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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

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

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

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

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...