Endocrine Disruptors

Lynne Peeples

FDA Made 'Wrong Call' On BPA In Food Containers

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Endocrine Disruptors, FDA Ban BPA, Bpa, Toxic Chemicals and Children, FDA and BPA Baby Bottles, Bpa Baby Bottles, Fda, Bpa Fda, FDA BPA, Fda Bpa Ban, Green News

"Ludicrous." "Bogus." "Illogical." Scientists and public health advocates expressed frustration on Friday as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

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Lynne Peeples

FDA Close To Critical Decision On BPA

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Endocrine Disruptors, Bpa, BPA Children, FDA Ban BPA, US Fda Bisphenol, Bpa Food, US Fda Bpa, Bpa Plastic, Bisphenol A, Bpa Fda, Fda, Hormones, Children's Health, Bpa Ban, Green News

UPDATE: 3/30 4:00 p.m. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that it will continue to allow bisphenol-A (BPA) in food and bever...

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Are Chemicals In Common Household Products Making You Sick?

The Huffington Post | Sarah Klein | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Bpa, Video, Beauty and Skin, Asthma, Bisphenol A, What Is Bisphenol A, Bisphenol, Natural Health, Slidepollajax, Bisphenol a Bpa, Healthy Living News

What's lurking in your household products? According to a recent study of more than 200 cleaning and personal care products, troublesome estrogen-mimi...

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Lynne Peeples

New Ways To Protect Unborn Babies From Onslaught Of Toxic Chemicals

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Toxic Chemicals, Pesticides, Gynecology, Obstetrics, Pregnancy, Cancer, Chemicals, Ob/Gyn, Babies, Unborn Babies, Children's Health, Prenatal Care, Green News

Laura Vandenberg worries whenever she hears a pregnant friend talk about painting a nursery. She gets even more concerned when she learns of a childbe...

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Lynne Peeples

Unwelcome Wells: Is Natural Gas Drilling Poisoning Our Children's Air?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Fracking, Voc, Volatile Organic Compounds, Hydrofracturing, Hydrofracking, Natural Gas Drilling, Red Hawk, Erie Rising, Benzene-Contamination, Green News

If everything goes as planned, Angie Nordstrum's son may look out the window of his second-grade classroom at Red Hawk Elementary this fall and see a ...

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End Game: The Petitions to Ban BPA

Matthew Spiegl | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Bisphenol A, Environmental Chemicals, Bpa Ban, Water Bottles, Fda, Endocrine Disruptors, Bpa Free, Food Packaging, Plastic Pollution, Bpa Exposure, Bpa, Infant Formula Packaging, Toxic Chemicals, Plastics, Bpa Controversy, Fda Controversy, Bpa Controversy Baby Bottles, Petitions, Bpa Petition, Green News
Matthew Spiegl

As scientists continue to study the effects of BPA on humans, the FDA is finding that it is the one under the microscope -- the microscope of public scrutiny, that is -- and what we are seeing is troubling.

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Our Contaminated World

David Crews | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Endocrine Disruptors, Bpa, Bpa Plastic, Hormones, Contamination, Bpa Ban, Science News
David Crews

The FDA will soon announce whether to ban the use of bisphenol-A in food and beverage packaging. BPA is widely accepted by scientists as being an endocrine disruptor, and we support its ban because of demonstrable effects in wildlife and laboratory animals.

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Lynne Peeples

Toxic Chemical Under Attack, But Are Alternatives Any Safer?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Plastics, Endocrine Disruptors, Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, Bpa-Free, Nrdc, Epa, Diabetes, Fda, Chemicals, Obesity, Fire Retardants, Environmental Chemicals, Pcbs, Green News

As evidence mounts of the dangers of bisphenol-A, there is a rising urgency to purge the common chemical from consumer products. Several states hav...

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Lynne Peeples

A Hormonal Mess: How An Everyday Chemical May Be Making Us Fat And Sick

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Bpa, Endocrine Disruptors, Obesogens, Type 2 Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, Bpa Baby Bottles, Diabetes, Bpa Canned Food, Obesity, Hormones, Phthalates, Overweight, Childhood Obesity, Bpa Water Bottles, Insulin, Green News

The modern lifestyle of super-sized french fries and couch potatoes often takes the blame for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes in the U.S. -- ...

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Atrazine Use Rises While EPA Twiddles Its Thumbs

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Natural Resources Defense Council, Atrazine, Pollution, Water Pollution, Nrdc, Syngenta, Green News
Andrew Wetzler

It's been a good year for Syngenta, the maker of the endocrine-disrupting chemical atrazine. Last week, the company reported double-digest growth in sales and net income for the first half of 2011.

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Here Comes the Sun!

Dr. Susanne Bennett | Posted 09.03.2011

Read More: Sun Prevention, Endocrine Disruptors, Sun Damage, Nano Particles, Healthy Sunscreens, Sunscreen, Sun Facts, Titanium Dioxide, Sunblock, Natural Sunscreen, ZINC OXIDE, Spf, Personal Health, Healthy Living News
Dr. Susanne Bennett

Before stepping outside, we parents do want to be mindful about sun protection, and should apply a formula that protects our children's delicate skin.

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There's No "Safe" Plastic, Already!

