"EPA Targets Chemical Often Dumped in Chicago Sewers"
"Chemicals used in Scotchgard and Teflon are regulated, but metal plating companies got a pass by Bush's EPA."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 02/01/2010
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"Two States Prepare To Regulate BPA"
"MADISON, Wis. -- Washington and Wisconsin are one step closer to becoming the third and fourth U.S. states to ban the use of bisphenol A in baby bottles and food and drink containers."
Source: Plastics News, 01/28/2010
Virginia Scraps Its Annual PCB Water Pollution Monitoring Program"
"Facing a $5 million funding cut, the [Va.] state Department of Environmental Quality last summer scrapped the $365,000 PCB monitoring program."
Source: Newport News Daily Press, 01/27/2010
"Federal Probes Begin at DuPont Plant"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal investigators began to descend on DuPont Co.'s Belle chemical plant Monday after a worker who was sprayed in the face by the poison gas phosgene died and U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd warned of 'a severe breakdown in even the most basic safety protocols.'"
Source: Charleston Gazette, 01/27/2010
"Scientists Link Flame Retardants and Reduced Human Fertility"
"Scientists for the first time have found evidence that flame retardants -- ubiquitous in homes and in the environment - may be reducing human fertility. California women exposed to high levels of the compounds take substantially longer to get pregnant than women with low levels."
Source: EHN, 01/27/2010
"Stricter Rules Urged on Toxic Chemicals"
"Americans are exposed to thousands of chemicals that are potentially harmful to their health, according to a broad coalition of labor, health, and environmental organizations calling for tougher federal toxics regulation."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 01/25/2010
Common Chemical Now Seen as Health Threat
"Damning new evidence has even the FDA worried about the impacts of BPA in consumer products, especially those for infants and children."
Source: AlterNet, 01/21/2010
"NYC To Address PCB-Contaminated Caulk in Schools"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New York City announced a pilot program Tuesday to address the problem of potentially hazardous PCBs in construction materials in some city schools."
Source: AP, 01/20/2010
"Chemicals Coat Apples Decades After Alar Scare"
"More than two decades after parents dumped apples from children's lunch boxes because of concerns about a chemical applied to the fruit, most researchers agree the crop is safer although most of it still carries pesticide residue."
Source: AP, 01/19/2010
"Health Canada Slow To Act on Lead-Filled Children's Jewelry"
"Canadian children were exposed to jewelry containing 100 per cent lead for over a year because Health Canada failed to alert parents of the potentially deadly risk, Canwest News Service has learned."
Source: Canwest, 01/19/2010
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