It’s Raining PFAS: Even in Antarctica and on the Tibertan Plateau, Rainwater is Unsafe to Drink
Green Science Policy Institute Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are man-made hazardous chemicals that are spread globally in the atmosphere and as a result they can be found in the rainwater and snow in even the most remote locations on Earth. During the last 20 years, guideline values for PFAS in drinking water, surface waters […]
What’s Really in Your Bottled Water?
Ryan Felton Consumer Reports found toxic PFAS chemicals in several popular water brands, especially carbonated ones. CR recently tested 47 bottled waters, including 35 noncarbonated and 12 carbonated ones. For each product, we tested two to four samples. The tests focused on four heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury), plus 30 PFAS chemicals, which […]
Urgent Canadian Action is Needed on PFAS – the Forever Chemicals
Bev Thorpe The class of chemicals called PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) are often referred to as ‘the forever chemicals’ because they are highly persistent in the environment and will take hundreds if not thousands of years to disappear from the soil and groundwater where they accumulate … As we now know, two substances in […]
Polysorbate 80 In The Newly Approved Novavax Vaccine
Lucy Crisetig Governmental concern for our health seems to have its limits. With the many toxins and chemicals approved for use in our food, cosmetics and medicines one might begin to wonder whether this concern is misplaced. Many research studies are beginning to make connections between some of these toxins and the damage they cause […]
The Political Economy of Autism
Toby Rogers Autism is an epidemic and a pandemic by any reasonable definition of those words. … Genetic theories of autism never made much sense because “there is no such thing as a genetic epidemic” — the human genome just does not change that fast. … In the last decade, three groups of top epidemiologists […]
EPA Banned These Pesticides – But They May Still Be Causing Hearing Loss
Beyond Pesticides Banned pesticides still persistent in the environment pose an increased risk of hearing impairment for U.S. adults, according to research published this month in Scientific Reports. Although regular use of DDT and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) no longer occurs in the United States, exposure to these persistent chemicals can still occur through a range of […]
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences PFAS are a large, complex, and ever-expanding group of manufactured compounds that are widely used to make everyday products more resistant to stains, grease, and water. For example, they are used to keep food from sticking to cookware, make clothes and carpets resistant to stains, and create refighting foam […]
‘An Assault on Children’s Brains’: Toxic Chemicals to Blame for Decline in Kids’ IQs
Barbara Demeneix, R. Thomas Zoeller Brain function, especially in children, is often evaluated by intelligence tests resulting in an Intelligence Quotient or “IQ.” IQ scores, after having increased for most of the 20th century, have been going down since the mid- 1990s. … Is this trend for real? Some technical issues related to IQ measurements […]
