The search for culprits behind the rancid haze enveloping China's capital has turned a spotlight on the country's two largest oil companies and their resistance to ...
Cobalt in plastic building blocks and baby bibs. Ethylene glycol in dolls. Methyl ethyl ketone in clothing. Antimony in high chairs and booster seats. Parabens in baby wipes. D4 in baby creams. An Environmental Health News analysis of thousands of reports from America’s largest compan...
At a small ceremony in February, Johnson & Johnson executives were handed a scroll of 30,000 signatures from consumers. But, in an unusual twist, these consumers weren’t complaining; they were thanking the company. One of the world’s largest producers of personal care products, Johnso...
On the brink of federal regulatory review, chemicals in deodorants, lotions and conditioners are showing up in Chicago’s air at levels that scientists call alarming. The airborne compounds – cyclic siloxanes – are traveling to places as far as the Arctic, and can be toxic to aquatic l...
BPA exposure is widespread and variable in New York City's inner-city minority populations, according to findings from a large ongoing women and child study at Columbia University. Levels of the common chemical varied in the pregnant women and their children based on race, marital sta...
What did they do? Researchers analyzed 50 liver samples from first- and second-trimester fetuses. Fetal tissues were collected with permission from women choosing to terminate pregnancies. Two adult liver samples from autopsies were used as controls. Free and conjugated BPA levels wer...
Media policies were substantially eroded during the administration of George W. Bush, and they've only gotten worse under President Obama. Today, the Senate holds its hearing to consider McCarthy's nomination. A new EPA administrator is a chance for a fresh start, but we are troubled ...
More than 50,000 high-polluting diesel engines have been cleaned up or removed from U.S. roads in a federal program designed to reduce smog and greenhouse gases, according to a new Environmental Protection Agency report to Congress. While industry and environmental officials call the ...
"Everyone deserves protection from harmful chemicals, especially when the use of these chemicals is ineffective and unnecessary." The chemical industry argues that low-income people of color need these chemicals the most because they face greater fire risks. However, as evidence of th...
