Exposure to Chemicals

More Evidence That Chemicals Are Changing Who We (And Our Children And Grandchildren) Are

David Crews | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Epigenetics, Exposure to Chemicals, Fungicides, Bpas, Chemical Exposure, Chemical Exposure Mental Health, Chemical Exposure Behavior, Science News
David Crews

We haven't proved that chemical exposure is at the root of increases in mental health disorders. What we do know with increasing confidence, however, is that chemical exposure is changing our brains, and that those changes are being passed on to our descendants.

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The Great Global Poisoning Experiment

John DeCock | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Clean Water Act, Food Safety, Toxic Chemicals, Food Safety Legislation, Chemicals Cancer, Exposure to Chemicals, Carcinogens, Chemicals, Cosmetics Chemicals, Green News
John DeCock

No matter how carefully you eat or drink or watch your exposure to toxins, your body has chemicals in it that do not belong there and have the potential to make you ill, even fatally ill.

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States Are Getting Tough on Toxics -- Will Congress?

Andy Igrejas | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, Safe Chemicals Act, Chemicals, Exposure to Chemicals, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Living News
Andy Igrejas

Once people realize that the chemicals used to make their children's pajamas are less regulated than what comes out of an industrial smokestack, they are ready for change.

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Gulf Residents Speak Out About Severe Sickness From Chemicals In The Gulf

Jerry Cope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sciencecorps, Gulf Shores, Jaws, Epa, Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum, Corexit, Billy Nungesser, Gulf Coast, Dr. Riki Ott, Barack Obama, BP Oil Spill, Exxon Valdez, Lisa Jackson, Exposure to Chemicals, Coast Guard, Gulf Oil Spill, Alabama, Dispersants, Obama Transparency, Toxic Chemicals, Green News
Jerry Cope

"The health effects are the most frightening because everybody is sick and the doctors here don't know how to treat us. We are having a hard time finding doctors."

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Eco Etiquette: Help! Am I Doomed By Dioxins?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Industrial Chemicals, Exposure to Chemicals, Dioxins, Vegan Diet, Pvc, Green News, Bpa, Love Canal, Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Victor Yushchenko, Green Advice, Toxic Chemicals, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. I've been pretty freaked ...

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ADHD: Agricultural Pesticides

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Pesticides, Organic Farming, Organic Food, ADHD Pesticides, Exposure to Chemicals, Factory Farms, Adhd, Organic, Food News

CHICAGO — A new analysis of U.S. health data links children's attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and v...

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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 Chance for Sensible Chemical Regulatory Reform

Rick Haggard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Chemicals, Toxic Substances Control Act, Exposure to Chemicals, Green News
Rick Haggard

Congress should now seize the opportunity to modernize chemical regulations to reflect current scientific knowledge and engineering, instead of that from three decades ago.

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Sustaining Outrage and Organizing Efforts as Workers Continue to Fall Victim to Chemical Exposures

Elizabeth Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Electronics Industry, Asia Monitor Resource Center, Asia, Environmental Health, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Exposure to Chemicals, Workers Rights, Green News
Elizabeth Grossman

On Sunday January 24, Carl "Danny" Fish, who worked at the DuPont plant in Belle, West Virginia died after being exposed to phosgene - a chemical so a...

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Five Rules for Navigating the Hazards of Life

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Healthy Living, Organic Food, Exposure to Chemicals, Healthy Living News
Maria Rodale

I have learned over the years to use a combination of trend spotting and good old-fashioned common sense. Here are my five rules for navigating the hazards of life.

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Erin Brockovich, Seventh Generation Launch Million Baby Crawl Campaign (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cleaning Products, Children, Million Baby Crawl, Exposure to Chemicals, Organic Cosmetics, Chemicals, Babies, Legislation, Toxic Chemicals, Diapers, Infants, Activism, Seventh Generation, Erin Brockovich, Green Cleaning Products, Kids Safe Chemicals Act, Healthy Families Act, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Video, Green News

Oh baby! Seventh Generation has teamed up with Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families in order to overthrow the old chemical legislatio...

