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Paper drinking straws may be harmful and may not be better for the environment than plastic versions

August 27, 2023 by Captain Organic Planet

“Eco-friendly” paper drinking straws contain long-lasting and potentially toxic chemicals, a new study has concluded. In the first analysis of its kind in Europe, and only the second in the world, Belgian researchers tested 39 brands of straws for the group of synthetic chemicals known as poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS were found in […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: forever chemical, paper straw, PFAS, plastic, plastic straw, toxic chemicals

Arsenic, Lead and Other Toxic Contaminants in 95% of Baby Foods Tested

August 13, 2022 by Captain Organic Planet

In a new investigation released today, Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF) and its partner organizations report that 95% of baby foods tested contain one or more toxic chemicals, including lead, arsenic, mercury and cadmium. One-quarter of foods tested contain all four toxic chemicals tested by the lab, all of which are heavy metals that can […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: arsenic, baby, baby food, Food, lead, toxic chemicals

The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S.

November 5, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

This story was originally published by ProPublica. by Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, with additional reporting by Maya Miller, Poison in the Air The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacrifice zones” where residents breathe carcinogens. ProPublica reveals where these places are in a first-of-its-kind map and data analysis. From the urban sprawl of Houston to […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: air pollution, cancer, chemicals, environment, map, toxic chemicals, toxins

Common flame retardants cause mice to give birth to offspring that become diabetic

March 6, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

A new UC Riverside study shows flame retardants found in nearly every American home cause mice to give birth to offspring that become diabetic. These flame retardants, called PBDEs, have been associated with diabetes in adult humans. This study demonstrates that PBDEs cause diabetes in mice only exposed to the chemical through their mothers. “The […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: diabetes, diabetic, flame retardants, insulin, PBDE, toxic chemicals

Congressional Report Reveals Manufacturers ‘Knowingly’ Sold Toxin-Tainted Baby Food

March 2, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Leading baby food manufacturers are selling—knowingly and without warning—unsafe products contaminated with dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals that can cause serious and often irreversible damage to infant brain development, according to a new congressional investigation that is generating renewed calls for greater regulation of the industry. “Millions of babies are exposed to these contaminants every […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: babies, baby food, brain, children, infant, infant formula, public health, toxic chemicals, toxic heavy metal, toxic metals, toxins

Oil and gas wastewater as dust suppressant less than ideal

January 28, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

At the least, wastewater from oil and gas drilling should be treated in a waste treatment facility before it is used on dirt roads to suppress dust or deice roads. At the best, affordable, nontoxic dust suppressants should be developed and used, according to a multidisciplinary team of researchers. “Thirteen states in the United States […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: gas, gas wells, oil, radiation, radioactive, radionuclides, radium, toxic chemicals, toxin, wastewater

New toxic byproducts of disinfecting drinking water

January 23, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Mixing drinking water with chlorine, the United States’ most common method of disinfecting drinking water, creates previously unidentified toxic byproducts, says Carsten Prasse from Johns Hopkins University and his collaborators from the University of California, Berkeley and Switzerland. The researchers’ findings were published this past week in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. “There’s no doubt […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: disease, drinking water, toxic, toxic chemicals, water

Hair products for Black women contain mix of hazardous ingredients

January 22, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet

First study to measure range of hormone disrupting chemicals in products used by Black women A new report published in the journal Environmental Research shows that Black women are potentially exposed to dozens of hazardous chemicals through the hair products they use. The study, by scientists at Silent Spring Institute, is the first to measure concentrations of endocrine-disrupting […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: endocrine, endocrine disruptors, hair, hair products, parabens, phthalates, toxic chemicals, women

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