Chemical

Surprising Solution Offered For Origin-Of-Life Puzzle

Posted 02.21.2012

By: Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/21/2012 10:12 AM EST on LiveScience VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Just as species ...

Report Documents Industry Efforts to Delay Health Assessments of Toxic Chemicals

Jennifer Sass | Posted 12.19.2011

Jennifer Sass

Big business chemical industries have repeatedly blocked the Environmental Protection Agency and other government bodies from assessing the harms of h...

The IQ of America's Entrepreneurs

Alexia Parks | Posted 10.25.2011

Alexia Parks

In the world of today's entrepreneurs, the term IQ doesn't refer to how intelligent one is. Instead, it refers to the Innovation Quotient of companies...

For Colette: The Flower That Shattered the Stone

Nancy Chuda | Posted 05.25.2011

Nancy Chuda

At the age of four, Colette was diagnosed with Wilm's tumor, a rare form of cancer. Parents Jim and Nancy Chuda labored to beat the cancer, but lost their daughter one year later.

Hold the Mayo, Extra Pesticides

Donald Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Donald Carr

If Big Agriculture wants to promote healthier diets, it should stop attacking critics and focus on growing vegetables and fruits that are chemical-free -- and also tasty.

Grow, Baby, Grow

Stephan B. Tanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Stephan B. Tanda

Who could forget Sarah Palin's famous line during the 2008 presidential campaign: "Drill, baby, drill!" With the current environmental and economic di...

Why We Must Ban BPA From Products Made For Children

Harvey Karp | Posted 11.17.2011

Harvey Karp

In case you missed the flurry of recent news, scientists have serious doubts about the safety of BPA (bisphenol A). And that's alarming because this h...

8 Years and Still No Chemical Plant Security

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Papantonio

There has been an effort to minimize the importance of a new congressional report about the probabilities of another catastrophic domestic terrorist attack.