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"Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show"

"More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data."

Source: NYTimes, 12/08/2009

"States: Federal Toxics Laws Too Weak"

"Environmental officials in Maine and a dozen other states issued a statement Wednesday saying federal laws to protect the public from toxic chemicals are too weak and states instead are leading the way."

Source: AP, 12/04/2009

"New Frontiers -- and Limitations -- in Testing People's Bodies for Chemicals"

"New horizons in biomonitoring are identifying environmental exposures that may play a role in health problems, including cancer, neurological disorders and diabetes. At their fingertips, researchers already have precise measurements of nearly 150 chemicals in several thousand American adults and children."

Source: EHN, 12/03/2009

"FDA Likely To Delay Ruling on BPA"

"Despite months of additional study and a self-imposed timetable, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration likely will not release its ruling Monday on the safety of bisphenol A, a chemical used in thousands of household products that has been linked to developmental and behavioral problems."

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/01/2009

"Toxic Playgrounds"

"No kid should ever play in arsenic. Especially at school. Yet many probably do, according to findings of a study presented today."

Source: Science News, 11/25/2009

"African Dust Bringing Toxic Chemicals to U.S., Caribbean"

"Pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls are among the contaminants hitching an airborne ride to the United States and other parts of the Western Hemisphere on dust storms blowing out of West Africa. That's according to new research presented at the just-completed annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry."

Source: Dateline Earth, 11/25/2009

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