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The environmental toll of plastics	Page
Boys' birth defect is not increasing, raising questions about phthalate syndrome	Page
Do contaminants play a role in diabetes? Evidence is growing.	Page
Rural well water linked to Parkinson’s; California study implicates farm pesticides	Page
California unveils new goal for controversial carcinogen in water	Page
Cancer in wildlife, normally rare, can signal toxic dangers	Page
Future hazy for cleaner school buses	Page
Special Report: Thousands of kids exposed to dangerous liquid mercury in schools, homes. Contamination can last years, and cleanups are costly	Page
DDT use should be curtailed, left only as 'last resort' in some malaria-plagued areas, scientists say	Page
High selenium linked to diabetes; Americans should stop taking selenium supplements, research team says	Page
'Green' positions on climate change can help all candidates, survey finds	Page
Exhaust-ing ride for cyclists: Air pollutants trigger heart risk	Page
EPA unveils plan to review 6 controversial chemicals, reform US toxics policy	Page
Nanosilver in consumer products: No silver lining for fish	Page
Big increase in ocean mercury found; study predicts more human threat from fish	Page
Lingering legacies for Earth Day 2010: U.S. food still tainted with old chemicals	Page
President's Cancer Panel: Environmentally caused cancers are 'grossly underestimated' and 'needlessly devastate American lives.'	Page
California mounts ambitious effort to fill chemical gaps	Page
Cancer by the numbers: How many are caused by the environment?	Page
Endosulfan to be banned, poses 'unacceptable risks' to farm workers and wildlife, EPA says.	Page
Flame retardants can alter thyroid hormones in pregnant women, new study shows	Page
NIEHS director reacts to study of pregnant women, urges more investigation of flame retardants	Page
Townspeople, gold shopkeepers highly exposed to mercury in Peru	Page
Nearly 200 communities awarded $76 million in EPA grants to clean up, redevelop industrial sites	Page
FDA shifts stance on BPA, announces "some concern" about children's health	Page
Scientists link flame retardants and reduced human fertility	Page
Children more likely to have attention, behavioral problems when exposed to phthalates in womb, New York study says	Page
Derived from flowers, but not benign: Pyrethroids raise new concerns	Page
Pet flea treatments can be dangerous, more safety steps in the works, EPA says	Page
Farm pesticides linked to deadly skin cancer	Page
Few people know their name, but these chemicals have become EPA priority	Page
California unveils proposed regulations to rid consumer products of riskiest chemicals	Page
Urban air pollutants may damage IQs before baby's first breath, scientists say	Page
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Scientists warn that chemicals may be altering breast development	Page
Vietnam vets face dangers decades later	Page
Feminized toads linked to farms.	Page
Bisphenol A linked to diabetes, heart disease in humans	Page
Northeastern, West Coast women have high mercury levels	Page
Californians have world's highest levels of flame retardants.	Page
L.A., Cleveland, Muncie, 13 other U.S. areas violate new lead standard, EPA says	Page
Ski wax chemicals build up in people's blood, pose risks	Page
A toxic home on the range?	Page
Nanoparticles from sunscreens damage microbes	Page
Sewage plants could be creating 'super' bacteria	Page
Prescription drugs can deliver high doses of phthalates	Page
Insecticide to be banned – three decades after tainted melons sickened 2,000 people	Page
Bad water? It's the cheese. Hilmar Cheese brings good jobs to California farm town, but polluted water, too	Page
Recipe for high BPA exposure: Canned vegetables, cigarettes and a cashier job	Page
Children breathing fumes from water-based paints have high risk of asthma, allergies, new study says	Page
New tests reveal many pesticides block male hormones	Page
Smoke from wood fireplaces, stoves raises new health concerns	Page
California's poor, Mexican American kids highly exposed to flame retardants	Page
Array of flame retardants found in baby car seats, changing pads, other items	Page
"Super-toxic" rat poisons kill owls, other wildlife	Page
Rat poisons endanger 10,000 U.S. children every year	Page
Top stories of 2010: The oil spill and beyond	Page
Autism clusters found in California, linked to highly educated parents	Page
Too much pavement, too little oversight: EPA to tackle stormwater runoff	Page
Breaking News: EPA to investigate environmental impact of BPA	Page
EPA must overhaul risk assessments to protect public health, panel says.	Page
Push to replace mercury thermometers is going global	Page
Mohawk men: PCBs in native foods may be reducing testosterone	Page
Weed killer kills human cells. Study intensifies debate over 'inert' ingredients.	Page
More preemies born in neighborhoods with heavy pollution from cars, trucks	Page
The dirty side of 'clean' coal	Page
The ocean's acid test	Page
Local climate solutions constrain federal options	Page
Enviro health scientists, chemists join forces to promote safe chemicals	Page
California unveils six-step strategy to promote green chemistry	Page
Scientists to EPA: Risks of chemicals that alter male hormones should be analyzed together	Page
Autism increase not caused only by shifts in diagnoses; environmental factors likely, new California study says	Page
Salmon in near-shore Pacific contaminating killer whales	Page
A new window into hormone-altering chemicals	Page
Great Lakes cleanups hampered by economic woes, bureaucratic hurdles	Page
New x-ray machines may kill food bacteria, prevent outbreaks	Page
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Crops absorb livestock antibiotics, science shows	Page
Europe leads effort to push for design of "green" drugs	Page
Is recycling coal fly ash at farms environmentally safe?	Page
Chromium carcinogenic in water; new standard in the works	Page
Great Lakes fishermen less contaminated than a decade ago	Page
Schools to keep bugs at bay a safer way	Page
Food may contain environmental estrogens	Page
Scientists find 'baffling' link between autism and vinyl flooring	Page
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Inhaling Human Pathogens With Cigarette Smoke	Page
Selenium from power plants poses ecological risks, spurs EPA review	Page
New frontiers – and limitations – in testing people's bodies for chemicals	Page
Heavy metal: Some airborne particles pose more dangers than others	Page
EPA announces plan to require disclosure of secret pesticide ingredients	Page
New diesel trucks and buses cut soot and smog more than 90%	Page
Chemicals can turn genes on and off; new tests needed, scientists say.	Page
Germ-killing chemical from soaps, toothpaste building up in dolphins	Page
Threat down below: Polluted caves endanger water supplies, wildlife	Page
Hispanics face high cancer risk from breathing household chemical	Page
Eating venison, other game raises lead exposure	Page
Idling school buses spew black carbon, fine particles	Page
Soy Foods: Eating too much of a good thing might be bad, scientists say	Page
Special Report: Some vinegars -- often expensive, aged balsamics -- contain a big dose of lead	Page

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