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TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Label Genetically Modified Foods!

What's New? http://capwiz.com/grassrootsnetroots/issues/alert/?alertid=15178631 Grassroots Network 22 July 2010The Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act (HR 5577) calls for the labeling of...

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Urban Air Pollutants May Damage Unborn Babies' IQs

Not New http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/air-pollutants-and-childrens-iqs Environmental Health News 26 July 2010Recent studies of over 400 women in New York City and Krakow have found...

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House Committee To Hold Hearing On Public Access To Publicly Funded Research

Not New http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/news/news_releases/10-0720.shtml Alliance for Taxpayer@ccess 20 July 2010The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information...

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NRDC Sues FDA for 30 Year Delay in Regulating Antimicrobials

Not New http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/sjanssen/nrdc_sues_fda_for_30_year_dela.html NRDC 27 July 2010The NRDC sued the FDA because the agency failed to finalize a 32 year old document that would...

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Chemicals in Rivers Linked to Sexual Changes in Fish

Not New http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/842142--chemicals-in-rivers-linked-to-sexual-changes-in-fish-researchers-say The Canadian Press 29 July 2010University of Calgary professors have...

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CDC Releases National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals

Not New http://www.cdc.gov/ExposureReport/ CDC 2 August 2010The CDC released the Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, a comprehensive assessment of the exposure of the...

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Acidification Threatens Sea Life

Not New http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012502655_acidification01.html The Seattle Times 31 July 2010Scientists suspect that increasing acidity of the nation's waterways, which is...

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EPA Releases Second Phase of Toxicity Testing Data for Oil Dispersants

Not New http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/196e9f13f264ed1c85257773005f7d9b!OpenDocument EPA 2 August 2010The EPA released peer-reviewed results from the second...

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TAKE ACTION - Tell Congress to Support Research on Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals

What's New? http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/endocrine.edlaw.howhelp.php The Endocrine Disruption Exchange 3 August 2010A growing pandemic of endocrine-related disorders, such as ADHD, Parkinsons,...

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Oil Spill Calculations Stir Debate on Damage

Not New http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/us/05oil.html?_r=2&hp The New York Times 4 August 2010The Obama Administration's latest report on the Deepwater Horizon cleanup efforts, which was based...

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Obama Administration's Scientists Admit Alarm Over Chemicals

Not New http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/03/gulf-oil-spill-chemicals-epa The Guardian (UK) 3 August 2010The Obama administration is facing concern from government scientists about the...

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Scientists Allege Federal Govt Tried to Muffle Plume Findings

Not New http://www.propublica.org/blog/item/scientists-allege-federal-govt-tried-to-muffle-plume-findings ProPublica 10 August 2010Behind-the-scenes reports from government scientists point to...

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EPA Seeks to Enhance Public Access to Chemical Data

What's New? http://www.ombwatch.org/node/11216 OMB Watch 17 August 2010The EPA has proposed several changes to its regulation of chemicals that should improve the public's access to crucial...

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EPA's Right-to-Know Effort Discloses Chemicals in 42 Health and Safety Studies

Not New http://blogs.edf.org/nanotechnology/2011/03/24/epas-right-to-know-effort-declassifies-the-chemicals-in-42-health-and-safety-studies/ Environmental Defense Fund 24 March 2011EDF reports: "EPA...

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EPA Improves Access to Information on Hundreds of Chemicals

Not New http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/F7B2E8162FF521B4852578B0005C7EDB EPA 15 June 2011The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making it easier to find data about chemicals. EPA...

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