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.
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The Proof is in the Sewage: Can Harmful Chemicals Move from Sofas to the Environment and Our Bodies?
Rolf Halden is a professor at Arizona State University, adjunct faculty at John Hopkins, and an expert on the environmental impacts of industrial chemicals.
Introducing Our Blog Series “Scientist Spotlight: The Scientists Behind our Consumer Products Petition”
Imagine you are reclining on your couch and turning on a horror movie.
What’s in your house dust? Study Participants Wanted
Do you live in Northern California?
Flame Retardants in Car Seats—Do We Need Them?
Car seats are essential to protecting children in cars.
Pop Stop: Denmark retailer stops sale of microwave popcorn amid health fears
Some love it, some hate it: that overwhelming buttery, salty smell that fills the house every time you throw a bag of popcorn in the microwave.
Chemical Industry Insider Comes Clean
“Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus” “False in one, false in all” is the legal principle that says a witness who willfully falsifies one matter is not credible on any matter.
Goliath, meet David – The 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize
We got the Golden Ticket!
Trading Health for Small Conveniences?
“Stain-resistant, Nonstick, Waterproof and Lethal” is how journalist Callie Lyons describes a highly fluorinated chemical called C8.
Phthoughts on phthalates: odd spelling, clear problem
Have you ever heard of phthalates or DEHP?