Autism’s Rising Rates Increasingly Blamed On Toxic Chemicals.
Huffington Post May 24, 2012 Lynn Peeples While pregnant with her son Edgar, Melissa Wolfe followed the lead of many a cautious woman before her.... Read More
National Stroller Brigade: Moms Descend On Congress To Urge Toxic Chemical Reform.
Huffington Post May 22, 2012 Lynne Peeples Christine Nienstedt is a fairly typical mom. Her time is stretched thin between work and her kids’ soccer... Read More
1,4-Dioxane and Laundry Soap: Free and Gentle or a Marketing Free-for-All
Scientific American May 7, 2012 Bill Chameides More than 80,000 chemicals are produced, used, and present in the United States. This is one of their... Read More
Safe & Healthy Gardening Tools
It's time to take full advantage of the growing season! But are there some hidden toxic hazards in your tool shed?
House Parties Launched to Help New Parents Detox Their Homes
Living Green May 15, 2015 The national women’s health nonprofit Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE) has come out with a fun way to get... Read More
Household chemicals possibly causing cancers, fertility problems.
The significant growth in many human diseases and disorders in recent decades is connected to the rising levels of exposure to mixtures of some chemicals in widespread use, according to a review of recent literature commissioned by the European Environ...
Research adds to BPA fear of cancer.
New findings suggests a link between breast cancer risk and prenatal exposure to bisphenol A, or BPA, giving more ammunition to groups that want to ban the substance, which is found in baby bottles, food containers and numerous other consumer products.
Household chemicals’ ‘cocktail effect’ raises cancer concerns for watchdog.
Europe's environmental watchdog, the European Environment Agency, has warned that products containing endocrine disrupting chemicals should be treated with caution until their true effects are better known.
House Parties Launched to Detox Homes for New Parents
Organization Women’s Voices for the Earth seeks to reduce exposure to unregulated toxic chemicals Contact: Sian Wu, swu@colehourcohen.com, 206-701-4734 Cassidy Randall, cassidyr@womensvoices.org, 406-543-3747 MISSOULA, Mont.... Read More
Toxic roulette.
Chicago Tribune May 10, 2012 Michael Hawthorne Firemaster 550, touted as safe, is the latest in a long line of flame retardants allowed onto the... Read More