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Open Tabs

Posted on Mar 12, 2010 by Susie Collins in Blog, Environment, Government Regulation, News, Susie Collins

More from my series Open Tabs, sharing links to the pages I have open on my browser.

I’m sorry I don’t always remember where the links come from, many are sent to me through Facebook or email. I try to give credit when I can. I’m not working in a vacuum, most info I find is sent to me in one way or another and I thank all of you for taking the time to share. xoxo

Clean, Green, and Lean: Get Rid of the Toxins That Make You Fat by Dr. Walter Crinnion

My online friend, Missy, sent me this link to a book about losing weight, Clean, Green, and Lean: Get Rid of the Toxins That Make You Fat by Dr. Walter Crinnion. Before you get the wrong idea, this book is not about another fad diet so your can fit into your Gucci pants, this is serious information of value to people who have a weight problem due to toxic chemical or mold exposure. It’s also available on Kindle.

A renowned naturopathic doctor shows you how to get lean and be green while helping to save the planet.

Now you can lose weight and be good to the environment, too-without starvation diets, calorie counting, complicated meal plans, or even having to exercise. Dr. Walter Crinnion, a naturopathic doctor and environmental medicine physician, shows you how to clean up your diet and clear out your body and home to eliminate unwanted pounds and toxins from your life. You’ll be able to get rid of nagging health problems such as allergies and fatigue and enjoy greater energy and a greener planet. Clean, Green, and Lean:

* Shares an effective program to shed pounds and stay healthy by getting rid of toxins in your body and your life in just four weeks
* Combines losing weight with being good to the environment
* Can help reduce aches and pains, depression, and other health problems
* Is written by one of the country’s foremost authorities on environmental medicine who has appeared on The View and other programs

If you’re serious about losing weight and safeguarding your health, follow the expert advice of Dr. Crinnion and start getting clean, green, and lean today.

Here’s an enlightening essay by Helen Larkin on Women and the Environment: Understanding Connections.

America was created, designed, and governed by men, yet now we are one of the most violent Westernized countries, infested with cancer, and have the greatest disconnection from our ecological impacts. Young women today need to enter into the sciences with a vengeance studying toxicology, agriculture, biomimicry, conservation, green chemistry, alternative energy, health, nutrition, and ecological dynamics. Women today must enter all realms of governance. We need to preserve the best of modern living while walking as gently as possible on the planet. We must educate and KNOW that female is creation, female is nature, and female is the future. Most important: Female is Life.

The Environmental Working Group has an excellent page on Scented Secrets: Fragrances Hide Toxic Chemical Ingredients. It was produced as guidance for Valentine’s Day presents, but can be applied any day. The Environmental Working Group is one of the best places on the web to get information about toxic chemicals in consumer goods, it’s info you can trust.

Take a quick look at a personal care product label, and you’ll nearly always find a long list of chemical ingredients in tiny print. Chances are, somewhere in the midst of these technical chemical terms, is the simple word “fragrance.” Although companies are required by law to list all chemicals ingredients in a product, a special loophole allows them to hide what’s in the “fragrance” component[1]. And what’s hidden in that simple word can include complex mixtures of up to hundreds of chemicals that studies show may be linked to a variety of health problems, including allergies, skin reactions, endocrine/hormone disruption, and possibly even birth defects. Companies are not required to test cosmetics for safety before they are sold. The label is the primary protection we have to make decisions about products we rub, pour, and lather on our skin and hair. Yet when it comes to fragrances, we don’t even have this simple protection.

An online friend asked me to share some info about burn pits. I’ve covered this story previously on The Canary Report, but here’s a recent report in the New York Times: Veterans speak out against burn pits, a range of health problems are linked to the pits on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, toxic substances have been found in the smoke.

On the website Fragrance Free Living, Bonnie tells her story about losing her job and almost her house due to her Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. I’m pleased to see my online friend Roberta Bradley, vice president at the Environmental Health Association of Alberta, leave a comment for Bonnie with links and information.