Mindy Pennybacker | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Endocrine Disruptors, Plastic Pollution, Hormone Disrupting Plastics, Bisphenol-A, Surfrider Foundation, Toxic Plastics, BPA-Free Plastics Leach Chemicals, Phthalates, Plastic Chemicals in Fish, Green News
Mindy Pennybacker

The latest science shows that plastics are really, really bad news. Hormone-disrupting chemicals were found to be leached from all kinds of plastics, including those labeled BPA-free.

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Afraid to Eat: Can Food Kill You?

Lisa Turner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Afraid to Eat, Food Safety, Aflatoxins, Bovine Growth Hormone, Organic Food, Genetically Modified Foods, Home News
Lisa Turner

What's safe, clean and healthy? In general, of course, the best advice is to eat an organic diet of mostly fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and legumes, with some grains and limited animal protein.

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Gas Drilling With Brain-Damaging Chemicals Begins Near NYC's Water Source

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Natural Gas Drilling, Health, Water, Gasland, Josh Fox, Endocrine Disruptors, Fossil Fuels, Alison Rose Levy, Renewable Energy, Obesity, Children's Health, Energy Debates, Politics News
Alison Rose Levy

Scientific research indicates that certain chemicals in large concentration in fracking fluid are carcinogens ann neurotoxins that act on the hormones and brain even in low concentrations.

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The Environment Kills: OK, Sort of

Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Autism, Milk, Vaccines, Healthy Living News
Gary Liberson, PhD

Last week my wife showed me a study that found as little as a drink per day increases a woman's risk of breast cancer. We hugged, kissed, and lamented...

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Obesogens: The New Excuse for Being Overweight

Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Bpa, Endocrine Disruptors, Environment, Diet, Healthy Living News
Gary Liberson, PhD

I get perverse pleasure from seeing true science and common sense play second fiddle to environmental fears. I just read a short opinion piece in the...

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Girls' Puberty Coming Sooner -- But What about the Boys?

Cristen Conger | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Girls, Early Onset of Puberty, Puberty, Early Puberty, Early Puberty Study, Precocious Puberty, Bisphenol A, Boys Puberty, Boys, Precocious-Puberty, Girls Puberty, Childhood Obesity, Healthy Living News
Cristen Conger

As we fret over precocious puberty turning little girls into little women, why haven't more people stopped to ask what's going on with the boys? For a...

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Chemical Contamination in the Arctic: A Growing Threat to Polar Bears, Arctic Wildlife, and Possibly People

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Endocrine Disruptors, Polar Bears, Biogems, Arctic, Green News
Andrew Wetzler

Global warming poses an existential threat to the Arctic ecosystem as we know it. But one issue that gets comparatively little attention is the growing toll of chemical contamination.

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NRDC Sues FDA for 30 Year Delay in Regulating Antimicrobials

Sarah Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Simplesteps, Antibacterials, Fda, Antimicrobial, Triclosan, Triclocarban, Nrdc, Antibacterial, Green News
Sarah Janssen

The FDA first proposed a rule that would have removed triclosan and triclocarban from soaps in 1978. Until this rule is finalized, these chemicals can be widely used with no regulatory oversight.

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Being Clean and Pretty Has Toxic Costs

Nena Baker | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Hormone Disruptors, The Body Toxic, Cosmetics, Cancer, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Food and Drug Administration, Toxics, Healthy Living News
Nena Baker

Adults in the United States use an average of 10 personal-care products a day. That translates to exposures to more than 126 unique chemicals.

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Maybe Business Likes to be Regulated

Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Bpa, Risk Management, Fda, The American Chemistry Council, Risk, Food Politics, Epa, Green News
Gary Liberson, PhD

There is always a sector of the public that demands Government protect it from all risks. There is also, always a sector of Industry that will not ch...

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Our Environment, Our Health and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (AUDIO)

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hormone Disruptors, Endocrine Disruptors, Captain Charles Moore, Bp, Sustainable Food, Health Concerns About Plastic, Plastic Water Bottles, Sustainable Fishing, Toxins and Fish, Bpa, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Plastic Bag Ban, Plastic Bags, Plastic Age, Green Living, Video, Healthy Living News
Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau

Yes, the BP situation is horrific. But is it much different than each of us killing the ocean, the animals, and our own bodies a little bit every day?

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Silent Spring Has Sprung

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tyrone Hayes, Atrazine, Water, Nrdc, Rachel Carson, Environment, Green News, Silent Spring, Syngenta, Toxic Chemicals, Endocrine Disruptors, Epa, Ddt, Drinking Water, Green News
Randall Amster

the pervasive use of the herbicide atrazine raises a host of ecological and political questions that are strikingly reminiscent of those confronted by Rachel Carson.

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Up in Smoke: The Reality of Preventing Fire Deaths

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Toxic Chemicals, Pbdes, Exposure to Chemicals, Human Health, Fire, Fire Retardants, Chemicals, Healthy Child Healthy World, Healthy Living News
Christopher Gavigan

Generally, I'm a strong advocate for prevention. But what happens when your method of prevention creates its own set of risks? This is increasingly the case with flame retardants.

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A Moon Mission For Safer Plastics?

Elizabeth Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Epa, Toxic Chemicals, Sen. Lautenberg, Oregon, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. Vitter, Bisphenol A, Sen. Whitehouse, The American Chemistry Council, The North American Metal Packaging Alliance, Green News
Elizabeth Grossman

From what the chemical and packaging industries have been saying in response to questions about the safety of certain products, American innovation may be in trouble.

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