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U.S. rushes to change workplace toxin rules (Washington Post, 7/23/08)

Antibacterial Agent No Better Than Soap & Water and It's Toxic (Common Dreams, 7/17/08)

Controversy over fire-retardants (CBS News, 5/20/08)

Pyrethrin chemicals in pet shampoo may increase autism risk (The Times [U.K.], 5/15/08)

Toxic chemicals in consumer products: latest scare isn’t the last (Minneapolis-St Paul Star Tribune, 5/6/08)

EPA chemical-review process sucks, says GAO (Grist 4/29/08)

It's not easy being green: two families test their lifestyles (MSNBC.com, 4/21/08)

Nalgene dumps estrogenic ingredient (Grist, 4/18/08)

Canada likely to label plastic ingredient toxic (New York Times, 4/16/08)

Chemical in plastic may harm human growth (Los Angeles Times, 4/16/08)

Health Canada Bisphenol A announcement imminent (CBC News, 4/15/08)

Health Canada primed to declare Bisphenol A toxic (Grist, 4/15/08)

Ignore self-serving industry studies and ban plastics chemical (The Mercury News, 4/14/08)

States vie to attract clean-tech industries (Christian Science Monitor, 4/11/08)

Studies that support use of Bisphenol A called into question (Globe and Mail [Toronto], 4/5/08)

Simplifying the pesticides risk equation: the organic option (The Organic Center, March 2008)

A turn to alternative chemicals (The New York Times, 3/26/08)

States alter rules of game on safety for toymakers (Wall Street Journal, 3/25/08)

The case against phthalates in children's toys (The Huffington Post, 3/24/08)

The autoimmune epidemic: bodies gone haywire in a world out of balance (AlterNet, 3/19/08)

Arsenic in children's organic pear juice puzzles investigators (Ottawa Citizen, 3/19/08)

Got chemical and pesticide residues in your milk? (Grist, 3/13/08)

Senate passes consumer safety bill that would reduce toxics in toys (Grist, 3/6/08)

Experts warn of environmental contaminants (King5.com [Seattle], 2/20/08)

Perchlorate in food (Environmental Science & Technology, 2/13/08)

Polyvinyl Want an Attacker? (Grist, 2/13/08)

Baby bottles leach toxic chemical (Center for Health, Environment & Justice, 2/7/08)

Study finds high levels of chemicals in infants using baby products (Los Angeles Times, 2/4/08)

Study sees hazards in baby powder and lotion (The Washington Post, 2/4/08)

Nalgene bottles pulled from shelves (Organic Consumers Association, 1/9/08)

Buyers at risk: Christmas season of toxic recalls (AlterNet, 12/19/07)

All I want for Christmas are some lead-free toys (AlterNet, 12/5/07)

Health risks of bisphenol A (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/2/07)

Early puberty's toxic causes and effects (San Francisco Bay Guardian, 11/21/07)

We can't shop our way to safety (AlterNet, 11/16/07)

Is it in us? Toxic trespass, regulatory failure and opportunities for action (isitinus.org, 11/8/07)

I'll have my cosmetics with a side of infertility, please (AlterNet.org, 10/25/07)

Good food, dangerous packaging (OrganicToBe.org, 10/25/07)

What's in your furniture? It's enough to make you sick (San Francisco Chronicle, 10/24/07)

Tests reveal high chemical levels in kids' bodies (CNN, 10/22/07)

The toxic chemistry of everyday products and what's at stake for American power (New book by Mark Schapiro, Chelse Green Publishing, September 2007)

Why are 80% of U.S. schools still using toxic pesticides? (Organic Consumers Association, 8/16/07)

The toxic chemistry of everyday products (AlterNet, 8/15/07)

Low birth weight linked to chemicals in consumer products (Organic Consumers Association, 8/15/07)

Kick the can: toxic, hormone-disrupting chemicals leaching from food can liners (Ecology Center, 08/08)

Chemicals in plastics may harm unborn babies (The Telegraph (U.K.), 7/31/07)

Pesticide link to autism suspected (Los Angeles Times, 7/30/07)

Eat fish, or avoid it? Scientists weigh in (Portland Press Herald, 7/24/07)

There's BDE in your britches (Grist, 7/19/07)

Hair tests detect higher mercury levels in anglers (7/18/07)

Does plastic make us fat? (Salon.com, 7/16/07)

Pollution risks to people slip through nets in tests on fish (Guardian (U.K.), 7/13/07)

PVC packaging violates state laws (Organic Consumers Association, 7/10/07)

Green Chemistry: Changing an industry (WorldChanging.com, 7/9/07)

Correlation between ag chemicals and fetal impacts (The New Farm, 6/15/07)

Environmental Health News

San Francisco women with higher PCB levels are less likely to give birth to boys.

