Toxic Chemicals

Chemicals In Everyday Products Turning Boys Into Girls?

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Toys, Pesticides, Sunscreen, Parabens, Boys, Dioxin, Defra, Healthy Child Healthy World, Toxins, Girls, Toxic Chemicals, Stainless Steel, Organic Food, Plastic, Hormone-Disrupting-Chemicals, Cancer, Phthalates, Health, Living News

A new report from the Danish Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), highlights the critical risks facing toddlers from gender bending chemicals in everyday products.

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Expanding Islands of Trash

nytimes.com | LINDSEY HOSHAW | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Plastics, Toxic Chemicals, Trash-Island, Trash, Sustainability, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Oceans, Pacific Ocean, Garbage, Garbage Vortex, Environment, Green News

Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, each the size of a grain of rice, inhabit the Pacific garbage patc...

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Cleaning Up the Language Around Ocean Pollution

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Environment, Plastic, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Pollution, Ocean, Green News

Due to our inability and slowness to adequately describe and respond to the threat, certain areas of our coasts and oceans have become overwhelmed by plastic.

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Scary Looks Without Scary Contents

Paul McRandle | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Halloween, Makeup, Living News

This Halloween, use adult makeup on yourself or your children instead of cheap, costume makeup, which is more likely to contain toxic substances like lead or formaldehyde.

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Scary Stuff: Children's Halloween Face Paints May Contain Lead

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

A new Campaign for Safe Cosmetics report reveals that some children's face paints contain heavy metals such as lead, nickel and cobalt that can cause lifelong skin sensitization and contact dermatitis.

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

Huffington Post | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

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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One Stop Shopping for Greening Your Home: Green Depot Has It All

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Barney's, Economic Downturn, Whole Foods, Building-Projects, Green Jobs, Going Green, Adrien Grenier, Greenwashing Companies, Green, Green Business, Green Energy, Global Economic Crisis, Local Produce, Hgtv, Green Technology, Greenwashing, Asthma, New Business, National Jewish Health, Sarah Beatty, Green Recovery, Green Buildings, Green Construction, Environmental Health, Green Building, Environmentalism, Green Rebuilding, Women in Business, Green Living, Toxic Chemicals, Consumer Trends, Green-Depot, Green News, Toxicity, Green-Trends, Green Cleaning Products, Home Construction, Buying Power, Green Cleaning, Allergies, Green News

Find out how Sarah Beatty, a determined new green business woman, has earned Green Depot's moniker as America's leading one-stop shop for building solutions.

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Harmful Chemicals In Daily Products

divinecaroline.com | :Â Lakshmi Gosyne (View Profile) | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Moisturizer, Toxic Chemicals, Skin Care, Wellness, Living News

Most people don't think anything of putting chemicals on their skin. You may think as long as the moisturizer has a label that states "with shea butte...

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Diabetes and Endocrine Disruption: Connecting the Dots

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Toxic Chemicals, Pesticides, Atrazine, Diabetes, Living News

I consider myself fairly well-read, and educated about health. I've researched the endocrine disruption effects of chemicals--that is, the ways that c...

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Why I'll Swig From My Sigg No More

Nena Baker | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Water Bottles, Cdc, Polycarbonate Plastic, Sigg Bottles, Steve Wasik, Sigg, Fda, Klean Kanteen, Bpa Bisphenol A, Bpa Bans, Green News

Good-bye Sigg. Hello Klean Kanteen.

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Actualities: Weed Killers in Your Water

Dan Agin | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Epa, Atrazine, Weed Killers, Fetal Development, Environmental Pollution, Green News

The basic question for toxicologists and pediatricians (and for the EPA) is whether there is indeed such a thing as a "safe" concentration of a toxic substance for an embryo or fetus. My own view is no.

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A New Chapter In The Erin Brockovich/Hexavalent Chromium Story

John DeCock | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Water Pollution, Toxics, Water, Green, Environment, Erin Brockovich, Hexavalent Chromium, Pollution, Green News

Our primary concern now is that further delay by the state not only puts those drinking Hexavalent Chromium at risk, but delays clean up of water supplies and fails to hold polluters accountable.

