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If you can stomach it
Editorial pages across the country are ripping apart the Senate's recently passed version of the farm bill, much as they excoriated the House version of last summer. Under either bill, billions of...
More to flame retardants than PBDEs
If you follow these things, you've probably heard of the flame retardant chemicals PBDEs. They're in many electronics (possibly even that computer screen you're reading right now), and in the foam in...
EnviroHealth in Blogs: Organic growth. . . kind of.
A little pre-vacay light reading. Enjoy! You may not know Phil Howard by name, but you probably know his work -- and if you don't, Ethicurean can help. Once again, the market steps in where government...
CNN: Not quite a hero
A few days ago, I blogged about the CNN Hero Awards and my personal favorite, Pablo Fajardo. In the meantime, Pablo won for the Fighting for Justice category. Also in the meantime, my post drew a note...
Mulch: Farm Bill ripoff passes Senate, 79-14
And what a shameful abdication of leadership it represents. If enacted, this bill will cause billions of dollars in federal subsidies to pour out to farms earning record net incomes. Billions of...
Reading, writing and risk
Nearly 10 years ago, when EWG and other California environmental groups were sounding the alarm over the dangers of methyl bromide and other airborne pesticides drifting from farm fields into schools...
Copperhill renewed
Stories of renewal come from the strangest places -- like, for example, The New York Times' travel section. This is a good one, and well timed. I, for one, could use a little hope today. Fifty years...
EnviroHealth in Blogs: Calling all candidates!
A little light reading. . . Now that's my kind of gift guide. We've seen a lot of gift guides for children around these parts lately, and while that's certainly important, I haven't seen any great...
California may add BPA, caffeine to Prop. 65
A new prioritization process has bumped caffeine and bisphenol A to the front of the list of toxic chemicals for review in California this year. Under the state's Proposition 65 law, the governor must...
Where government fails, the market steps in
It seems that investors are planning to use the power of the market to influence the production of plastics and the problems that go with it. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is reporting that there...
The once and future king?
It’s no secret California Attorney General Jerry Brown wants to return to the governor’s office he held from 1975 to 1983. But for a guy whose family name is synonymous with “Democrat†and is...
SMM: The Story of Stuff
Free Range Studios has done it again, this time by teaming up with sustainability and environmental health expert Annie Leonard to produce The Story of Stuff, a twenty-minute film documenting the...
Must read: Avoiding World War III
In a post earlier this week, Sierra Club president Carl Pope discusses the "dangerous distraction" of nuclear power: The President in his press conference today was questioned about the new...
BPA in formula: This is not a call to panic.
Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. —Elizabeth Stone Being a parent, as I understand it, involves a...
Ask EWG: What is "fragrance"?
Question: Is it true that the cosmetics industry can put any chemical into a product's "fragrance" without showing it on the ingredients list? What do they put in there? Answer: It's true. When you...
There's BPA in infant formula.
Did that get your attention? Unfortunately, it's true. EWG released a report today detailing our analysis of children's exposure to BPA through infant formula. Look for a more detailed post here...
My CNN hero
For a while now, CNN has been running CNN heroes series, where people had the chance to nominate outstanding leaders in their communities. Over 7,000 of people from 93 countries were nominated by the...
Making use of urban bounty
A friend visited from California a few weeks ago. Sitting on the couch in my apartment, he noticed the pomegranate sitting in my fruit bowl and smiled. "We've got more of those that we know what to do...
SMM: Feed me, EWG!
There's a lot going on here at EWG headquarters. I know that, since you're such a loyal reader, you've already subscribed to the Enviroblog feed (haven't you?), but now we've got another way for you...
Ah, for the toys of my childhood. . .
First lead, now asbestos: Holiday toy shopping is tougher than ever. When I was a kid, the dangerous toys didn’t come in a box you opened to play with on your bedroom floor. They were BB guns, skate...