New home study: Harmful chemicals in our floors, walls
We all know that children's toys should be checked for toxic chemicals, and many studies have done so, prompting removal of harmful chemicals and recalls of harmful products. Now a new study from the Ecology Center is focusing on home...Read More...
Breast Cancer Prevention Month
"Endocrine disruptors" Many of us hear this phrase, but is anyone clear about what they actually are? Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that mimic and block hormones in the endocrine system. They can wreak havoc in the body and have been...Read More...
New York BPA Bill Passed!
Originally published at The JustGreen Partnership site. Advocates applauded Governor Paterson today for signing into law the Bisphenol A-Free Children and Babies Act to end the sale of bisphenol-a-based baby bottles, sippy cups, pacifiers and straws as of December 1st...Read More...
Is California's BPA Ban the Tipping Point?
In a dramatic moment last week, the California State Assembly passed a bill which would ban Bisphenol-A (BPA) from food and drink containers intended for children 3 and younger. The bill, which did not have enough votes earlier in the...Read More...
BPA Victory in New York State
Great news is coming from New York State today, as a unanimous vote in the New York Legislature has a ban on Bisphenol-A (BPA) headed toward Governor David Paterson's desk. If signed, the ban will require that baby bottles, sippy...Read More...
New York's Child Safe Products Act
Advocates in the state of New York are looking to protect children from toxic chemical contamination by passing a comprehensive bill which would identify chemicals of concern and keep them out of children's products. The bill would promote safer alternatives...Read More...
Action alert: Ask congress to ban PBTs
We've been talking about TSCA a lot around here -- it's the reform of Toxic Substances Control Act that will soon begin wending its way through the congressional process in Washington DC. It's important because it will update a 1976...Read More...
Cocktail of chemicals to blame for decline in male virility
A recent British study is building on the case many scientists are making that endocrine-disrupting chemicals are responsible for a growing number of genital deformities and reproductive problems in men. These chemicals, which include bisphenol A, phthalates and many pesticides,...Read More...
Experts signal seriousness of hormone disruptors
You know something must be going on when a medical specialty organization for endocrinology publishes a scientific paper on chemicals in plastics and pesticides and personal care products. Endocrinology is the study of the endocrine glands, like the thyroid, pituitary,...Read More...
Endocrine disruptors threaten our reproductive health
The alarming health threat posed by endocrine-disrupting chemicals including phthalates and bisphenol A was clearly distilled Sunday in a column, It's Time to Learn From Frogs, by the New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof. Kristof, who often writes about global conflict,...Read More...
BPA may be behind earlier onset of puberty in girls
A new European study has found that girls are entering puberty earlier than just 15 years ago, causing scientists to speculate about the role endocrine-disrupting chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) may be playing in such a dramatic shift in human...Read More...
Scientists shocked to find link between vinyl flooring and autism
A recent scientific study looking at Swedish children and their home environment may be one of the first to show a link between autism and an environmental chemical, according to a story in Environmental Health News. The study did not...Read More...
BPA exposure puts girls at risk for breast cancer
A new study has shown that exposure to bisphenol A at levels lower than what the Environmental Protection Agency currently says is safe increases the risk of girls developing breast cancer as women. The study was conducted on rats, whose...Read More...
New site tracks chemicals' effect on development
A new Web site launching tomorrow compiles extensive research on hormone-disrupting chemicals like BPA and phthalates and shows their impact on the timeline of fetal development. The Web site was created by a group of scientists who have studied these...Read More...
Girl, Disrupted: When chemicals act like hormones
A certain class of industrial chemicals, known as endocrine-disrupting compounds or hormone disruptors can throw off the balance between hormones and the development of normal body functioning. Bisphenol A, phthalates, DDT, and dioxin are examples of chemicals that are hormone...Read More...
Connecticut: Public sends legislators a message in a bottle
Advocates and public officials gathered at Connecticut’s Legislative Office Building Jan. 27 to send legislators a message in a bottle: toxic bisphenol A does not belong in food and beverage containers, and Connecticut needs to lead the way toward safer...Read More...
Hair spray found to be potential culprit in birth defects
An analysis of possible causes of hypospadias, a reproductive birth defect in baby boys in which the urethral opening is abnormally located, has pointed to hair spray as a contributing factor. An English study compared exposures of mothers whose boys...Read More...
Mom's hair spray exposure may cause birth defects in boys
By Erika Schreder, Staff Scientist, Washington Toxics Coalition An analysis of possible causes of hypospadias, a reproductive birth defect in baby boys in which the urethral opening is abnormally located, has pointed to hair spray as a contributing factor. An...Read More...