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Chemicals and the World's Expanding Waistline

Nena Baker | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Biomonitoring, Obesogens, Pfoa, Kid Safe Chemicals Act, Exercise, Bpa, Bisphenol A, Diet, Obesity, Phthalates, Living News

A growing stack of laboratory research suggests that some of the chemicals used in everyday items predispose an individual to the battle of the bulge, despite normal diet and exercise.

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Use the Precautionary Principle

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 08.03.2009 | Green

Read More: White House Garden, White House, Obama White House, Lead, Michelle Obama, Eddie Gehman Kohan, The Obama Girls, Gardening, Epa, Green News, Lead Poising, Sewage Sludge, Obama Administration, Organic Gardening, Organic Food, National Park Service, Toxic Chemicals, Green News

At the White House, the precautionary principle should be used: lead contaminated soil should be removed and replaced with organic compost. That would be the safe and truly organic way.

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Outing the Toxics in Our High Chairs

Joan Blades | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Baby Products, Momsrising, Bromine Industry, Environmental-Toxins, Flame-Retardants, Green News

It is unconscionable to expose babies to these chemicals -- especially since the 12-second flame resistance provided by these toxic chemicals has shown no measurable benefit in terms of fire protection.

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The Obama Organic Family Garden: Swimming in Sludge?

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Obama White House, White House, Lead, Sewage Sludge, Michelle Obama, Organic Gardening, Lead Poising, Organic Food, Epa, National Park Service, Obama Administration, Gardening, The Obama Girls, White House Garden, Green News

The Obamas may be the newest sludge victims. Michelle's hopes of having a truly organic garden and healthy vegetables for her own children and other children who visit the White House have been dashed.

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Cracking the Autism Riddle: Toxic Chemicals, A Serious Suspect in the Autism Outbreak

Harvey Karp | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Plastics, Toxic Chemicals, Teflon, Brain, Children, Autism, Children's Health, Formaldehyde, Living News

We used to think substances like Teflon, plastics, and formaldehyde were harmless, but a rising tide of evidence has turned the spotlight on chemical exposures as a possible poison to our children's developing brains.

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Kids Safe Chemical Act: The Chemical Industry Takes on the Mommy Lobby

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Bpa, Toxic Chemicals, Babies, Kids Safe Chemical Act, Environmental Working Group, Robyn O'Brien, Allergykids, Green News

The Kid-Safe Chemicals Act would require manufacturers to first prove a chemical is actually safe before it's allowed into a consumer product.

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Crops Could Get Toxic If Climate Continues To Warm

Reuters | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Dioxide Levels, Crops, Global Warming Pollution, Grains, Whole Grains, Toxic Chemicals, Global Warming Effects, Climate Change, Environment, Carbon Dioxide, Food, Global Warming, Green News

Staples such as cassava on which millions of people depend become more toxic and produce much smaller yields in a world with higher carbon dioxide lev...

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30 New Toxic Chemicals You Should Avoid

thedailygreen.com | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Toxic Substances, Toxic, Children, Health, Environment, Reproductive Problems, Cancer, Green Living, Green News

California has identified 30 chemicals that may cause cancer, reproductive problems and other serious health concerns. ...

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NY Air Pollution Carries Serious Cancer Risk: Feds

AP | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, New York Pollution, Environmental Protection Agency, Smog, New York Smog, Epa, Toxic Air Pollutants, Pollution, Air Pollution, New York, New York City, New York News

AP - Millions of people living in nearly 600 neighborhoods across the country are breathing concentrations of toxic air pollutants that put them at a ...

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Biomonitoring: Essential for Protecting Public Health

Nena Baker | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Biomonitoring, Flame Retardants, Body Burden, Bisphenol A, Kid Safe Chemical Act, Environmental Working Group, The American Chemistry Council, Phthalates, Green News

We have a right to know what's in us, no matter how disturbing.

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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 07.17.2009 | Politics

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

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 07.11.2009 | Green

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

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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If a Pregnant Woman Told You BPA Was Safe, Would You Believe Her?

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, California, Canned Foods, Toxic Free Babies, Bpa Baby Bottles, Bpa, Food Safety, Marketing, Fda, Health, Living News

The end is near, BPA industry, best put your money into R&D for a safer alternative instead of poorly thought out marketing plans

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