Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
The dominos are really starting to fall, as major manufacturers and retailers line up to announce that they are removing bisphenol A (BPA) from their products, or are pulling these products from their shelves. Although it’s gratifying to see this...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) today released a draft evaluation of the widespread chemical, bisphenol A, becoming the first federal agency in the world to express concern regarding this chemical’s potential to cause harm to fetuses, infants and children. Bisphenol A...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
I just got back from a visit with my adorable 9 month old nephew in Florida. It was fun to hold him and play with him. He’s even starting to crawl, and we got some great photos and video of...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
The town of Herculaneum, Missouri is a big red blotch on the map. Leslie and Jack Warden, raised their son there, less than a mile from the Doe Run lead smelter. Their son has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Her niece...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
This past week, the EPA gave itself another black eye by adopting a standard for ozone (smog) pollution that EPA science advisors say is inadequate to protect human health or the environment. Check out the Washington Post story here. Worse still,...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
On Halloween day, 43,000 sets of "Ugly Teeth" party favors were recalled due to dangerous lead contamination. This piles on top of recalls of candy collection buckets, Frankenstein drinking goblets, and more lead-tainted toys. Now that's really a Halloween scare!...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
What is it about global warming that the occupants of the White House don't seem to understand? It's beginning to seem like the only people who just don't get it are a few people in big buildings in Washington. Only two weeks after...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
Asthma and allergies are among the most annoying and even disabling common health problems. About 36 million Americans suffer from some kind of allergy, and about 17 million people have asthma. These diseases result in millions of missed school days,...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
So today we learn that lead is in lipstick. In recent months we've read about lead in children's toys, lunchboxes, contaminated candy, children's costume jewelry, and many other common products in our homes. Will it ever end?Since the days of the...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
When we released our report on air fresheners a couple of weeks ago, I was focused mostly on two issues: (1) the worrisome fact that consumers have no right to information about what's in common household products and that these products aren't...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
Everyone seems to be buzzing about the latest round in the "fish wars". So I'll wade into the fray with my own perspective on this issue. I've spent a lot of time looking at the data on both the benefits...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
It was nice to wake up to some good news this morning. Walgreens took a look at our test results that showed diethyl phthalate (DEP) in some of their air freshener products, and moved fast to do the right thing....
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
I swear these things are everywhere. When I'm at the hospital, there's a can in every bathroom. The nurses and housekeeping staff spritz away in patient rooms, in the nurses' station, and in the hallways. When I go into people's...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
I just spent the last two days at a meeting of the Institute of Medicine on "Climate and Human Health". The setting was nice - San Francisco's Presidio National Park - but the topic was disturbing. Here's the gist: Nobody's...
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
A couple of months ago, a scientific panel from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released a report on the future of toxicity testing. The summary of the report, which can be found here, outlined a new approach to figuring out...
