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Thursday, May 8, 2008
The Star Tribune
David Wallinga and Lindsay Dahl: Scare isn't the last, only the latest
Last month, within a day of each other, Wal-Mart promised to stop carrying baby bottles with bisphenol-A (BPA) -- a toxic chemical that has received recent attention -- and Nalgene announced it will stop making its signature water bottles from the unsafe plastic. Toys 'R' Us and Babies 'R' Us have a... Continued...
The Pioneer Press
Phase out the toxins, phase in clean alternatives
When researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine conducted their groundbreaking 'biomonitoring' study to determine human exposure to synthetic chemicals, the results were alarming. The nine otherwise healthy individuals they tested carried an average of 91 industrial compounds and other pollut... Continued...
Healthy Legacy
Governor Call to Action!
As we get down to the wire at the capitol, we want to make sure that the Governor is hearing from his constituents about the importance of signing our bills.
We have two call to actions:
First,
Please call The Governor?s office and ask for his support for both:
1.The Safe Baby Product... Continued...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Times-Union
Why some plastics may be hazardous to your health
Their chemicals may leach into food and water, and that can cause problems.
The ubiquity of plastic may be most apparent during lunchtime: Tubs burst with leftovers, transparent wrap covers bowls, Styrofoam trays rotate in the microwave.
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Ribon Industries: Plastic Bottle Sou... Continued...
Thursday, April 17, 2008
The Dirty Dozen: Top 12 Foods to Eat Organic
These are the 12 foods you should buy organic whenever possible
Meat
There's the likelihood that chicken, pork, and cow feed is grown with the help of pesticides, antibiotics and chemicals. Similar to milk and milk-based dairy products, many chemical pesticides could end up in the animal, which... Continued...
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Committee on Energy and Commerce
NEWS RELEASE - Congressional investigation on Bisphenol A Panel
NEWS RELEASE
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Rep. John D. Dingell, Chairman
For Immediate Release: April 8, 2008
Contact: Jodi Seth or Alex Haurek, 202-225-5735
Committee Probe Finds FDA Used Industry Studies to Approve Chemical in Infant Formula Liners
Dingell, St... Continued...
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
FDA relied on industry studies to judge safety
Ignoring hundreds of government and academic studies showing a chemical commonly found in plastic can be harmful to lab animals at low doses, the Food and Drug Administration determined the chemical was safe based on just two industry-funded studies that didn't find harm.
In response to a congres... Continued...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
EPA drops ball on danger of chemicals to children
Like many parents, New Berlin mom Becky Fisco figures that if the chemicals sprayed on crib mattresses could make her 5-month-old baby sick, government regulators would warn her about it.
"I just assume that these things are safe or they wouldn't be allowed to be sold," said Fisco as baby Natalie... Continued...
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Grist
Meat wagon: pork superbug!
In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from the meat industry.
Back in December, Michael Pollan wrote a important article about the antibiotic resistant bacteria MSRA, which Pollan decsribed like this:
... the very scary antibiotic-resistant strain of Staphylococcus bacteria that is now ... Continued...
Monday, March 10, 2008
United Press International
ESBL Killing People, Swine
An antibiotic-resistant bacteria called Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase is killing people and swine in Denmark.
Nyhedsavisen newspaper said the bacteria, which has infected more than 350 people in Denmark since 2003, has been implicated in the deaths of several cancer and liver disease patients,... Continued...
Monday, March 3, 2008
The Washington Post
Farms May Be Exempted From Emission Rules
Under pressure from agriculture industry lobbyists and lawmakers from agricultural states, the Environmental Protection Agency wants to drop requirements that factory farms report their emissions of toxic gases, despite findings by the agency's scientists that the gases pose a health threat.
The ... Continued...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Scientific American
Plastic (Not) Fantastic: Food Containers Leach a Potentially Harmful Chemical
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a ubiquitous compound in plastics. First synthesized in 1891, the chemical has become a key building block of plastics from polycarbonate to polyester; in the U.S. alone more than 2.3 billion pounds (1.04 million metric tons) of the stuff is manufactured annually.
Since at le... Continued...
Friday, February 8, 2008
Pioneer Press
Ban urged for chemical in plastic baby bottles
Minnesota lawmakers want to ban a plastics chemical from baby bottles after reviewing product tests that show potentially harmful levels can leach from bottles after they are washed and heated.
The test results, released Thursday by environmental groups in several states, involved bottles made b... Continued...
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
The Ames Tribune
Physician: Antibiotics in livestock are a threat to humans
Antibiotics that are critical for human health should not be licensed for use as growth promoters in livestock, physician and human rights advocate Robert Lawrence said at a lecture Monday at Iowa State University.
While the steady rise in antimicrobial resistance in the United States has been re... Continued...
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Washington Post
The New Food Inspector: You
Ina Fernandez admits it. She's a little obsessive-compulsive about grocery shopping. How else to explain that in a single week the 40-year-old Woodbridge resident visits as many as seven grocery stores -- Trader Joe's, Wegmans, Harris Teeter, Costco, Safeway, Giant and a local Latin market -- to fin... Continued...
Star Tribune
Austin pork plant investigation zeroes in on pig brains
Disease investigators probing the mysterious neurological disorder among pork plant workers in Austin, Minn., and Indiana on Thursday said they were homing in on a specific cause.
State officials said they were broadening the investigation in Austin to thousands of former meat packers at the Qual... Continued...
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Green Jobs Conference
National Green Jobs Conference Set for Pittsburgh
National Green Jobs Conference Set for Pittsburgh
On March 13-14, 2008, a conference unlike any other will take place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Good Jobs, Green Jobs: A National Green Jobs Conference will launch a nationwide dialogue about moving ou... Continued...
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Wall Street Journal
Tyson Adjusting Advertising After Complaints
Tyson Foods Inc. said in federal district court that it is revamping the advertising of its antibiotic-free chicken products, after competitors had alleged false and misleading advertising by the company.
In court filings, the company brushed off competitors' allegations and said it had already i... Continued...
Thursday, January 24, 2008
The Island -- Sri Lanka
Eat chicken, invite ‘arsenic’
It is not just bird flu that has made chicken eating dangerous to your health. Read on to discover a secret that the poultry industry has hidden for a long time.
In the dictionary ‘arsenic’ is synonymous with ‘poison’. It is considered the king of poisons. It is a metallic element used in rat poi... Continued...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Originally appeared in Minnesota Physician
Chemicals, products, and regulatory failure: A prescription for greener chemistry and better public health
Chances are, a parent or patient has asked you recently about the health risks from lead paint on a toy train, or from flame retardants in sofa cushions.
How do you respond? Passing it off as a Chinese toy problem is too simple, and wrong. ?The real problem,? says Donald Kennedy, former commissi... Continued...
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