Pecans, Macadamias, and Assorted Nuts Cheer the New, Improved EPA
If you’re not a chemical policy nut, you likely missed new US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Lisa Jackson’s speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco last month. Which is a shame, because it called for a landmark shift in environmental health...Lead and GMO Sugar in Halloween Candy?
Urban legends of harmful products in Halloween candy and fruit have caused parents to greet Halloween suspiciously. However, a hidden threat is real in some of the candy on the shelves today – lead and GMO’s. With Halloween coming, every parent wonders what...GMO Halloween Candy: A Pesticide-Laden Horror
Tell Hershey’s and Mars to keep our kids safe and to end their use of genetically-modified (GMO) sugar today! Sugar from genetailly modified (GMO) beets is now in widespread use, despite worldwide scientific concern about the potential health and environmental...CEH-Sponsored Bill to Ban Lead Wheel Weights Signed Into Law
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed into law state legislation banning the sale and installation of lead-based auto wheel weights. Wheel weights routinely fall off cars and trucks, releasing 500,000 pounds of lead into the environment in...Do your child’s toys contain lead?
Learn how you can test for lead in your home.Nanotechnology Makes Tiny Particles, Big Health Problems
Nanotechnology? Is that what Mork from Ork says when he picks up his cellphone? Actually, nanotechnology is the industry where scientists take different substances and isolate their smallest possible particles. And by “small,” we’re talking about sizes once thought...