Jul 25
A University of Washington study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals.All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal laws, but none of those chemicals was listed on the product labels
“I first got interested in this topic because people were telling me that the air fresheners in public restrooms and the scent from laundry products vented outdoors were making them sick,” said Anne Steinemann, a UW professor of civil and environmental engineering and of public affairs. “And I wanted to know, ‘What’s in these products that is causing these effects?’”
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Tags: chemicals, Environmental Protection Agency, Health, Scientists, toxic, toxicity
May 07
An EPA official said Tuesday there’s a “distinct possibility” the agency won’t take action to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has contaminated public water supplies around the country.
Democratic senators called that unacceptable. They argued that states and local communities shouldn’t have to bear the expense of cleansing their drinking water of perchlorate, which has been found in at least 395 sites in 35 states - or the risk of not doing so.
The toxin interferes with thyroid function and poses developmental health risks, particularly to fetuses.
Benjamin Grumbles, assistant administrator for water at the Environmental Protection Agency, told a Senate hearing that EPA is aware that perchlorate is widespread and poses health risks. Continue reading »
Tags: Children, Congress, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, perchlorate, rocket fuel, water
Mar 18
…Not a single chemical has been tested…
…”In eleven years all that’s happened - all that’s happened, is the committee has come up with a list, a potential list of chemicals that should be tested. In eleven years,” said Prof. Tyrone Hayes….
… “If you are a male frog exposed to attrazine at very low ecologically relevant levels you become a hermaphrodite,” said Professor Hayes…
… “The current system of regulating chemicals is really broken,” said Bill Walker from the Environmental Working Group…
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Tags: attrazine, Berkeley, Biologist, biotechnology, breast, Cancer, chemicals, Environmental Protection Agency, estrogen, FDA, female, herbicide, hermaphrodite, herpetologist, hormone, patients, Tyrone Hayes
