Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
My friend Rich Liroff runs an organization called Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) that encourages companies to reduce or eliminate toxic chemicals from their product lines. Smart. IEHN uses shareholder resolutions along with direct meetings with companies to encourage them...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
A study from Chinese scientists just out today reports on seven workers in a paint factory that were exposed to nanoparticles along with many other hazardous chemicals during their toxic workday. Two have already died of their diseases. All suffered shortness...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
Today the online information site nanowerk posted a commentary from Skip Lockard, a toxic-tort lawyer based in Atlanta, warning manufacturers and retailers of products containing nanomaterials to take effective and immediate action to protect workers and consumers, because: 'Failure to...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
On the very same day, Sunday 20th, two of my favorite blogs posted on events and though neither referenced each other, the overlap of interests is worth noting. In the first blog crack investigative reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
Today the Economist reported on new proposed legislation in the European Union that will shift the regulation of pesticides from an assumption of "innocent until proven guilty" to a precautionary requirement that manufacturers provide data that their products can be...continued→
