"New Flame Retardant Levels Rising Rapidly"
"Air concentrations of the brominated chemicals doubled every 13 months in recent years in Cleveland and Chicago."
Source: C&EN, 12/08/2011
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"FDA Agrees To Determine Safety Of BPA"
"The Food and Drug Administration must come up with a decision by March 31 on whether to ban a chemical that’s widely used in plastics and the metal linings of food containers, according to a court settlement reached Wednesday between the agency and the Natural Resources Defense Council."
Source: Wash Post, 12/08/2011
"Senate Subcommittee Grills CPSC on Drywall"
"At a hearing in Washington yesterday, lawmakers pressed product safety and health regulators about their three-year investigation into contaminated drywall, expressing frustration with their progress on all fronts."
Source: ProPublica, 12/08/2011
Scientific Panel Finds Few Clear Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
"An exhaustive new report meant to address public fears about possible links between breast cancer and the environment finds evidence strong enough to make only a few firm recommendations, most already well known and none with a large proven benefit."
Source: NY Times, 12/08/2011
Arsenic in Rice: Should We Worry About Toxic Chemical in Popular Food?
A new study showing that traces of arsenic can be absorbed by humans from rice raises questions about whether the exposure presents a risk -- and, if so, how to minimize it.
Source: TIME, 12/07/2011
"Colorado Delays Fracking Disclosure Decision"
"DENVER -- Colorado regulators decided Monday night to wait a week before they start deliberating a proposal to require oil and gas companies to publicly disclose what chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing."
Source: AP, 12/06/2011
Christian Environmental Group Calls EPA Mercury Rule a Pro-Life Issue
"The federal government's strict new rules on mercury emissions are a pro-life issue that Christians should embrace to protect unborn children, according to a group of Christian environmentalists."
Source: Grand Rapids Press, 12/06/2011
"Panel Links C8 To High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy"
"VIENNA, W.Va. -- A three-person team of scientists has found a 'probable link' between C8 and high blood pressure among pregnant women, but no such link between exposure to the chemical and other reproductive effects, the team announced Monday."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 12/06/2011
"EPA Tweaks Proposed Boiler Rule, Zeroes in on Largest Emitters"
"U.S. EPA [Friday] released a reworked package of proposed rules to tackle toxic emissions from 201,000 of the largest boilers and incinerators nationwide, hoping to clear up complaints from manufacturing groups as the agency clamps down on the industrial boilers that are one of the largest U.S. sources of harmful air pollution."
Source: Greenwire, 12/05/2011
"Bhopal Disaster Protesters Block Trains"
"Thousands of survivors of the world's worst industrial accident are protesting for more compensation by blocking the trains in an Indian city."
Source: Sky News, 12/05/2011
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