Environment
Try to Look Pretty Without Poisoning Yourself!
When you're brushing your teeth, changing the little one's diaper, and putting on deodorant in the morning, are you thinking about the chemicals in your toothpaste, your diaper cream, your ...
Safeguard Your Health: Simple Steps to Minimize Toxins in Your Personal Care Products
With the buzz getting louder about dangerous toxic chemicals in personal care products, you may find yourself convinced that it’s time to make some changes in your own life. Where ...
BPA: A Threat to Health That’s Hard to Avoid
As concerns grow over the use of bisphenol A, or BPA, in consumer products ranging from water bottles to food cans, it's already being phased out of certain items. But ...
The Cancer Danger in Canned Food
Independent research undertaken by the Breast Cancer Fund has uncovered harmful levels of Bisphenol A – or BPA – in a range of popular canned goods. Conducting the study using ...
NRDC lawsuit finally prompts FDA to agree to determine safety of BPA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally committed to a decision by March 31, 2012 on whether to ban BPA from use in packaging for food and drinks. ...
Consumer Reports Tests Juices for Arsenic and Lead
Findings of a Consumer Reports investigation about arsenic and lead levels in apple juice and grape juice have prompted the organization to call for government standards to limit consumers’ exposure ...
Hike in Camp Lejeune male breast cancer cases expected
Mike Partain was startled two years ago when he tracked down nine former male residents of Camp Lejeune, N.C., who shared an exceedingly rare trait. A breast cancer diagnosis. Partain, ...
The Stinky Facts About Smelling Good
Have you ever looked at the ingredient list of your favorite fragrance? I guarantee you cannot pronounce most of the words. That can't be good. And did you also know ...
BPA in pregnancy linked to behavior problems in baby girls
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Baby girls who are exposed while in the womb to a chemical found commonly in plastics may ...
Pregnant women’s exposure to BPA linked to behavior of toddler girls, study says
From elsewhere in The Post: Women with high levels of bisphenol A in their urine were more likely to report that their young girls were hyperactive, aggressive, anxious, depressed and ...
BPA banned in California Baby Bottles
CONTACT: EWG public affairs: 510-444-0973 or renee@ewg.org or Bill Allayaud, 916-601-9280 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5, 2011 Sacramento, Calif. – California parents and parents-to-be are breathing easier with the news ...
Government Says 2 Common Materials Pose Risk of Cancer
WASHINGTON — The government issued warnings on Friday about two materials used daily by millions of Americans, saying that one causes cancer and the other might. Government scientists listed formaldehyde ...