"The Cost Of Clean: Disinfectants Cause Birth Defects In Baby Mice"
"Ordinary cleaning compounds—used in ordinary amounts—create long-lasting risks of spinal and brain defects in a lab study".
Source: EHN, 06/16/2017
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Vets Affairs Official Downplays Agent Orange Risks, Questions Critics
"A key federal official who helps adjudicate claims by veterans who say they were exposed to Agent Orange has downplayed the risks of the chemical herbicide and questioned the findings of scientists, journalists and even a federal administrative tribunal that conflict with his views."
Source: ProPublica, 06/14/2017
"EPA Delays Chemical Safety Rule Until 2019"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will delay implementation of an Obama-era chemical safety rule for nearly two years while it reassesses the necessity of the regulation."
Source: The Hill, 06/13/2017
"Salmon Farmers ‘Put Wild Fish At Risk’ In Fight To Kill Off Sea Lice"
"Salmon farmers have been accused of playing dirty by using fish caught in the wild to clean lice from Scottish fish farms. Marine conservation experts say that shipping tonnes of English-caught wrasse a year – to tackle lice infestations in salmon pens north of the border – is endangering natural stocks. English anglers have also warned wrasse is becoming harder and harder to find in local waters."
Source: Guardian, 06/12/2017
"FDA Resumes Testing Foods For Weed Killer, Safety Questions Grow"
"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has resumed its first-ever endeavor to evaluate how much of a controversial chemical is making its way into the U.S. food supply. And the tests can’t come soon enough as safety concerns about the herbicide known as glyphosate grow."
Source: HuffPost, 06/08/2017
Inspector General Probing Whether EPA Staffer Colluded With Monsanto
"The inspector general for the Environmental Protection Agency is initiating a probe into possible collusion between a former high-ranking EPA official and Monsanto, the maker of the herbicide glyphosate, according to a letter the IG sent to a lawmaker last Friday that HuffPost has obtained."
Source: HuffPost, 06/07/2017
"'Cancer Alley' Residents Say Industry Is Hurting Town"
"In Louisiana’s industrial heart, the shadow of Trump’s deregulation push looms as St James residents fight chemical plants, pipelines and laissez-faire policies".
Source: Guardian, 06/07/2017
"Inconvenient Data Buried As 'Confidential Business Information.'"
"After the European Parliament obtains the release of Monsanto's data, a very different picture emerges about the safety of its product."
Source: EHN, 06/05/2017
"PFC Levels Increasing As Lawmakers Form Plan To Pressure Military"
"As local lawmakers continue to pressure the military to do more to clean massive groundwater pollution near its bases in Bucks and Montgomery counties, contaminant levels appear to have increased in the past year."
Source: Bucks County Courier Times, 05/29/2017
"House Votes To Roll Back Pesticide Restrictions"
"The House passed legislation on Wednesday to loosen federal regulations on pesticides in a 256-165 vote."
Source: The Hill, 05/26/2017
