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Category: Chemicals
A single blast of BPA alters behavior?
Swedish meatballs researchers claim that a single postnatal dose of the dreaded bisphenol A (BPA) changes adult behavior. Continue reading A single blast of BPA alters behavior?
Flame retardants increasing in atmosphere?
After all, two points do make a line. Continue reading Flame retardants increasing in atmosphere?
Irony: Atmospheric mercury declining without EPA regulation
Paradoxically, although manmade mercury emissions have been increasing, atmospheric levels of mercury have been declining — all on the eve of EPA’s Clean Air Mercury Rule (aka utility MACT). Continue reading Irony: Atmospheric mercury declining without EPA regulation
Camp Lejueune Marines wrongly blame TCE for cancer, want compensation
Earthworks: Fracking violates human rights, Nuremberg Code
New York State fracking opponents say it’s an immoral form of human experimentation. —>
Mercury challenge to Sierra Club’s Michael Brune
Show us the neural damage. Continue reading Mercury challenge to Sierra Club’s Michael Brune
Obama FDA ‘forced’ to review BPA safety
How hard did the enviros have to twist the Obama FDA’s arm? Continue reading Obama FDA ‘forced’ to review BPA safety
European Food Safety Authority Once Again Reaffirms the Safety of BPA
Based on this latest assessment, EFSA upheld the finding of its 2010 review that the existing tolerable daily intake (TDI) for BPA would “protect all human populations for lifetime exposure to this substance through diet.” Continue reading European Food Safety Authority Once Again Reaffirms the Safety of BPA
Shock: Chemical industry stands up to Senate bullies
Apparently even the squishy and often-greenwashing chemical industry has its limits. Continue reading Shock: Chemical industry stands up to Senate bullies
Ross: Chemical fear mongering goes into overdrive
Gil Ross on enviro efforts to hijack reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act. Continue reading Ross: Chemical fear mongering goes into overdrive
BPA exposure from canned soup
OMG! This study is really a POS. But WTF, they got it published anyway. Continue reading BPA exposure from canned soup