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Thank You, Bill Maher, For Asking Where in the World is Barack Obama and What is He Going To Do About Healthcare?

Anne Dunev | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Debt, Socialized-Medicine, Car Accidents, America, Restless Leg Syndrome, Exposure to Chemicals, Lobbyists, Cheney, President Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, Restless-Leg-Syndrome, Fat, Health Insurance, The Matrix, Dick Cheney, Television, National Debt, Insurance, Vice President Dick Cheney, Washington, Universal Health Care, Cheney Torture, President Bush, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Vice President, Michelle Obama, Lindsay Lohan, Bankruptcy, Lobbying, Surgery, Washington DC, The-Matrix, Chemicals, Capitalism, Kodak, Don Rumsfeld, Toxic Chemicals, Dumb as Hell, Pharmaceutical Companies, Bill Maher, Pharmaceutical Industry, Donald Rumsfeld Torture, Health, Caveat Emptor, Prescription Drugs, Doctors, Florida, Prescription Medication, Vice President Cheney, Politics News
Anne Dunev

Most decent people cannot conceive that anyone would profit from knowingly harming others. That is the flaw in capitalism. And that is one reason that evil can exist.

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The BPA Diaries: An Introduction

John DeCock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, Exposure to Chemicals, Water, Bpa Baby Bottles, Clean Water, Plastic Water Bottles, Nalgene, Toxic Toys, Water Bottles, Bisphenol A, Green News
John DeCock

BPA is a symbol of a much broader problem--our need to evaluate chemicals before they reach the marketplace, and to develop safer alternatives to chemicals we already know to be toxic.

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Bisphenol A: The Goods on a Bad Plastic

Nena Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bisphenol A, Food and Drug Administration, Diethylstilbestrol, National Institute for Environomental Health Sciences, Exposure to Chemicals, Women's Health, Health, Plastic, Plastic Bottles, Green News
Nena Baker

The leaked minutes from industry's bisphenol A strategy session in Washington D.C. last week tell a sad and scary tale of desperation.

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5 Secrets Conventional Cleaning Product Manufacturers Don't Want You to Know

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Households, Cleaning Products, Natural, Exposure to Chemicals, Cpsc, Antibacterials, Truth in Labeling, Consumer Reports, Toxic Chemicals, Environmentally Friendly, Nontoxic, Triclosan, Seventh Generation, Surfactant, Green Cleaning Products, Cleaning, Activeion, Ecover, Dapple, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

These products were meant for use all over the house. If they were as toxic as their labels implied, why were we using them where we ate, bathed, slept and played?

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Health Care: Scientific or Rational?

Kim Evans | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Pesticides, Flouride, Body Cleansing, Healthy Lifestyle, Personal Health, Exposure to Chemicals, Healthy Diet, Unhealthy Diets, Chemicals, Toxic Chemicals, Personal Responsibility, Unhealthy Eating, Organic Food, Pesticide, Cancer, Heart Disease, Cleansing, Health Care, Healthcare, Healthy Living News
Kim Evans

It's time we started thinking about things differently. If a reliance on proven demonstrated science has gotten us exactly to where we are now, perhaps a shift of focus to rational is the best move we can make.

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Let's Have a Heart to Heart

Anne Dunev | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Balanced Life, Exposure to Chemicals, Valentines Day, Flu, Immunity, Germs, Green Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day, Heart Disease, Gardening, Blood Pressure, Medicine, Love, Environmental Chemicals, Flu Season, Valentine's Day Gifts, Ohio State University, Personal Health, Therapeutic Touch, Pediatrics, Chemicals, Babies, Valentine's Day Ideas, Immune System, Toxic Chemicals, How to Be Happy, Heart, Daily Life, The Ohio State University, Romance, Hospitals, Being Happy, Gardens, Healthy Living News
Anne Dunev

We can be a big influence on each other's health. A warm smile, a greeting, a hug to a dear one, can brighten anyone's life -- and may have more of a therapeutic effect than you realize.

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