"New Study Explores Toxins Inside Black Hair Salons"
"A Brandeis University report found that 10 Black women's hair salons in Boston were suffering from poor air quality."
Source: Colorlines, 07/22/2016
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Damning Probe Finds EPA 'Turning Blind Eye' to Toxic Chemical Cocktails
"Despite the EPA's claims, information on dangerous synergistic effects is publicly available. In fact, the agro-giants collected it themselves."
Source: Common Dreams, 07/22/2016
U.S. Farmers Struggle To Feed The Country's Appetite For Organic Food
"Consumer appetite for organic foods reached $13.4bn in the US last year – so why is only 1% of the country’s cropland dedicated to organic farming?"
Source: Guardian, 07/21/2016
"Ottawa Approves Controversial Chemical for Ocean Oil Spills"
"The [Canadian] federal government has quietly approved the use of a highly controversial chemical for dispersing ocean oil spills, despite growing scientific evidence it doesn’t always work as claimed and even intensifies the toxicity of oil."
Source: The Tyee, 07/19/2016
"Monsanto, DuPont Sign Supply Agreement For Dicamba Herbicide"
"U.S. seed and agrochemicals companies Monsanto Co and DuPont said on Thursday they have signed a multi-year supply agreement for the weed killer dicamba in the United States and Canada."
Source: Reuters, 07/11/2016
"Environmentalists Challenge DNR Sand Mine Pollution Findings"
"A new Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources draft report wrongly concludes that sand mining operations don't produce fine dust particles and shouldn't impact human health, an environmental advocacy group contends."
Source: AP, 07/11/2016
"Fresno Searches For Answers On Discoloration, Lead In Water"
"A vocal and growing number of residents in northeast Fresno are convinced water from the city’s Surface Water Treatment Facility is primarily responsible for corrosion in their pipes, causing discolored water – and in several dozen instances, lead contamination – to flow from their household faucets."
Source: Fresno Bee, 07/11/2016
"Final Federal MCHM Study Leaves Same Questions Unanswered"
"Federal government scientists on Friday released the final update of their study of Crude MCHM, without answering several important questions about the potential health effects of the January 2014 chemical spill that contaminated the drinking water supply for hundreds of thousands of residents in Charleston and surrounding communities of the Kanawha Valley."
Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail, 07/11/2016
"Dupont, Chemours Handed Another Loss in Teflon Chemical Case"
"DuPont Co. was found liable for a man’s testicular cancer in the second lawsuit to go to trial in 3,500 lawsuits over a toxic Teflon chemical found in Ohio and West Virginia waters, for which spinoff Chemours Co. had agreed to bear the cost."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/08/2016
"First Ever Biosafety Report Details 199 Mishaps With Toxic Agents"
"The Federal Select Agent Program, which oversees dangerous substances such as anthrax and bird flu in federal, academic and private labs, reported 199 incidents in which lab workers were potentially exposed to infectious or toxic agents in 2015, though there were no losses of select agents."
Source: Reuters, 07/06/2016
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