
Peruvian Gold Comes with Mercury Health Risks
Merchants, townspeople in Peru face similar risks to gold miners

Peruvian Gold Comes with Mercury Health Risks
Merchants, townspeople in Peru face similar risks to gold miners

Ski Wax Chemicals Can Build Up in Blood
The extra speed provided by ski wax comes at a cost--perfluorochemicals

Wood Smoke Wafts Up Health Concerns

Pesticides May Block Male Hormones
Many agricultural pesticides disrupt male hormones, according to new tests

Rat Poisons Endanger 10,000 Children Every Year in the U.S.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has known for decades that kids have too-easy access to a new generation of super-toxic rat poisons. Every year more than 10,000 kids are getting hold of them, and virtually all of the calls to U.S. poison control centers concern children under six. New regulations to protect children and wildlife go into effect next year

"Super-Toxic" Rat Poison Kills Owls
Owls are dying under gruesome circumstances, bleeding to death from stomach hemorrhages. The culprit: An extra-potent class of rodenticides that has flooded the market in recent decades, Part 1 of 2

Cat Disease Threatens Endangered Monk Seals
On the beaches of the Hawaiian islands, monk seals are dying from a pathogen in cat feces that is carried to the ocean in polluted runoff and sewage

EPA Launches Sustainability Reform Effort
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Academy of Sciences will collaborate to ensure the agency's policies are driven by sustainability

Household Cleaners to be Reformulated to Clean Up California Smog
Kitchen cleaners, glass sprays and other household cleaning products will be reformulated to reduce smog-forming compounds

Major U.S. Cities Violate New EPA Lead Standards
Los Angeles, Cleveland, Muncie, and 13 other U.S. areas violate new lead standard, EPA says

Volatile Organic Compounds May Worsen Allergies and Asthma
Children who sleep in bedrooms containing fumes from water-based paints and solvents are two to four times more likely to suffer allergies or asthma, according to a new scientific study

Recipe for High BPA Exposure: Canned Vegetables, Cigarettes and a Cashier Job
More than 90 percent of pregnant women had detectable levels of BPA from a variety of sources, according to new research

Toxic Pesticide Banned after Decades of Use
Twenty-five years after the worst outbreak of pesticide poisoning in U.S. history, an agreement is announced that phases out all uses of aldicarb

Urban Air Pollutants Can Damage IQs before Baby's First Breath
A study in Krakow, Poland, corroborates New York City findings that link children's lower IQ scores with mothers' exposure to compounds created by burning fossil fuels

California Proposes New Regulations on Chemicals in Consumer Products
Driven by revelations of lead in children’s toys, hormone-mimicking chemicals in plastic baby bottles and controversial flame-retardants in furniture, state environmental officials drafted a set of rules aimed at products with chemicals that have been linked to illness or abnormal development

Flame Retardants May Alter Hormones of Pregnant Women
High levels of brominated flame retardants can alter pregnant women’s thyroid hormones, which are critical to a baby’s growth and brain development, according to a California study

Endosulfan to Be Banned, Pesticide Poses "Unacceptable Risks," EPA Says
The EPA, declaring that endosulfan is unsafe for farm workers, moves to ban one of the last organochlorine pesticides left in the U.S. Like DDT, endosulfan accumulates in the environment and in the bodies of people and wildlife, and is transported around the world to remote places

How Many Cancers Are Caused by the Environment?
Some experts say a decades-old estimate that six percent of cancers are due to environmental and occupational exposures is outdated and far too low

Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins Draw EPA Scrutiny--After 70 Years
A family of chemicals virtually unknown to the public but important to industry is now under EPA review

California Attempts to Survey Unknown (Chemicals)
California regulators aim to fill in the gap on chemicals that have not been evaluated for toxicity

Doctors Underestimate Environment as Cause for Cancer
A presidential panel warns about human exposure to carcinogens

U.S. Food Still Tainted with Old Chemicals
Thirty-eight years after DDT was banned, Americans still consume trace amounts of the infamous insecticide every day, along with more than 20 other banned chemicals

Farm Pesticides Linked to Skin Cancer
Sun exposure has always been considered the driving force behind rising rates of melanoma. But new research suggests that repeated, long-term use of pesticides may be an important factor, too

Small Dogs Prove Susceptible to Flea Poison
Warning that the powerful poisons can endanger dogs and cats, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will require new instructions and labeling for flea products