... injecting politics into the Environmental Protection Agency's assessment of health risks from toxic chemicals, citing a congressional investigation that concluded the assessments are being undermined ...
Although Americans are becoming increasingly aware of toxic chemical exposure from everyday household products ... Gets Personal: Women's Experience of Household Chemical Exposure." Altman received a Ph.D ...
Although Americans are becoming increasingly aware of toxic chemical exposure from everyday household products like bisphenol A in some baby bottles and lead in some toys, women do not readily connect ...
Annual consumer guide shows what toxic chemicals have been found in toys.
... is vanishingly small.
Extensive studies of two toxic chemicals found in children's bath and personal care ...
Ontario was expected to propose new legislation on Tuesday to get companies to cut back on their use of toxic chemicals.
... steroid hormones and enzymes that synthesize steroids. However, our research indicates that the method by which toxic chemicals effect the steroid hormone signaling of snails, corals, insects and ...
... at Ohio State, leads a team of researchers who develop solid materials that can detect toxic chemicals.
The challenge, she said, is to design a material that reacts quickly and reliably to a variety ...
MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Some flip-flops and plastic shoes sold in the Philippines contain toxic chemicals that are dangerous to humans and the earth, an environmental group says.
... in scientific panels that advise the Environmental Protection Agency on the human health effects of toxic chemicals.
The committee identified eight scientists that served as consultants or members of ...
... 2007. At the time, it was widely reported that the potentially toxic chemical 1,4-butanediol (BD) ... contain any 1,5-pentanediol. That non-toxic chemical had been completely replaced with the potentially ...
Cornell fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza is working with the U.S. government to create fabrics made of functional nanofibers that would decompose toxic industrial chemicals into harmless byproducts.
Cornell fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza is working with the U.S. government to create fabrics made of functional nanofibers that would decompose toxic industrial chemicals into harmless byproducts.
... ' identity.
"I was surprised by both the number and the potential toxicity of the chemicals that were found," Steinemann said. Chemicals included acetone, the active ingredient in paint thinner and ...
... of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Basel in Switzerland have issued a report on the mechanism of toxicity of a chemical compound called Dibutyltin (DBT).
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