Common Dreams reports Cities Sue Manufacturer of Weed-Killer Found in Tap Water: Federal Lawsuit Seeks Funding to Remove Atrazine from Water Supply. This story is interesting because the states are arguing that they shouldn’t have to pay for filtering out the contaminant that the chemical company is responsible for manufacturing and selling as safe. I would argue the federal government is equally to blame for this problem, having not done their job of protecting public health before protecting corporate interest.

Annie Bond writes about toxic teeth, BPA and dental bonding materials. This is a product about which every canary should be aware.

Okay, that’s enough, that should keep you busy for awhile! Thanks to everyone who sent me the links!

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Tags: Books, Chemicals, Environment, Fragrance, Perfume, Pesticides, Policy, Pollution, Products, Research, Toxic

Book ties toxic chemicals to rising healthcare costs

Posted on Jan 11, 2010 by Susie Collins in Blog, Environment, Home & Garden, Linda Sepp, Media/Videos, Research

Our Chemical Lives And The Hijacking Of Our DNA: A Probe Into What’s Probably Making Us Sick, by Catherine J. Frompovich (2009, BookSurge Publishing)

Post by Linda Sepp.

I just ran across a reference to this.

From the Industrial revolution and onward, the world has become an environment that is overflowing with dangerous toxins. Mass manufacturing has resulted in thousands of chemical pollutants being released in the atmosphere, water, and soil. As well, there has been a widespread increase of chemicals being added to almost every type of food and retail product. With this overwhelming chemical exposure, there has been an increase in research and studies showing the life threatening impacts on our health and well being. In her book, Our Chemical Lives And The Hijacking Of Our DNA, author Catherine J Frompovich delves into the effects of a chemical laden world on the body at a cellular level.

Our Chemical Lives And The Hijacking Of Our DNA is an important “wake up call’ about the current and future state of our toxic environment and what will happen if important changes are not made. Not only is it highly educational, the attention to detail makes the book a handy health resource tool. It is highly recommended to not just mass readers, but also to politicians, manufacturing industry officials, and health professionals.

Link to the author’s website.

Link to Amazon.com and good review.

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Tags: Books, Chemicals, Children's Health, Environment, Environmental Health, Environmental Illness, Fragrance, Home, Indoor Pollution, MCS, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Pesticides, Toxic

Dutch book on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity now published in English

Posted on Nov 13, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, MCS, Media/Videos, Susie Collins

English version of MCS book is now launched worldwide by McFarland.

Els Valkenburg of the Netherlands reports that her book entitled Understanding Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Causes, Effects, Personal Experiences and Resources has just been published in English. The book is now published in three languages, this time in the US worldwide version by publisher McFarland. I should be receiving a copy to review very soon!

This personal view of multiple chemical sensitivity and environmental illness is supported by research. In a question-and-answer format, the effects of exposure to perfume, smoke, air fresheners, cleaning products, exhaust, and other air contaminants are examined and linked to symptoms such as headaches, allergies, asthma, and fatigue. The book contains additional testimony and reports from 37 sufferers, as well as listings of resources and an index of related scientific articles.

Els Valkenburg wrote the first Dutch book on multiple chemical sensitivity, and this is the English-language edition. She operates the resource Web site www.the-abc-of-mcs.com.

She lives in the Netherlands.

Congratulations, Els! I look forward to reviewing your book.

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Tags: Books, Chemicals, Children's Health, Environmental Health, Environmental Illness, Fragrance, Healthy Living, Indoor Pollution, MCS, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Perfume, Pesticides

Documentary film: The Idiot Cycle

Posted on Nov 07, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Media/Videos, Susie Collins

“Everyone should know that the ‘war on cancer’ is largely a fraud.” -Dr. Linus Pauling, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Watch the trailer for “The Idiot Cycle,” a feature length documentary about the link between cancer and toxic chemicals, produced by Emmanuelle Schick Garcia and Laila Tahhar.

Related: Our Midland reports on a new documentary that says Dow Chemical and other chemical makers are profiting from the production of cancer-causing products that are not closely watched by the government, and then some of the same companies are investing in profitable cancer treatments.

