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Toxic Chemicals Issues
Farm Runoff Brings Toxic Algae to Once-Pristine Ohio Lake
What's more disturbing than the poisonous algae in Grand Lake St Marys is the apparent helplessness of the people who live and work on the lake to do anything about the farm runoff that causes it. Read More...
The Perils of Hydrofracking, on Film
The documentary, "Gasland," covers the impact of drilling gas wells by hydraulic fracturing, described here as "polemical and quite frightening." Read More...
Environmentally Friendly Dry Cleaning Arrives
No more toxic perc is used to clean clothes in these new, ecologically friendly dry cleaners in Oregon. Time to as your local drycleaner to do the same. Read More...
The Bees Have It: They Monitor the Air Around German Airports
Testing the honey of local bees for toxins like lead and other heavy metals is the way the air around Dusseldorf Airport and seven other German airports is monitored. Read More...
Getting the Lead Out: We Can Reduce Our Toxic Burden
Because of this doctor's work in the 1970's, the percentage of children aged 1 to 5 with what the CDC considers dangerously high levels of lead in their blood has declined from 77.8 percent to 1.6 percent. We can only hope that 40 years from now, we'll see other chemicals in similar decline. Read More...
The Personal Environment III: The Stuff Around Us
In the spring of 2009, stories began to appear in the press about Chinese drywall that was so toxic that it corroded copper pipes and wiring, and made people and animals who lived in the houses where it had been installed chronically ill. Silver and brass tarnished. The air smelled like rotten eggs. Most... Read More...
How Toxic Chemicals are Damaging Our Children’s Minds
This is the Executive Summary for "Mind, Disrupted," a detailed and well-supported report on the mental effects of our national exposure to toxic chemicals, with a link to the full report. Read More...