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About 21 months ago, a proposed list of widely used chemicals that may pose health risks landed at the White House’s Office of Management and Budget for review. It’s still there. An attempt by the ...
Some tough news to take to heart. A shocking new study suggests that common chemicals found in a wide range of everyday plastic products may have contributed to 356,238 heart disease deaths ...
Reading Time: 3 minutes For anyone anxious about toxic chemicals in the environment, Sunday marked a dubious milestone. It has been three years since the “chemicals of concern” list landed at the ...
Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware, and dozens of those carcinogens can migrate into the human body, a new study found.
The chemicals list offers a “springboard” for action and research that can improve “our ability to prevent the leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide,” the researchers said.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a full list of toxic chemicals that were released when a cargo train derailed near the border between Ohio and Pennsylvania on February 3.. At ...
Create an account or log in to save stories. This 2009 file photo shows a "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" charm. Barred from using lead in children's jewelry because of its toxicity, some Chinese ...
Green chemicals NGO Chemsec included nearly 30 new chemicals on a list of harmful substances that the EU should regulate in order to curb health risks and water contamination. Menu.
The list also includes: dioxin, atrazine, phthalates, perchlorate, fire retardants, perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) and organophosphate pesticides. [For the full list, see: 12 Hormone-Disrupting ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A major supplier to the oil and gas industry says it will begin disclosing 100% of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluid, with no exemptions for trade secrets. The ...