Local environmental advocate Michelle Hurd Riddick, of the Lone Tree Council, said she didn’t know when the crew of “The Idiot Cycle” visited the community to talk about chemicals and cancer that one year later she’d be in the trailer for the feature-length documentary and traveling to Canada for a screening of the film.

Hurd Riddick has long been passionate about seeing cleanup of The Dow Chemical Co.’s dioxin contamination in the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River and Saginaw Bay. She spent two days in November 2008 taking the film crew around the communities on the rivers and talking about the impact of dioxin pollution on people’s lives.

Dioxins are a chemical byproduct produced as part of past manufacturing processes at Dow. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency labels dioxin a likely carcinogen, while Dow disputes that claim based on extensive studies of its workers around the world.

People walk, run and bike to raise money to fight cancer, but they often don’t think of what causes cancer, Hurd Riddick said. “Someone needs to step back and ask, ‘What’s causing the cancer in the community?’” she said.

Link to full report.

Link to learn more about the film.

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Tags: Chemicals, Children's Health, Environment, Environmental Health, Environmental Illness, EPA, Indoor Pollution, Pesticides, Policy, Toxic, Video, Water

Perfume, poisoning, and green spaces

Posted on Oct 22, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Linda Sepp, Media/Videos, News

Canary’s Cry.

Post by Linda Sepp.

Green and Save reports on Perfume and Colognes: Dangerously Chemical.

CTV News reports that getting the recommended treatment for severe carbon-monoxide poisoning depends on where you live in Canada and who your doctor is.

CBC News reports green spaces boost the body and the mind.

Reuters reports polluted air may give you a headache.

Building Green reports on an EPA warning: Older buildings may harbor PCBs.

The Canadian Center for Occupational Safety reports a webinar will be held on ototoxic industrial chemicals and potentially harmful exposure. Dr. Thais Morata of the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will discusses the effects of chemical agents, the interaction between these agents and noise, and strategies for preventing work-related hearing loss.

The Star reports Web surfing boosts brain circuitry in older adults.

King’s College London reports on research showing pesticides exposure is linked to suicidal thoughts. Full article here.

The Wall Street Journal reports a bill backed by industry and environmental groups would set federal limits on a potentially dangerous chemical inside your home: formaldehyde.

Best selling author Barbara Ehrenreich has a new book out, Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. I just saw her talking about it on the Daily Show and she was brilliant. She said there’s an empathy deficit (no kidding). She also said, “I never think delusion is ok.” YAY for speaking up!

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The health and ability for those with environmental sensitivities rests with the choices and actions of others. For more information, see The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities.

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Film: Killing Fields

Posted on Oct 13, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Environment, Media/Videos, Susie Collins

Much of the cheap meat and dairy produce sold in supermarkets across Europe is arriving as a result of serious human rights abuses and environmental damage in one of Latin America’s most impoverished countries.

Ecologist reports on Killing fields: the true cost of Europe’s cheap meat. “Statistics compiled by pressure groups suggest that as much as 23 million litres of pesticides and herbicides are sprayed in Paraguay each year, including several that have been classified by the World Health Organisation as being ‘extremely hazardous’.”

Cheap meat has become a way of life in much of Europe, but the full price is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals lead to poisonings and violence

Much of the cheap meat and dairy produce sold in supermarkets across Europe is arriving as a result of serious human rights abuses and environmental damage in one of Latin America’s most impoverished countries, according to a new film launched in conjunction with the Ecologist Film Unit. [...]

Industrial scale soy production, particularly for genetically modified (GM) crops – some 90 per cent of Paraguay’s soy is now thought to be GM – is dependent on the frequent application of powerful pesticides and other agri-chemicals which have been linked to environmental degradation and a host of negative health impacts on people living near to soy farms.

Crop spraying has polluted important water sources in many rural regions, say campaigners, poisoning both domestic and wild animals, threatening plant life, and resulting in a number of health problems in people, including diarrhoea, vomiting, genetic malformations, headaches, loss of sight and even death.

