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Pollution in People:
Toxic and Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals
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This page presents selected reports, studies, resources, and a collection of documentary videos regarding pollution in people. We update and add new content on a regular basis.
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| Beyond the bubbling syntheses that make the chemical products we all rely on, a different sort of chemical transformation is now taking place. Products as diverse as the shoes we wear, the soap we ... |
| Although Grossman is not a trained chemist, she has done a remarkable job of compiling a tremendous amount of technical information and translating it into language nonscientists can appreciate. |
| Bisphenol-A may soon hit the list of known toxicants under California's Proposition 65, the law that lets state regulators restrict the use of toxic chemicals and require warnings on product labels. ... |
| Chemicals derived from flowers may sound harmless, but new research raises concerns about compounds synthesized from chrysanthemums that are used in virtually every household pesticide. |
| The American Chemical Society has issued a new official policy statement that calls for more research and education on endocrine disruption. |
| In an unusual exercise of its authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act, the US EPA announced the establishment of a "chemicals of concern" list and action plans that could prompt restrictions ... |
| New research reports that the enzymes in the roots of a poplar tree can alter the chemical structure of a common type of PCB pollutant, rendering it less harmful than the original chemical. |
| Pollutants that once belched out of power plant chimneys may soon make an appearance in our refrigerators and reduce our dependency on petroleum, thanks to the pioneering work of an Ithaca company. |
| While Afghanistan, the economy, Copenhagen and health care grabbed headlines, on December 2nd, Senators Frank Lautenberg and Barbara Boxer held a hearing on an issue that could significantly ... |
| In 2011, California manufacturers will be forced to use non-toxic chemicals in their products. |
| In 2003, scientists discovered something startling in the Potomac, from which at least 3 million Washington area residents get their drinking water: Male fish were growing eggs. But six years later, ... |
| Long-standing public policies governing chemical design, production, and use need deep restructuring in light of new science on the health and environmental effects of anthropogenic chemicals. Such ... |
| For 30 years, EPA has been forced to rely on industry to police itself to protect the public from hazardous chemicals. Now, the agency aims to re-invent the Toxic Substances Control Act, or TSCA, to ... |
| Some - but not all - cash-register and credit-card receipts can be rich sources of exposure to BPA, a hormone-mimicking pollutant. Green chemist John Warner claims that receipts are the biggest ... |
| Plastic, rubber and vinyl. That's what most people see when they look at a car. But the cars of the near future will largely be made of fibres and seed oils from plants that grow in the fields. |
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