"A Drifting Danger for Central Valley Schoolchildren"
"Despite regulations and laws to protect children, Fresno County authorities say school buses are still being exposed to pesticide clouds once or twice a year."
Source: LA Times, 08/17/2009
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"Sacramento Judge Tentatively Rules Against Bid To List Styrene as Carcinogenic"
"A Sacramento judge sided with the styrene industry and against state environmental officials on Wednesday in ruling that the chemical doesn't have to be listed under Proposition 65 as a cause of cancer."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 08/14/2009
"Battle Over Chemical Used to Make Non-Stick Pans Heats Up"
DuPont will try to persuade New Jersey state drinking water regulators to go easy on cleanups of PFOA, a chemical used in non-stick pans -- even before the regulators hear scientific evidence from their own scientists.
Source: ENS, 08/07/2009
"Tougher U.S. Lead Paint Law May Not Protect Americans"
"Companies on three continents continue to make and sell consumer paints that contain dangerous levels of lead despite the availability of technology to produce high-quality, low lead paint. A tougher lead paint standard takes effect in the United States later this month, but imported consumer goods may still contain hazardous amounts of lead paint."
Source: AP, 08/06/2009
Industry, Enviros Agree on Rewriting Toxics Control Act
Both environmentalists and the chemical industry say they want Congress to overhaul the key law aimed at protecting Americans from toxic chemicals in the products they use.
Source: USA TODAY, 08/05/2009
"Rural Well Water Linked To Parkinson's"
A new study finds that rural residents who drink water from private wells are much more likely to have Parkinson's disease, bolstering theories that farm pesticides may be partly to blame.
Source: EHN, 08/05/2009
"Common Insect Repellent Affects Nervous System: Study"
"One of the world's most common insect repellents [DEET] acts on the central nervous system in the same way as some insecticides and nerve gases, according to a study released on Wednesday."
Source: AFP, 08/05/2009
"Mass. Chemical Leak Sends 100-Plus To Hospitals"
"NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Noxious fumes at a trash disposal facility sent 119 people to hospitals Monday, including two who were listed in critical condition."
Source: AP, 08/04/2009
"Congress to FDA: Prove Bisphenol A Safe, or Ban It"
"In food safety bill, the House gives the FDA a deadline to prove Bisphenol A is safe, or restrict its use in products used by pregnant women, and young children."
Source: Daily Green, 08/04/2009
"More D.C. Kids Had Elevated Lead Than Stated"
"More than twice as many D.C. children as previously reported by federal and local health officials had high levels of lead in their blood amid the city's drinking water crisis, according to congressional investigators, throwing into doubt assurances by those officials that the lead in tap water did not seriously harm city children."
Source: WashPost, 08/04/2009