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My healthy home search checklist

Posted on Oct 10, 2009 by Susie Collins in Amy Ludwigson, Blog, Home & Garden

This is the checklist I developed and used while I was looking for a healthy home over the past year.

Post by Amy Ludwigson.

When you have Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, creating or finding a safe home can be one of the hardest challenges you have to face. As you become aware of the toxic chemicals in your environment, it seems like everywhere you turn there is something that could be contributing to your illness. You feel vulnerable, afraid, and helpless. People do not believe you, so you feel as if you are alone. As you are awakening out of your previous ignorance about chemicals you begin to realize how little you still know. You start making changes. Some you feel make a dramatic improvement in your health, some make you feel even sicker (which you never thought was possible). This was my story. This is my story.

I have spent the last 10 years of my life working on creating a safe home for myself. I have made plenty of mistakes, yet I have learned a lot in the process. I have studied with many of the experts in healthy home design, getting certified as a Building Biologist on the way. I have also traveled and studied forms of Feng Shui and Space Clearing, which both look at the energetic health of our homes. This checklist that I have created is by no means exhaustive, yet it is something that you can use as a guide to create your own when you are looking for a home.

This is the list I developed and used while I was looking for a healthy home over the past year. After each item I had a column for no concern, slight concern, severe concern and extreme concern. This really helped me to break down the places that I was interested in and make sure that I was not making any compromises. I sure had a lot of deal breakers, which my realtor sure got a kick out of. Yet, I was so fortunate to find a realtor that found me fascinating and not crazy! And I am happy to say that I found a beautiful studio in my favorite neighborhood in Chicago, I have been here for a month and couldn’t be happier.

So here is the checklist:

Proximity to:
Industry
Highways
Parking Lots
Golf Courses
High Tension Power Lines
Substation
Transformer
Cell Phone Tower
Radar/FM/TV station

Site Assessment:
Sprinkler system
Site drainage pattern
Rain gutter
Basement/crawlspace
Air conditioning unit
Water entrance
Electricity entrance

General Building:
Age
Remodeling
Pesticide Use
Neighbor Habits
Building Orientation
Garage Location
Materials – Inside
Materials – Outside
Insulation
Flooring Materials
Wiring (knob and tube?)
Laundry

Kitchen:
Electric or Gas Appliances
Adequate Ventilation
Age/Outgassing
Location of Appliances

Moisture:
Windows
Bathroom
Ducts
Kitchen

Indoor Air Quality:
Heating System
Cooling System
Ventilation
Duct’s Clean?
Return Vent
Combustible Gases
CO2
Humidifier
Leaks
Crawl Space, Vapor Barrier
Refrigerator Drain Pan
Plants, Mold
Exhaust in Bath/Kitchen
Filter

Other IAQ:
Asbestos
Lead
Radon
Mold

Pesticide Use:
Yes?
Storage
Neighbor Habits

Water Quality:
Age of Building
Filtration System
Local Water Report

Cleaning Supplies:
Which ones?
Storage

Electromagnetic:
Antennae Search
Visual Cell Phone Towers
Circuit Breaker Location
Geopathic Stress
Wireless (Neighbors)
Cordless Phones

Work Habits:
Computer Use
Printer Use
Hobbies

Other:
Lighting
Sunlight
Noise

I know this checklist can create a lot of questions, and probably needs a book to explain. Yet, I hope it will be a good guide for any of you looking for a place right now.

What else would you add to the list?

Come visit me at my blog Pure Habitat.

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Tags: Air, Chemicals, Children's Health, Healthy Living, Home, Indoor Pollution, MCS, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Organic, Pesticides, Products

In the news: Chemical regulation, pesticide ingredients, and healthy art

Posted on Oct 07, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Media/Videos, News, Susie Collins

JS Online reports the EPA director backs tougher regulation of chemicals. The summit where Lisa Jackson spoke was a highly unusual gathering, called by the American Chemistry Council, the lobby group for the chemical industry, and the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy group that frequently criticizes industry’s lack of disclosure. Those groups typically are at odds over how much information and testing needs to be done.

