"EPA Will Test 134 More Chemicals for Endocrine Disruption"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified a list of 134 chemicals that will be screened for their potential to disrupt the endocrine system."
Source: ENS, 11/18/2010
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"None Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: A World Without Birds"
In a new book, a Dutch researcher says a new class of insecticides, the neonicotinoids, may be causing as much damage to bird populations as the DDT Rachel Carson wrote about in Silent Spring. Some bird populations in Europe are crashing dramatically.
Source: Independent, 11/15/2010
"Group Threatens Suit Over Oil Spill Dispersants in Alaska"
"A national environmental group is threatening to sue over the federal government's oil spill emergency response plan for Alaska, saying regulators violated the law by not studying whether using chemicals to disperse oil spills would harm the state's endangered and threatened marine species."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 11/12/2010
"Bisphenol A Linked To Sterility in Roundworms"
"The controversial chemical bisphenol A can render roundworms sterile, kill their embryos, and damage their chromosomes, according to a new lab study."
Source: CB, 11/12/2010
"Arsenic Ban in Poultry Feed Urged"
"In a continued effort to ban arsenic in chicken feed, Food & Water Watch, a Maryland consumer advocacy group, has released a study outlining the environmental and human health impacts posed by 'poisoned poultry.'"
Source: Salisbury Times, 11/11/2010
EPA Chemical Health Hazards Program Has 55-Year Backlog: Report
"Eighteen months after the Environmental Protection Agency announced reforms to its controversial process for evaluating health hazards posed by dangerous chemicals, significant problems continue to hamper the program and leave the public at risk, according to a new report by a nonprofit research group."
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 11/11/2010
"Canada's Curbs on BPA Premature, Says WHO Panel"
"Taking any public health measures to ban or control bisphenol A — as Canada recently did — is premature since evidence of its alleged health risks is not strong enough, the World Health Organization said Tuesday."
Source: Postmedia, 11/11/2010
"EPA Subpoenas Halliburton Over Fracking Fluids"
"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it has issued a subpoena to Halliburton for not revealing information about liquids used in a natural gas drilling technique called 'fracking.'"
Source: Reuters, 11/10/2010
More Research Suggests Fetal Exposure as Origin of Disease
"A growing body of scientific research suggests that exposure to chemical toxicants in the womb can lead to chronic health problems, including obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, later in life."
Source: Chemical & Engineering News, 11/09/2010
"Seeing Red: Next Installment in BPA-Paper Saga"
After concerns mounted about bisphenol A, a hormone-mimicking chemical lacing many cash-register receipts, Wisconsin-based Appleton Paper has begun incorporating tiny red fibers in its thermal receipt paper to show that it is BPA-free.
Source: Science News, 11/09/2010
