Environment
Pesticide is threat to bees, EPA says
BY GEOFFREY MOHAN, Los Angeles Times An insecticide widely used on grains, vegetables, fruit and other crops nationwide threatens honeybees, federal environmental regulators said in a decision that could ...
Banned pesticide sickens Delaware family at U.S. Virgin Islands resort
A Delaware family of four was seriously sickened after they were accidentally poisoned by exterminators using a banned pesticide at a luxury resort in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a newspaper ...
Pesticides may be more dangerous than testing reveals, study finds
Mesnage, R, N Defarge, J Spiroux de Vendômois, and G-E Séralini. 2014. Major pesticides are more toxic to human cells than their declared active principles. BioMed Research International 2014 Article ...
Flame retardant linked to obesity in mice.
Mice fed high-fat diets gained about 30 percent more weight than other mice eating the same foods when they also ingested high doses of a flame retardant, according to a ...
The Catch-22 In The Toxic Chemicals Law
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Now, the contaminant that leaked into the Elk River was a chemical called MCHM, and officials in West Virginia have promised to investigate how it might ...
This GMO Apple Won’t Brown. Will That Sour The Fruit’s Image?
If you (or your children) turn up your nose at brown apple slices, would you prefer fresh-looking ones that have been genetically engineered? Neal Carter, president of Okanagan Specialty Fruits, ...
EPA Not Entirely Confident Playground Turf Is Safe For Children
WASHINGTON -– The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly updated its website in response to a complaint that its public information on artificial turf made from old tires understated potential concerns ...
Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in water at fracking sites
A study of hydraulic fracturing sites in Colorado finds substances that have been linked to infertility, birth defects and cancer. Water samples collected at Colorado sites where hydraulic fracturing was ...
As OSHA Emphasizes Safety, Long-Term Health Risks Fester
OSHA devotes most of its budget and attention to responding to here-and-now dangers rather than preventing the silent, slow killers that, in the end, take far more lives. Over ...
Triclosan Safety Questioned
Excerpt: GELLERMAN: The chemical triclosan can be found in thousands of household products - toothpaste, kids' toys and face creams, computer keyboards, yoga mats and soaps - especially soaps. Tricolosan ...
The Indoor Pollution Threat You May Not Have Known Existed
Americans spend 90 percent of their time indoors, but have you ever thought about the purity of the air that you are breathing as you sit inside your home, office ...