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FDA Says We Are All Made of Chemicals So How Can Any Be Bad …

WEBChemicals like BPA that harm the immune and reproductive systems, disrupts the normal function of hormones and affects learning and memory at levels …

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URL: https://blogs.edf.org/health/2024/04/11/fda-says-we-are-all-made-of-chemicals-so-how-can-any-be-bad-for-you/

Is it time to rethink “lead-safe” and “lead-free”

WEBThe scientific consensus is that there is no known safe level of lead exposure, and that no environment or home is truly free of lead. With a few exceptions, …

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EDF Health April 11, 2024 #

WEBWhat Happened. In December 2023, FDA’s scientists published a new study showing that when pregnant rats ingest a form of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl …

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Consumers continue to rate chemicals in food as top food safety …

WEBTom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals. For the eighth year in a row, consumers rated chemicals as their top food safety concern according to the annual …

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Chemicals in food continue to be a top food safety concern …

WEBFrom 2017 to 2019 [2], between 33%-35% of consumers rated chemicals in food as their top food safety concern, more than anything else. It dropped to 24% last …

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EPA’s new service line inventory: The good, the bad, and the absurd

WEBTom Neltner, J.D. is the Chemicals Policy Director This is the first in a series of blogs evaluating various aspects of EPA’s December 2020 revisions to the Lead and …

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FDA and industry continue to ignore cumulative effects of …

WEBThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made no apparent progress to comply with the legal requirement that it consider the cumulative effect of chemicals in …

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Unveiling EDF’s Chemical Exposure Action Map

WEBThe Chemical Exposure Action Map emphasizes the need for a more holistic evaluation that mirrors the real-world scenarios of communities facing exposures from …

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Health data needs to inform targeted environmental justice …

WEBKey Findings and Recommendations . Air pollution results in a large burden of childhood asthma across the country, and this burden is disproportionately borne by …

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The science behind toxic inequities in beauty and personal care

WEBThe science behind toxic inequities in beauty and personal care products. Jennifer McPartland, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist with the Health Program. Prominent …

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Biden Announces $3B to Replace Lead Pipes – More Money Going …

WEBBy Lindsay McCormick, Senior Manager, Safer Chemicals and Roya Alkafaji, Manager, Healthy Communities What’s New? President Biden recently announced $3 …

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New BLM Proposals For Large Oil And Gas Fields Ignite Wyoming …

WEBWyoming is already one of the country’s top natural gas producers. And large new developments under review by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management totaling more …

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EPA’s new chemical review process: A thought experiment

WEBChemical Z: A Hypothetical Best-Case Study. ACME chemical company has developed a new product—Chemical Z (ChemZ)—and wants to make and sell it in the …

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How we make pollution more visible

WEBSarah Vogel, Ph.D., is Vice President for Health. This post originally appeared on the Global Clean Air blog. When we’re outside, either walking or driving, …

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Breaking silence around Black women’s reproductive health: A

WEBCommunity activist Lilly Marcelin has dedicated her career to addressing racial and social inequities. In 2012, she founded and is now the Executive Director of …

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Why Residential Demand Response Is a Critical Part of Our …

WEBGuest Blog Post By: R. Blake Young, President and CEO of Comverge The complex task of managing peak energy demand is not something that should be …

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Why are four notorious carcinogens approved by FDA for food

WEBOn December 21, 2023, FDA filed a food-additive petition and a color-additive petition submitted by EDF and partners that asks FDA to revoke its approval for four …

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The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health – a Sobering …

WEBWe have even more information this week about the ways climate change poses a threat to human health. The U.S. Global Change Research Program just …

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Another reason to reduce methane emissions: Saving lives

WEBSarah Vogel, Ph.D., is Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities Cutting methane emissions is one of the fastest, most effective ways to stabilize the climate. It …

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FDA’s latest study reaffirms short-chain PFAS biopersist. Now it …

WEBWhat Happened. In December 2023, FDA’s scientists published a new study showing that when pregnant rats ingest a form of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl …

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Good manure management must involve ammonia emissions, too

WEBIn addition to managing methane, digesters offer other benefits for farmers such as keeping out rainwater, which reduces the volume of manure which needs to be …

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