The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed maximum limits for the amount of lead in baby foods like mashed fruits and vegetables and dry cereals, after years of studies revealed that many processed products contained levels known to pose a risk of neurological and developmental impairment.
A group of 48 US scientists from academia, NGOs and government agencies have developed five principles, with associated recommendations, for improving risk assessment and management of industrial chemicals at the EPA.
Scientists, industry and environmental groups are all pushing EPA to reconsider its approach to chemical risk assessments as it readies a slate of landmark steps on TSCA reviews, including its first moves toward considering cumulative risks under the law as well as statutory deadlines for completing 20 evaluations of existing chemicals.
Common chemicals called phthalates found in hundreds of household products have been linked to uterine fibroids—non-cancerous tumors ranging...
A group of more than 40 scientists from academia, citizen groups and state and federal agencies are floating a slate of proposals to overhaul both how EPA implements the reformed TSCA and its approach to chemical risks more broadly, saying the agency’s current methods are rife with “deficiencies” that understate the dangers of chemical exposure.
Tania Pacheco-Werner put on her walking shoes. She was halfway through her first pregnancy and had just been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Her doctor's advice? Stay active.
As we near midterm elections, a new poll has done the unthinkable: found an issue that doesn’t divide us.
Most American voters say they want more government and industry protection from toxic chemicals, a new poll has found.
Do the majority of Americans want government to make sure the products they buy are free of harmful chemicals?
October 11, 2022Press Release
American voters overwhelmingly say they want government and industry to ensure the products they buy
are free of harmful chemicals, and they are willing to pay more for it, according to a national online survey
commissioned by the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE) at the University of
California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Tania Pacheco-Werner put on her walking shoes. She was halfway through her first pregnancy and had just been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Her doctor’s advice? Stay active. But Pacheco-Werner lives just outside Fresno. It was summer, and well over 100 degrees. The air outside was also thick with wildfire smoke from nearby forest fires — an increasingly common occurrence due to climate change.
It's a normal reaction for any expectant mother. But worrying during pregnancy may raise the risk of a premature birth, a study suggested Monday. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles found those who suffered anxiety had a significantly higher risk of going into labor early.
In the past few months, people across the U.S. have faced extreme climate hazards such as wildfires on the West Coast, flooding that contributed to undrinkable water in Mississippi and left hundreds homeless in eastern Kentucky, and record-breaking heat waves. Concurrently, four states have passed near-total abortion bans, and the first abortion ban passed after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade has taken effect in Indiana.
Researchers who floated a 2019 proposal for prioritizing chemicals for TSCA review based on their prevalence in Americans and their environment have published a new paper that identifies as particular priorities substances, such as melamine, that EPA itself has not yet addressed -- a disconnect that one co-author says is proof of “flaws” in the toxics program. The new study , published Aug. 30 by the journal Chemosphere , builds on a 2019 paper that set out a framework for...
Revelations of toxic risks to pregnant people seem to emerge with alarming frequency. In late August a peer-reviewed study published in Chemosphere finds that the compound melamine, its primary byproduct (cyanuric acid), and four aromatic amines were detected in the urine of nearly all pregnant research participants. These chemicals are associated with increased risks of cancer, kidney toxicity, and/or developmental harm to the resultant child. Beyond Pesticides has covered a variety of pregnancy risks from pesticides and other toxic chemicals, including these in just the last three years: pesticides and children’s sleep disorders; prenatal exposures to a multitude of chemicals; insecticides and childhood leukemia; insecticides and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.