ban
We've known the about the negative health impacts of asbestos since the 1920's, and now the Senate has finally acted to ban the stuff from import. Our thanks and congratulations go to Senator Murray...
17 Principles of Environmental Justice
After writing this morning's post on the global environmental justice movement, I did a little digging and turned up the Principles of Environmental Justice. Drafted and adopted in 1991 at the...
Correction
In a May 16 blog post about the possibility of Dennis Paustenbach being appointed to a federal asbestos committee, we said that Paustenbach's firm ChemRisk "committed scientific fraud on behalf of a...
Rotten eggs in Versailles, PA
What would you rather have lurking underneath your hometown: highly explosive methane, or highly toxic hydrogen sulfide? Tough decision. How about both? In Versailles, PA, that's exactly the situation...
Ask EWG: Is there eco-friendly jewelry?
Question: I love jewelry, and have since I was a little girl. I don’t buy it often, and when I do I try to buy pieces that are made to last. I’m trying to be a responsible consumer. What should I...
Envirohealth News: Claims for antibacterial soap go down the drain
What's new in the world of environmental health. The federal government is setting itself up to violate its own water quality standards -- by not cutting CO2 emissions. Oceans absorb carbon dioxide...
Are you addicted to plastic?
A few months ago my family undertook - and managed to survive - a week without buying anything plastic. Like not one single thing - including sliced bread bags (just try and buy sandwich bread without...
Make it personal & political on Earth Day
At EWG, we work to provide useful, science-based information to help you safeguard your family from environmental hazards. We also work to reform federal policy on toxic chemicals so that the earth is...
A new target for deadly lead?
Yesterday Janet Raloff of Science News wrote about a new study linking lead levels in older women to an increased risk of mortality. Women whose blood lead levels measure > 8 micrograms per deciliter...
Perchlorate -- Let's Get Serious
Sun! Finally! The kid and husband were at a cycling race, so Saber the Wonder Dog and I drove out to the Shenandoah Valley and hit the trail that runs along the waterfalls. Last week's rains were...
So what products CAN we use?
Every time a report is released that reveals toxics in our consumer products, it's only natural to wonder what you can buy once you've learned what you can't.