Beyond Pesticides reports EPA Seeks to Disclose Hazardous Pesticide Inert Ingredients. What the heck have they been waiting for? Let’s see how nuts people think we are now.

Green Train announces Hollywood charity and Inku Artist McKenzie, who was stricken with a devastating environmental illness thought by doctors to be triggered by years of exposure to toxic materials in the art creating process. This sickness inspired and propelled McKenzie life-changing mission to discover and create an innovative way to produce healthy, earth-sensitive fine art and prints, which she calls Inku Art.

Dr. Weil reports on a study in China conducted by Australian researchers showing that women who ate the most fresh button mushrooms, 10 grams or more per day, were about two-thirds less likely to develop breast cancer than women who ate no mushrooms.

Start-Up Nation is a website that housebound canaries might like to peruse for ideas about home-based businesses.

Two products came to my attention this week with raves from people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. One is the Healthmate air filter from Austen (at right), and the other an all metal utility heater fan from Honeywell. The person chirping about the heater said she had to run it for a few hours out in the garage first before it was safe, but once that was accomplished, she loves it! As with any product, remember that what works for one canary might not work for another, so be cautious whenever trying new consumer goods.

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Tags: Art, Chemicals, EPA, Food, Home, Pesticides, Products

Documentary film: Allergic to the 21st Century

Posted on Oct 02, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Disability Rights, MCS, Media/Videos, Susie Collins

Videos: Documentary on Electromagnetic Sensitivity and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity made for United Kingdom’s Channel-4.

“Allergic to the 21st Century” is produced and directed by Anne-Claire Pilley and features Sarah Dacre (at left), Roger Moller and Adrian Gray.

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September 21: Peace One Day

Posted on Sep 21, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Media/Videos, Social Justice, Susie Collins

Doing well by doing good is a new paradigm

The Day After Peace is a film about a quest by a brave young Englishman, Jeremy Gilley, who has a vision of creating an annual global “Peace Day” where all warring nations across the planet will participate in a 24-hour ceasefire every September 21st. Launching his dream in 1999, he spent years of frustration working with the United Nations and political leaders across the globe, until he finally sees a glimmer of his dream come true in war torn Afghanistan, where, in 2007, the Taliban guarantees peace and safety on Sept. 21 for 10,000 health care workers on a polio vaccination mission.

This young man’s dream of a peaceful world is not that far from the dream of people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, who want nothing more than a clean, pristine environment in which to thrive. At one part in the film, he meets with Ray Anderson, CEO at Interface, a model for corporate sustainability. “Doing well by doing good is a new paradigm,” says Anderson. “We’re not going to create a sustainable peaceful world with a snap of the fingers. It’s a journey, a very long, long journey; begins a step at a time.”

While I found this film very inspirational, I winced a bit when I saw Peace Day in 2007 included the distribution of insecticide treated mosquito netting to combat malaria in the Congo. I was struck by the complexity of our world, where toxic chemicals are considered necessary when fighting disease and are included in Peace Day.

Two wings up for this film.

Peace One Day is working to manifest an annual day of global unity; a day of intercultural cooperation on a scale that humanity has never known. The next stepping stone on this journey is to reach 3 billion people with the message of Peace Day by 2012.

Link to Peace One Day.

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French film: Our Children Will Accuse Us

Posted on Aug 05, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Environment, Government Regulation, Media/Videos, Social Justice

French movie: Nos Enfants Nous Accuseront, Our Children Will Accuse Us (with English subtitles) about the affects of agricultural chemicals on children.

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Film: The Future of Food

Posted on Jul 19, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Food, Home & Garden, Media/Videos

Film offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.

Click on link at end of post to view entire film. Here’s the first 10 minutes.

Link to film’s website.

Click here to view the entire film (one hour, 30 minutes).

Thanks, Ruth!

