A new study found that various pollutants might be affecting otters’ manhood, just one in a string of studies about modern chemicals messing with males in the animal kingdom. Is it hype, or should you be worried?
BPA is everywhere. A new study found the best way to avoid it: Stop buying or eating anything that isn’t homemade. It’s not very practical, but it does show how pervasive the chemicals are.
The chemical compound BPA has been linked to a host of bad health problems. Now there is a new problem it may be blamed for: Mice exposed to BPA just aren’t as social as other mice.
A chemical that can be found almost everywhere causes stem cells to become fat cells. It won’t make you fat on your own, but it makes your crappy diet a lot worse for you. How can you avoid it?
Want to make your own pants? The site will have instructions for that. And also how to make your own sewing machine. It aims to be a repository of instructions on how to make everything, and change how we think about where our stuff comes from.
Smoking might be banned in most places, but there are still toxic chemicals everywhere--and no requirements that the companies who make them warn you about them. A new law is aiming to change all that.
Alert! Almost all the parts of the building you are currently sitting in are made of--or coated in--something poisonous. A new site lets you in on the secret, and offers alternatives for designers and architects hoping to build a little better.
A new study says that BPA exposure might make men less attractive to the opposite sex--if we're anything like deer mice. Which it turns out, we might be.
