"House Panel Rejects Move To Regulate Coal Ash"
"In a win for the coal industry, a House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would prevent federal regulation of coal ash as hazardous waste."
Source: Gannett, 06/22/2011
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"Scientists Warn That Chemicals May Be Altering Breast Development"
"Exposure to chemicals early in life may alter how breast tissue develops and raise the risks of breast cancer and lactation problems later in life, scientists concluded in a report published Wednesday. The scientists are urging federal officials to add new tests for industrial chemicals and pesticides to identify ones that might disrupt breast development."
Source: EHN, 06/22/2011
"Chemical Suicides, Popular in Japan, Are Increasing in the U.S."
"In Japan it is known as detergent suicide, a near-instant death achieved by mixing common household chemicals into a poisonous cloud of gas. By some counts, more than 2,000 people there have taken their own lives, inhaling the gas — in most cases hydrogen sulfide — in cars, closets or other enclosed spaces. The police now say they are seeing an increasing number of similar suicides in the United States."
Source: NY Times, 06/20/2011
Atrazine-Defect Link? Doctor Sees 'Ominous Trends,' But No Proof
"Gastroschisis, a birth defect in which the intestines grow outside the body, is more common among babies conceived in the spring when the levels of the herbicide atrazine in water are highest, researchers from Indiana reported."
Source: Wisconsin State Journal, 06/20/2011
"Lisa Jackson Calls Out Power Utilities"
EPA chief Lisa Jackson told the Senate Environment Committee Wednesday that American Electric Power's recent narrative about job loss resulting from EPA's mercury regulations was were "misleading at best and scare tactics at worst."
Source: Mother Nature Network, 06/16/2011
"Quebec Doctors Urge PM To Support Chrysotile Asbestos Regulation"
"On Monday in Geneva, representatives of the 143 countries belonging to United Nations-sponsored Rotterdam Convention, regulating hazardous chemicals, are to begin a meeting where chrysotile, the type of asbestos fibre mined in Quebec, will be on the top of the list of new products to be regulated."
Source: Montreal Gazette, 06/15/2011
"Enviro Group's Report: Apples Most Contaminated With Residues"
"Apples sold in the United States are more contaminated with pesticide residue than virtually any other produce, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) said today."
Source: Greenwire, 06/14/2011
"150 Chemicals Are No Longer Incognito"
"This month the Environmental Protection Agency made public the names of 150 chemicals that were investigated in health and safety studies but whose identities were withheld as confidential business information."
Source: Green (NYT), 06/14/2011
"Government Says 2 Common Materials Pose Risk of Cancer"
"The government issued warnings on Friday about two materials used daily by millions of Americans, saying that one [formaldehyde] causes cancer and the other [styrene] might."
Source: NY Times, 06/13/2011
"FDA: Some Chicken May Have Small Amount of Arsenic"
"The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that some chicken meat may contain small amounts of arsenic, though the agency is stressing that the amount is too tiny to be dangerous to people who eat it."
Source: AP, 06/09/2011
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