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Crops absorb livestock antibiotics, science shows
Consumers have long been exposed to antibiotics in meat and milk. Now, new research shows that they also may be ingesting them from vegetables, even ones grown on organic farms.
Scientists to EPA: Risks of chemicals that alter male hormones should be analyzed together
A national panel of experts says EPA must change its focus and analyze chemicals that endanger male reproduction cumulatively or it will "seriously underestimate" the risks to human health.
California unveils six-step strategy to promote green chemistry
After 20 months of brainstorming, California officials unveil steps to promote use of safer, sustainable chemicals in the state's consumer products and industries
Push to replace mercury thermometers is going global
Old mercury thermometers have just about vanished in the U.S. and Europe. But they remain in many other countries. Now, a new global effort, part of a UNEP program to reduce mercury emissions, is spreading the word about viable alternatives for health care.
EPA must overhaul risk assessments to protect public health, panel says.
Warning that “decision-making gridlock” has bogged down efforts to protect public health, a national panel of scientists recommends that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency overhaul its strategy for analyzing the hazards of toxic chemicals and pollutants. Experts say their recommendations will make risk reports "more coherent, consistent and transparent."
Future hazy for cleaner school buses
The nation's aging fleet of half a million school buses spews out tons of soot and carcinogens. But while pollution-fighting technologies are available, school budgets are plummeting, so fledgling efforts to clean the buses up may stall.
Enviro health scientists, chemists join forces to promote safe chemicals
Scientists convene in Southern California to draft a consensus statement designed to overcome obstacles to creating new, environmentally benign industrial compounds.
Local climate solutions constrain federal options
Many state laws are boldly ambitious, and Congress will be pressed not to undercut those goals.
The ocean's acid test
Changes society is forcing on the ocean may be larger than any inferred from the geologic record of the past 300 million years. And it's already underway.
Prescription drugs can deliver high doses of phthalates
For millions of people, medicines are a little-known, major source of the compounds, which are linked to reproductive abnormalities. Scientists warn “of the potential for high delivered doses of phthalates to vulnerable segments of the population, particularly pregnant women or young children.”
Vietnam vets face dangers decades later
Vietnam veterans exposed to the defoliant Agent Orange are twice as likely to contract prostate cancer as unexposed veterans.
Californians have world's highest levels of flame retardants.
Californians have the world’s highest levels of toxic flame retardants in their homes and in their bodies, according to new scientific findings published Wednesday.
Northeastern, West Coast women have high mercury levels
Contamination from eating fish varies in U.S.
Bisphenol A linked to diabetes, heart disease in humans
First major study in humans supports evidence of harm from animal tests, researchers say.
Feminized toads linked to farms.
Toads living in agricultural areas of Florida are more likely to be feminized than their suburban counterparts.
