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The first batch of results from our Detox Me Action Kit project—our crowdsourced biomonitoring study on people’s exposure to common household toxic chemicals—reveals some interesting findings.
It’s time now for us to devote resources toward preventing these unwanted exposures, so we can prevent future health problems.
Analysis highlights impact of wastewater management decisions on drinking water quality
EPA released the final rules for how the agency is going to regulate chemicals. However, the weakened rules raise concerns that EPA will not adequately regulate chemicals that could harm human health.
Study finds some of the highest levels of flame retardants ever measured in dust, including carcinogens.
Silent Spring responds to latest study in Science regarding so-called "bad luck" mutations.
First comprehensive analysis finds more than two dozen toxic highly fluorinated chemicals, including a phased-out substance.
Researchers to collect urine samples from participants nationwide to assess U.S. population’s exposure to hazardous chemicals in everyday products.
Spend less time munging, and more time analyzing
Some chemicals have a small enough impact on a person’s health that it’s hard to see their effects if you look only at the individual. But if you add up all of the individual health impacts in the population, you end up with a considerable negative impact on public health.