Women becoming pregnant in the San Francisco Bay area during the 1960's were a third less likely to give birth to a baby boy if their PCB levels were relatively high.

Musky hormone disrupter residue found in breast milk.

A minute residue of synthetic musk fragrances, feared to block hormones, has been found in a limited number of sampled breast milk and fat tissues of Japanese women.

Health officials request blood tests from East Metro residents.

The Minnesota Department of Health hopes to recruit 200 adults in Oakdale, Lake Elmo, and Cottage Grove, to take blood tests for PFCs.

Crusader against plant receives alarming news.

For years, Rita Smith had been embroiled in a battle with the owners of a chemical plant in the California desert where Smith and her husband had worked. Then she learned that she was contaminated with DDT.

On Plum Island, scientists are tracking toxic mercury levels in the tiny saltmarsh sparrow.

An elusive, palm-sized bird that spends its entire life in marshlands may help scientists unravel a mystery that, they say, could have profound implications for a lot of other creatures.

Residents need C8 screens, judge told.

Valori Mace has five times more C8 in her blood than the average American. Russell Miller has three times more. So does William Rhodes.

Clute mercury test results delayed.

City officials have yet to receive test results of the 17 people who might have come in contact with mercury, but after more than two weeks since they were removed from their homes, none have shown signs of poisoning.

Our strict, chemical-laden diet.

How can we expect to live long enough to enjoy a hard-earned retirement if the food industry is trying to kill us?

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Closer to Home

Hazardous chemicals crop up in unlikely people (Village Soup, 6/14/07)

Frightening findings (Editorial in Village Soup, 6/13/07)

Environmental group sounds alarm about toxic chemicals (WCSH-TV. 6/12/07)

Study in Maine finds modern living carries toxic price (Morning Sentinel, 6/12/07)

Study shows everyday items expose all of us to pollutants (Kennebec Journal, 6/12/07)

Study finds 36 toxic chemicals in bodies of Mainers tested (Portland Press Herald, 6/12/07)

Toxins found in systems of 13 Mainers (Lewiston Sun-Journal, 6/12/07)

Tests on 13 Mainers find industrial chemicals (Bangor Daily News, 6/12/07)

Ashes, ashes (American Chronicle, 6/12/07)

UM Study eyes potatoes as source of plastics (Bangor Daily News, 6/6/07)

You see potato, they see potential, as a bioplastic (Portland Press Herald, 6/6/07)

Opportunities seen for Maine in making potatoes into plastics (Associated Press, 6/6/07)

Maine potatoes could be used to make plastic (WCSH6.com, 6/5/07)

Rachel Carson's legacy endures (Portland Press Herald, 5/27/07)

Maine to phase out flame retardant (Portland Press Herald, 5/25/07)

Measure to ban Deca advances in Augusta (Bangor Daily News, 5/18/07)

Ban chemicals found in baby bottles, toys. (Op-Ed by Representative John Hinck, Portland Press Herald, 5/2/07)

So Young. So Toxic. (Lewiston Sun Journal, 4/29/07)

Legislative committee backs ban on deca. (Bangor Daily News, 4/26/07)

Volunteers take to streets to warn of lead paint risk (Portland Press Herald, 4/21/07)

Protect health, not a cash cow [brominated flame retardants] (Op-Ed by Sharon Tisher. Bangor Daily News, 4/20/07)

Ad blitz targets proposed flame retardants ban (Portland Press Herald, 4/19/07)

Questions about Deca should lead to a ban (Portland Press Herald, 4/11/07)

Industry ad ignites Deca bill backers (Bangor Daily News, 4/10/07)

Bill to ban fire retardant debated by lawmakers (Bangor Daily News, 4/6/07)

State should ban flame retardant (Kennebec Journal, 3/26/07)

ME & NH peregrines have highest levels of Deca ever reported (Natural Resources Council of Maine, 3/21/07)