"'Dirty Dozen' Produce Carries More Pesticide Residue, Group Says"
"If you're eating non-organic celery today, you may be ingesting 67 pesticides with it, according to a new report from the Environmental Working Group."
Source: CNN, 06/03/2010
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"Advocates: Upper Delaware Most Endangered US River"
The conservation group American Rivers released its list of the 10 most endangered American rivers. It ranks as most-threatened the Upper Delaware River, threatened by natural gas wells that use hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
Source: AP, 06/03/2010
Fracking Fluid Disclosure Takes an Industry Hit in House Committee
"Colorado Democrat Diana DeGette withdrew a proposed amendment today from House water legislation that would have expanded regulation of a controversial oil and gas production technique some say has contributed to groundwater pollution."
Source: Greenwire, 05/27/2010
"Study Ties Some Pesticides to Risk of ADHD in Children"
A new study has linked attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to organophosphate pesticides, which attack the nervous system.
Source: VOA, 05/26/2010
"Study Finds Supplements Contain Contaminants"
"Nearly all of the herbal dietary supplements tested in a Congressional investigation contained trace amounts of lead and other contaminants, and some supplement sellers made illegal claims that their products can cure cancer and other diseases, investigators found."
Source: NYTimes, 05/26/2010
"FDA Tests Lipsticks, Finds Lead in All"
"Tests conducted by the FDA last year on 22 red lipsticks found lead, a neurotoxin, in every single lipstick sample studied."
Source: Cox Newspapers, 05/26/2010
"Glitzy Google Gathering Launches Green-Product Institute"
"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) was joined by executives from Google Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., YouTube LLC, and designer chairmaker Herman Miller Inc. yesterday to launch a nonprofit group created to help scrub hazardous chemicals from consumer products."
Source: Greenwire, 05/25/2010
"Phthalates: Are They Safe?"
"More than ever, people are worried about how all the chemicals we're exposed to are affecting our health: among them a family of chemicals known as phthalates, which are used in everyday plastics. ... Recently the EPA, put phthalates on a list of chemicals that 'may present a risk' to the environment or human health. That's because they disrupt hormone activity and some preliminary studies show that they may be causing a slow and steady demasculinizing of men."
Source: 60 Minutes, 05/24/2010
"EPA Demands A Less Toxic Dispersant In Gulf Spill"
"The Environmental Protection Agency has directed oil giant BP to use a less toxic form of chemical dispersants to break up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: AP, 05/21/2010
"EPA and DHS Order BP to Stop Hiding Oil Spill Information"
"Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took steps to increase the transparency of the response to BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil company's actions have been criticized for failing to disclose or monitor important information about the spill, including the quantity of oil erupting into the Gulf, the potential health impacts of the oil and the chemicals used to disperse it, and water and air quality information."
Source: OMB Watch, 05/21/2010
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