Tag: health

“...we’re talking about a chemical that has managed to find its way into the blood of almost everything on the planet and almost every person in the United States.”

Starting this month, IARC will list the artificial sweetener as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time.

“It’s ironic that the chemicals we’re deploying in vain for one health crisis are actually fueling another.”

"He has been trying to recast air pollution—particularly PM2.5—as innocuous for decades, since he was working for Big Tobacco."

"It's time Congress do more to rein in corporate greed, one of the main factors currently driving up costs for families."

The results of the recent tests suggest that at least some of the agricultural products are being contaminated with PFAS from unknown sources.

The closest thing to actual solutions are vague hints

That risk is 250,000 times greater than the level usually considered acceptable by the EPA division that approves new chemicals, and it’s higher than the lifetime risk of cancer for current smokers.

Australia is reclassifying them as “controlled substances” and making them available for use in managed medical settings.

“This is a drug that was invented with taxpayer dollars by scientists at UCLA and can be purchased in Canada for one-fifth the U.S. price."