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Toxic Chemicals Issues
Ethanol: Part of the Problem, Not the Solution
Shortly, the EPA has declared that it will finally issue its guidelines regarding whether the amount of ethanol mixed into our gasoline at the pump will stay capped at 10 per cent (E10) or rise to 15 per cent (E15). As currently represented by the EPA and the press, the primary issue to be... Read More...
Child Autism Epidemic Firmly Linked to Environment
Okay, now we know that all that household stuff we've been using and breathing for the last 50 years is damaging our children. Sure, some of the problem is toxic chemicals outside the home, but there's a witches' brew under the kitchen sink we CAN control. Yet how many of us will stop using... Read More...
A Shell Game in the Gulf
Because FDA scientists have declared the 1.8 million gallons of Corexit, the dispersant that BP sprayed into the Gulf, less dangerous to human health than the oil it dispersed, the FDA has decided not to monitor fish and shellfish for the presence of Corexit at all. Instead, the agency is testing samples of seafood... Read More...
New Mexico Shows Its Environmental Guts Against the Usual Suspects
Citing the very large costs of climate change, the state of New Mexico is making courageous efforts to cap greenhouse gas emissions in the state in the face of massive opposition from the usual suspects: well-heeled polluters. Read More...
Kellogg Claims “No Harmful Material” in 28 Million Recalled Boxes of Cereal
Kellogg recalled 28 million packages of cereal while claiming there was "no harmful material" in them. The FDA knows nothing, has seen nothing and heard nothing, because for decades its mandate has been the protection of commerce, not people. Read More...
Chinese Wallboard, Toxic Spills, Deadly Gas: Watch Out! FAST-ACT Nanomaterial is Here!
A nanomaterial that will combine with and transform dozens of volatile toxic chemicals into harmless substances actually exists and is coming to a toxic release near you. Read this article and see the videos and hope it really works. Read More...
Gulf Dead Zone Created by Ethanol Production Upstream
The northern Gulf boasts the second biggest "dead zone" in the world, where the nitrite runoff from giant midwest corn and soybean farms travels down the Mississippi and generates huge algal blooms that use all the oxygen in the water and kill other aquatic life. Read More...