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.READ»
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 ...READ»
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.READ»
Coca-Cola has asserted its position on BPA so many times that it may be fearful of what will happen if it reverses. And it's true, basically admitting they've been poisoning us all these years might not go over so well. But that still won't make it any less true. READ»
Appleton, the only producer of BPA-free thermal receipt paper in the U.S, announced this week that it has added special markings to its paper so that shoppers and cashiers can immediately see if their receipts are BPA-free.READ»
As a report from As You Sow and Green Century Capital Management shows, plenty of major companies are ignoring the hazards (breast cancer, early puberty) posed by BPA.READ»
As of this week, BPA--a compound linked to breast cancer and early puberty, among other things--is considered a toxic substance north of the border.READ»
So you've bought a BPA-free water bottle and ditched BPA-filled canned food. But BPA, a toxic chemical found in many of the products we use every day, may still be a big part of your life.READ»
At this point, no company wants to be caught with a BPA-filled product. The chemical, which is found in food and drink can linings, water bottles, computers, and other products containing plastic, can cause numerous health ...READ»
Did you know Coke uses BPA, the dreaded leaching chemical, in cans of soda? Neither did I, and Coke's shareholders aren't happy about the situation.READ»
BPA--a chemical found in adhesives, dental linings, water bottles, and a number of other plastic products--has increasingly come under fire from the EPA and FDA for its toxic effects in the human body. The EPA recently added BPA to ...READ»
How long does it take to make consumer goods safer? More than a year ago, Fast Company writer David Case published an air-tight investigation showing that some plastic manufacturers were using the big tobacco playbook, manufacturing ...READ»
An Environmental Working Group study, released Tuesday evening, found traces of BPA in 90% of infants' umbilical cord blood, the first U.S. study to confirm the chemical's presence in babies. BPA is thought to cause fertility and ...READ»
