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Asbestos: Still legal and in use — Reuters Investigates by ReutersTV The word “asbestos” is enough to clear a room, if not a building. Reuters’ correspondent Ben Berkowitz explores the hazards of asbestos with Mark Van Baalen, a [...]
Former Bush EPA chief sounds alarm on chemical security by Jim Morris for iWatch News Wading into a decade-old controversy, former Environmental Protection Agency chief Christine Todd Whitman has urged current EPA administrator Lisa Jackson to close loopholes in a [...]
by EWG The federal Environmental Protection Agency has declared tetrachloroethylene, or PERC, a chemical used by many dry cleaners, a “likely human carcinogen.” “The evidence against this ubiquitous dry cleaning chemical piled up for years, like dirty laundry [...]
Brominated battle: Soda chemical has cloudy health history Banned in other countries, little-known ingredient sparking renewed concerns by Brett Israel for iWatch news MARIETTA, Ga. — It’s Monday night at the Battle & Brew, a gamer hangout in [...]
Food Chemical Regulations Rely Heavily on Industry Self-Policing and Lack Transparency by The PEW Charitable Trusts Safety decisions concerning one-third of the more than 10,000 substances that may be added to human food were made by food manufacturers [...]
The federal Food and Drug Administration’s new sunscreen rules seem likely to do away with the worst hype in ads and on labels. The agency has barred the claims “waterproof,” “sweatproof” and “sunblock,” boasts that were never achievable. The FDA has, for the first time, set a minimum performance standard for sunscreens that use the term “broad spectrum” to denote that they provide a measure of protection from ultraviolet-A rays.