Pesticide Combo Impacts Often Greater Than Sum of Parts: New Study
"Exposure to multiple fumigants commonly used together in California may increase cancer risk, says new report."
Source: Civil Eats, 02/24/2016
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"'Worst Thing ... In Decades': Fears For Sydney's Drinking Water"
"Five of the six top scientists in charge of monitoring the health of Sydney's water have had their positions axed as part of state government cuts experts warn will compromise the safety of drinking water."
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 02/22/2016
"GE, EPA In Dispute Over Federal Plan To Clean Housatonic River"
"Continuing a decades-old dispute, General Electric Co. is sharply objecting to a new federal plan that would force it to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to remove massive amounts of toxic chemicals from the Housatonic River, which the company polluted for nearly 50 years."
Source: Boston Globe, 02/19/2016
"Science for Sale: Brokers of Junk Science?"
"Two scientific journals known for their industry ties have become go-to publications for researchers who minimize risks from chemicals".
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 02/19/2016
"FDA to Start Testing for Glyphosate in Food"
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the nation’s chief food safety regulator, plans to start testing certain foods for residues of the world’s most widely used weed killer after the World Health Organization’s cancer experts last year declared the chemical a probable human carcinogen."
Source: Civil Eats, 02/18/2016
"NJ Fighting Rise In Water Tainted By Common Chemical"
"A man-made chemical used in the manufacture of stain-resistant carpets, waterproof clothing, non-stick cooking pans and other products that make life less messy has spread so far through the environment that it can be found everywhere from the fish in the Delaware River to polar bears in the Arctic — and even some drinking water in North Jersey."
Source: Bergen Record, 02/16/2016
"What You Need to Know About Artificial Food Coloring Phase-Outs"
"As Mars joins the growing group of multinational food companies pledging to phase out artificial food coloring, its use remains widespread. Here’s why it matters."
Source: Civil Eats, 02/16/2016
Organic Diet Cuts Pesticide Exposure In Children, Berkeley Study Finds
"A new scientific study [documents] that organic food can substantially lower pesticide exposure in children from low-income families in both urban and rural areas."
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel, 02/16/2016
"Michigan Legionnaires' Deaths Were Preventable, Official Says"
"Residents of Flint, Michigan, began getting gravely ill and in some cases dying in summer 2014 in one of the worst outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease in U.S. history, and a county health director says attempts to find the source were hampered when the state wouldn't request federal assistance."
Source: CNN, 02/15/2016
"Meet The ‘Rented White Coats’ Who Defend Toxic Chemicals"
"How corporate-funded research is corrupting America’s courts and regulatory agencies".
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 02/09/2016
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