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Envirohealth in Blogs: Getting to the meat of things
A little light reading for your Wednesday. . . Liz at The Pump Handle looks at how the problems at Topps Meat managed to get past USDA inspectors, and as per usual it all comes down to money. While we...
A fish called Sally: The truth about mercury, omega 3s, and pregnancy
Washington Post reporter Sally Squires toed the fishing industry line in her front-page article on the recommendations issued by the industry through the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies...
Prioritize your food dollars with Dr. Greene
You're organic-savvy, right? You already use the Shoppers' Guide to prioritize your produce purchases, but now you're wondering what else you should be considering when it comes to your food dollars...
When Less is More
I often complain about the lax chemical regulations. And, I am definitely guilty of saying “imports are poisoning people in America.†But, what about the people that make those imports? Few of us...
When Less is More
I often complain about lax chemical regulations. And, I am definitely guilty of saying “imports are poisoning people in America.†But what about the people that make those imports? Few of us ever...
Envirohealth News: Peak oil, drought, and (thank goodness) some environmental heroes
Greener parenting: Because "those cute little feet sure do make a big carbon footprint." Atlanta has less than a 90-day supply of water left, and so far there's no backup plan. German-based Energy...
iToxic?
Apple's iPhone contains chemicals that are internationally regulated because of their potential danger to health and the environment, according to research by Greenpeace. Elements of the phone were...
SMM: Eco-intervention
Poor Lindsay Lohas. Once upon a time she was a careful environmentalist, but in the wake of fortune and fame, her eco-idealism has gone down the toilet. Will her friends be able to get her back on...
National toxic toy ban? Lead the way, California
Right now, parents who want to avoid exposing their kids of phthalates have to carefully monitor the toys and children's products their young ones have access to. But when the initiative signed into...
Nuke free's the way to be
This is not about celebrities. If this was about celebrities, people would say "What do they know?" and "Their job is to entertain, they should just stay out of politics" and "Who do they think they...
Caution: These seven household items may feminize baby boys
. . . and they're unhealthy for you, too. Phthalates are the culprit. Phtha-what, you ask? Phthalates are common industrial chemicals. They've been around since the 1930's, making vinyl out of hard...
"Onederwear" makes me wonder about our common sense
Have you ever undressed to shower while on vacation and thought, "Gee, I really wish I didn't have to go to all the trouble of putting this underwear back in my luggage"? No? Me neither. But just in...
Lead in Lipstick?
To be honest, before I started working for EWG, I really didn’t think much of the makeup that I put on my face every day. I believed that the products were safe because I was able to buy them in...
Blog Action Day tip: Know your source
Today is Blog Action Day, an event created to draw the attention of the blogosphere as a whole to one particular issue. Today, bloggers around the world will turn their attention to this year’s...
DDT is not healthy for children and other living things
Imagine a group of gregarious nine and ten year old girls in the early 1960s, laughing and running through the streets of their neighborhood on a summer evening, following along behind a big truck --...
Envirohealth in Blogs: Fishy fishy. . .
What with the recent confusion over safe fish consumption, you may be in the mood for some clean fish. Head on over to Blogfish for a hot tip on where to find it. It turns out that the streets are...
Toxic remains of mining operation kill geese, cancer cells
You really can't beat this opening sentence, so I'm not even going to try: BUTTE, Mont. — Death sits on the east side of this city, a 40-billion-gallon pit filled with corrosive water the color of a...
Exposure of Canadians to toxic killers
Canadians face up to 25,000 premature deaths annually and that costs the Canadian government more than $9 billion. These, among other statistics, were revealed in a new study published last week. This...
Envirohealth News: Finally, an asbestos ban
We've known the about the negative health impacts of asbestos since the 1920's, and now the Senate has finally acted to ban the stuff from import. Our thanks and congratulations go to Senator Murray...
SMM: A food and farm bill for school lunches
KQED public radio in Northern California played a story on Thursday about the farm bill and how it effects the lunch menu in public schools: We've all heard the latest health advice: avoid transfats...