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Tags: Chemicals, Environment, Environmental Health, EPA, FDA, Food, Healthy Living, Law, Organic, Pesticides, Policy, Pollution, Products, Research, Toxic, Video

Hawaii’s roadsides routinely sprayed with herbicide

Posted on Jul 09, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Government Regulation, MCS, Susie Collins

People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity have reported experiencing dizziness, brain fog, asthma attacks or neurological problems that make it difficult to walk and talk after exposure to roadside herbicides.

Honolulu Weekly reports on The last Roundup: Herbicides are more than just a headache for Hawaii residents.

Reporter Joan Conrow takes a look at the problem of roadside spraying here in Hawaii, using as one of her primary sources a woman with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.

This is a well researched report and Conrow does a good job explaining the problems associated with the ubiquitous use of Roundup herbicide on virtually all our roadways. It can be a nightmare for people with MCS. Not your vision of paradise, is it?

Diane Koerner travels with an oxygen tank in the trunk of her car, all the windows rolled up and the air conditioning on recirculate. The Big Island resident, who suffers from severe Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, takes such precautions because smelling the herbicide Roundup can leave her with a debilitating migraine. And given that chemicals are used to suppress vegetation along nearly every mile of roadway in the Islands, an unpleasant chance encounter is not an unlikely risk.

Koerner is not alone. Other persons with MCS have reported experiencing dizziness, brain fog, asthma attacks or neurological problems that make it difficult to walk and talk after exposure to roadside herbicides. And even those who haven’t been diagnosed with MCS complain of headaches and flu-like symptoms after traveling in areas that have been sprayed. Still others worry about the impact of weed-suppression chemicals on children, pets and the environment.

Link to full report.

Photo credit, a roadside on Kauai that’s been sprayed with Roundup. Virtually all county and state roadsides in Hawaii are lined with an ugly, dead strip of foliage that’s been sprayed with Roundup. As soon as it starts to rebound, workers come along and spray it again. The spraying is done from trucks without much thought to the way the wind is blowing. During application, where the truck moves slowly along the shoulder as the spray is applied, it’s not unusual for the herbicide mist to be floating or blowing all over the road onto and into passing vehicles.

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Tags: Chemicals, Children's Health, Environment, Environmental Health, EPA, Hawaii, MCS, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Pesticides, Policy, Pollution, Stink, Toxic

Endocrine disruptors, pesticides, and a lawsuit

Posted on Jul 09, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, News, Susie Collins

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kritof reports on endocrine disruptors in an op-ed called It’s Time to Learn From Frogs. The essay comes on the heels of Kristof’s appearance on The Colbert Report, where he bantered with the comedy host about endocrine disruptors, hormones and genitalia. The importance of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Kristof choosing the topic of endocrine disruptors cannot be over emphasized; he is known for reporting on serious topics that mainstream media ignores such as human trafficking and the Darfur genocide. He has a huge following that listens to what he has to say. My hope is he will continue to write and speak out about endocrine disruptors with the same courage and vigor he’s shown with other major issues of our times.

AP reports the Center for Biological Diversity on Wednesday gave 60-day notice it will sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to consider the effects of pesticides on polar bears and their Arctic habitat.

The Los Angeles Business Journal reports Dole Food Co. Inc. filed a defamation suit against a Swedish filmmaker over a documentary that chronicles the legal battles between an L.A. plaintiff’s attorney and the Westlake Village food giant over its use of pesticides on Nicaraguan banana plantations.

Environmental Working Group reports on the American Chemistry Council’s strategy to influence reform of the outdated Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

The Think Before You Pink campaigns asks you to tell Avon, Estee Lauder, Revlon and Mary Kay: We Demand Safer Cosmetics!

Mail Online reports Piers Morgan the beefcake advertises new Burger King perfume (with a whiff of fakery).

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Nicholas Kristof on endocrine disruptors

Posted on Jul 02, 2009 by Susie Collins in Blog, Environment, Media/Videos

The Colbert Report, July1: Nicholas Kristof describes the endocrine disruptors in the water that are causing genital malformations in male animals and humans.

Link

Thanks, Jasmine!

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