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
Chemical industry lobbyists keep stronger oversight plan at bay.
Chicago Tribune May 10, 2012 Michael Hawthorne With efforts to revamp the nation’s chemical safety law stalled in Congress, the Obama administration’s top environmental regulator... Read More
US scientist: ‘Many routes of exposure’ to endocrine disruptors.
Shanna H. Swan, a renowned scientist specialising in reproductive medicine, has warned about the health effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals known as phthalates which can end up in food via pesticides or plastics. In an interview with EurActiv, she calls on regulators to better protect consumers against those "hidden chemicals".
1,4-Dioxane and Laundry Soap: Free and Gentle or a Marketing Free-for-All?
Huffington Post 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
It’s party time!
Pregnancy & newborn May 2, 2012 So you and your friends have done book club get-togethers, wine tasting shindigs and even batch cooking dinners. But... Read More
Tide Detergent Found To Contain High Levels Of 1,4-Dioxane, Carcinogenic Contaminant.
Huffington Post April 26, 2012 Matt Hickman, Mother Nature Network Now, you probably have enough to worry about as it is with geese colliding into... Read More
Procter & Gamble Defends Against Claims that Tide Detergents Contain Carcinogens.
Forbes April 30, 2012 Amy Westervelt Last year, in its Dirty Secrets report, environmental group Women’s Voices for the Earth sent 20 different cleaning products... Read More
