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Contaminated Groundwater, a Toxic Legacy of Georgia’s Air Bases
For decades, the United States Air Force used a toxic firefighting foam that contaminated water near bases and exposed communities to chemicals linked to cance…
03 Jan 2019
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Your questions about PFAS, answered.
Tom Bruton is a scientist at the Green Science Policy Institute. He joined Stateside to discuss what makes PFAS chemicals so difficult to clean up. T…
16 Oct 2018
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Deal would allow airports to stop using PFAS-containing foams
A provision in legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration would allow airports to use firefighting foams that don't contain fluorina…
08 Oct 2018
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'What did we do?' Families anxious about chemicals found in tap wate…
It's been about three weeks since Tammy Cooper last drank water from her tap. That's when she saw a warning on Facebook for residents of her small Wester…
16 Aug 2018
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Multinational insulation manufacturers phase out flame retardant HBC…
Multinational manufacturers Dow, Owens Corning and Kingspan have phased out halogenated flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) from their building…
19 Jul 2018
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Michigan Radio: Michigan Will Spend $1.7 Million to Test for PFAS in…
Michigan will spend $1.7 million to test water supplies around the state for certain kinds of industrial chemical contaminants. The chemicals are known …
18 May 2018
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Truthout: In Search of Safe Replacements for Harmful Chemicals Used …
When Donald Taves discovered two kinds of fluoride in his blood in the late 1960s, he immediately knew something was wrong. Everyone assumed that blood co…
11 May 2018
Read moreChemicalWatch: US body abandons plans for new flammability standard
The National Fire Protection Association in the US has voted to halt development of a new flammability standard for residential upholstered furniture. Th…
24 Apr 2018
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Toronto Star: Toxic chemical laws are not protecting human health
Most people assume a chemical in their clothes, cosmetics or couch has been thoroughly tested for safety. Unfortunately, such testing is often nowhere near …
02 Apr 2018
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Ensia: In Search of Safe Replacements for Harmful Chemicals Used in …
When Donald Taves discovered two kinds of fluoride in his blood in the late 1960s, he immediately knew something was wrong. Everyone assumed that blood contai…
26 Mar 2018
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Circle of Blue: Perfluorinated Chemicals Health Study Included in Co…
House and Senate negotiators secured $10 million in the fiscal year 2018 budget for a study of people on military bases who were exposed to perfluorinated …
22 Mar 2018
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Colorado Springs Business Journal: Chemicals most seminal health cha…
In January 2016, the CSBJ reported highly fluorinated toxic industrial chemicals called PFCs contaminated drinking water provided to more than 80,000 re…
16 Feb 2018
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Health.com: How to Avoid Harmful Environmental Chemicals or PFAS
A common class of chemicals that’s been linked to cancer, fertility problems, and thyroid dysfunction has now been tied to another major health issue: A…
14 Feb 2018
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Michigan Radio: Residents in Oscoda wonder why state didn't act on P…
At least 14 communities in Michigan have water contaminated with a family of chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. One of th…
18 Jan 2018
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Michigan Radio: Am I at risk? How do you clean it up? A PFAS expert …
PFAS is an acronym for a group of industrial chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. They've been used since the '50s, in everythin…
18 Jan 2018
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Capitol Weekly: The Toxic Chemical 'whack-a-mole' game
When her black cat rapidly dropped from a healthy 14 pounds to a skeletal five pounds, it was natural for Arlene Blum to investigate whether a toxic chemi…
09 Jan 2018
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Science & Policy Blog
A Huge Success for Healthier Buildings
Blog by Joe Charbonnet On January 16, the California Building Standards Commission voted unanimously to update the state’s building codes to allow below-grade use of foa…
16 Jan 2019
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Congress opens the door for fluorine-free firefighting foams
Blog by Tom Bruton On October 5, federal legislation was enacted which will allow commercial airports in the U.S. to use firefighting foams without PFAS. Until now, FAA…
16 Nov 2018
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On America Recycles Day, What Goes Around Comes Around, & It Might B…
By Joe Charbonnet, PhD, Tom Bruton, PhD, Arlene Blum, PhD, and Barbara Kyle Thursday, November 15 is America Recycles Day, when we celebrate the individuals, recycling c…
15 Nov 2018
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Aerial fire retardants: It’s raining red
Blog by Avery Lindeman A wet winter followed by record heat this summer have contributed to one of California’s worst-ever fire seasons. In the month of October alone, t…
24 Oct 2017
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The Obesity Epidemic: What's To Blame?
Blog by Robin Blades About one in three adults is obese in the United States. Another one in three adults is overweight. Altogether, almost 228 million Americans are str…
11 Oct 2017
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Horrors of the Deep: Our Toxic Legacy Still Haunts Us
Blog by Robin Blades Lulu was found on the rocky shores of Scotland tangled in fishing line. An autopsy revealed high levels of human-made toxics called polychlorinated …
20 Sep 2017
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Thank you Dr. Needleman
Guest Blog by Emily Monosson With over 80,000 chemicals on the market, we live in an increasingly synthetic chemical world. So it’s easy to forget the handful of toxic n…
15 Aug 2017
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A Day in the Life at GSP: Veronica Chin
Out with the old, in with the new! Swapping old couches for new ones sounds simple enough. But when you’re doing it for twelve homes it gets complicated - phone calls, de…
21 Sep 2016
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Forty years later TSCA gets an overhaul
In June, President Obama signed into law the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (TSCA reform, hereafter), a revision to the 1976 Toxic Substance…
14 Jul 2016
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Monitoring chemicals in our environment with wristbands
Whether to show support for a cause or track daily activity, wristbands and tracking bracelets have become a trendy modern accessory. Why Monitor? Six Classes and…
18 May 2016
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A Perfect Storm
The phrase “a perfect storm” has gone from wildly popular to wildly unpopular. Detractors say it should be banned due to overuse. But it’s not banned yet. A perfec…
07 Mar 2016
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Lead in Water Action Kits Now Available
We’ve heard the stories about lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan. The situation is appalling, infuriating, and heartbreaking. And lead is only one of the industrial ch…
18 Feb 2016
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“Remove the Handle” – Calling on the CPSC to Turn Off the Toxic Pump
Should you ever find yourself enjoying a pint at London’s John Snow Pub, you might raise a glass to the pub’s namesake, Dr. John Snow, the “father of epidemiology.” In th…
13 Jan 2016
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Backfire: Unintended Consequences of Flame Retardants
Fun fact. Combustion scientist, Donald Lucas, started his career doing research at temperatures near absolute zero (−430°F) before working in combustion, where temperatur…
11 Nov 2015
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The Nature of the Beast
This article is the second installment of our blog series, “Scientist Spotlight: The Scientists Behind our Consumer Products Petition." [caption id="attachment_7812" a…
09 Sep 2015
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Four times breast cancer risk linked to prenatal DDT exposure
Barking up the wrong branch of the family tree For years scientists studied women who were exposed to DDT as adults. An analysis of existing research found “no signifi…
04 Aug 2015
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