WEDNESDAY, April 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A deadly chemical in paint strippers continues to kill workers despite its known dangers, a new study finds.
Researchers and physicians from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and UC San Francisco have found that deaths of workers using methylene chloride paint strippers are on the rise. The solvent is widely used in paint strippers, cleaners, adhesives and sealants.
A chemical found in paint strippers is associated with more deaths than previously thought, according to research published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Scientists are able to monitor the health effects of only a few hundred of the roughly 40,000 commercially used chemicals listed in the US Toxic Substances Control Act Inventory. The monitored substances are ones that scientists know how to measure well and can find in the human body.
Environmental systematic review experts have published a new study finding “sufficient evidence of toxicity” connecting formaldehyde exposure to asthma in children and adults -- a signal that EPA researchers could reach a similar conclusion when they update a long-pending assessment of formaldehyde that previously focused on cancer risks.
Forty-two "mystery chemicals" were found in the blood of 30 Bay Area pregnant women, according to a recent study conducted by scientists at University of California, San Francisco.
A study has found evidence of dozens of synthetic chemicals previously undetected in humans in the blood of pregnant women and their newborns.
Researchers behind a new study that identified more than 100 chemicals, some of which remain a “mystery,” in the blood of 30 California women and their babies in utero are urging EPA to require manufacturers to provide more toxicity data about their chemicals while also directing standardized reporting of compounds and their uses.
Scientists at UC San Francisco have detected 109 chemicals in a study of pregnant women, including 55 chemicals never before reported in people and 42 “mystery chemicals,” whose sources and uses are unknown.
Lovers of macaroni and cheese will soon have the choice to avoid toxic chemicals in their favorite dish — but only if they can afford it.
You may not realize it, but you likely encounter phthalates every day. These chemicals are found in many plastics, including food packaging, and they can migrate into food products during processing. They’re in personal care products like shampoos, soaps and laundry detergents, and in the vinyl flooring in many homes.
Environmental justice (EJ) advocates are urging EPA to develop a more robust nationwide mapping system to identify communities impacted by toxic chemicals as part of its TSCA work, in an early marker for how they will seek to integrate the Biden administration’s sweeping EJ agenda into the chemicals program. During EPA’s Feb.
Sharp criticism from the federal government’s top science advisory institute on Tuesday prompted the EPA to drop a method developed during the Trump administration to analyze chemicals.