Friday, 27 January 2012

Scientific American Editor's Note: Paul Anastas, the father of green chemistry, is leaving his high-ranking post at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency next month and returning to Yale University. During an interview with Jane Kay of Environmental Health News, Anastas, who will remain at his post...
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PhysOrg A new report published by the UCLA School of Law's Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment assesses California's new chemical regulatory program and concludes that the state must strengthen its program in significant ways in order to adequately protect public health. Timothy F. Malloy's...
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Huffington Post When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, it unleashed a regional catastrophe whose effects continue to play out these two decades later. One such apparent effect was the subsequent collapse of the region's herring. Now we have a new study of herring, but after a different...
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PhysOrg The CDC will use the new SRMs—3668, "Mercury, Perchlorate, and Iodide in Frozen Human Urine" and 2668, "Toxic Elements in Frozen Human Urine"—as quality controls for urine tests during their biennial National Health and...
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Sydney Morning Herald THE health of thousands of children may be at risk from long-term exposure to toxic chemicals from artificial turf that has become a popular replacement for grass on sporting ovals and school playgrounds around the country. Australian scientists have raised the alarm over the potential dangers of...
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Gulf News Dubai: Owners of banned pesticides within the UAE have 90 days to register and destroy the potentially fatal chemical compounds under new regulations issued by federal authorities on Monday. One year after announcing an extensive ban on 401 of a listed 835 pesticides on record since the...
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The Los Angeles Times In honor of this year's "eat healthier" resolution, my teenage son and I drove over to a local bakery in the first week of January. On the shop's window, someone had painted the words "Whole-grain bread." So far, so good. The next line read "No preservatives." And the third — I did a double...
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The Charlotte Observer NEW YORK Jessica Alba has another new baby. She's launched an e-commerce company at Honest.com (named after her 3-year-old daughter Honor) to sell eco-friendly and toxic-free baby products and household items for a monthly subscription. Alba, who welcomed her second daughter Haven in 2011, said...
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ICIS LONDON(ICIS)--Polyethylene (PE) buyers in Africa are resisting persistent producer efforts to increase import spot prices for a third week in a row, with the trend likely to continue into February, sources said on Thursday. Producers that regularly export to Africa and...
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