New Scientific Paper Supports Chlorpyrifos Ban
A new scientific article published today in PLOS Medicine from leading environmental health experts reviews the most recent science on the risks of low-level or...
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Win! IARC, Global Cancer Agency Fends Off Industry Attack
Good news out of Washington DC! There are still heroes in Congress that are going to the mat to defend science, protect health, and prevent cancer. Champions...
Pesticide Makers Can’t Hide from the Science
For makers of pesticides, it’s both the best of times and the worst of times. On the one hand, industry’s buddies in the Trump administration are doing all...
Monsanto’s Losing Product Defense Strategy
This month Monsanto lost a toxic tort case that found in favor of DeWayne (Lee) Johnson, a 46-year-old husband, father, and groundskeeper now dying of cancer...
EPA TSCA Systematic Review for Chemicals Is Fatally Flawed
The EPA Toxics Office is pushing a new approach to evaluating scientific studies that is setting off alarm bells with health scientists everywhere....
NYC Steam Pipe Explosion: Health Questions
Early this morning a steam pipe exploded in Manhattan's Flatiron District near Fifth Avenue and 21st Street. Steam venting into the streets reportedly turned...