Tag: toxic chemicals
Many Dollar Store discounts packed with toxic chemicals: Report
"With their high profit margins, dollar stores must do more to ensure that all of these products are safe."
Toxic forever chemicals found in almost 75 percent of stain and...
Nearly three-quarters of water- and stain-resistant products contain toxic forever chemicals, a new report has found.
Public health and...
Thailand places a ban on coral damaging sunscreens in marine national...
“As 80% to 90% of tourists visiting marine national parks on package tours usually go diving, marine national park staff will ask tour operators to explain to visitors the ban ahead of their visits.”
House passes PFAS Action Act which protects environment and human health
“We are one step closer to protecting the health of Americans from these toxic forever chemicals.”
New study finds toxic PFAS in hundreds of commonly used cosmetics...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a highly persistent and potentially toxic class of more than 4,700 chemical compounds, were present in most cosmetic products purchased
Pennsylvania families exposed to unusually high levels of oil and gas...
“The commonwealth has a long relationship with extractive industry, but it is an abusive one. It is time to start planning a divorce.”
Trump’s toxic wake: 10 ways the EPA has made life more...
The administration's record on chemical safety has been especially hazardous for the health of Americans, especially children.
Trump’s EPA rolls back regulation of chemical linked to brain damage...
“Is this what the Environmental Protection Agency has come to?”
Trump’s EPA to reverse regulation on chemical found in drinking what...
“Trump’s EPA is choosing NOT to regulate #perchlorate, a dangerous chemical linked to fetal & infant brain damage and found in the tap water of millions of Americans. This decision ignores science and the law.”
Trump’s EPA is being sued for hiding information about new chemicals
Several environmental organizations join together to hold the EPA accountable and prove the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is being ignored.
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Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza
A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."