"FDA Bans BPA in Baby Formula Packages"
"The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to ban the use of a chemical linked to health problems in infant formula packaging."
Source: The Hill, 07/12/2013
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"New Limits for Arsenic Proposed by F.D.A."
"WASHINGTON -- Nearly two years after an outcry about arsenic in apple juice touched off by a segment on 'The Dr. Oz Show,' the federal Food and Drug Administration is proposing a new limit on acceptable levels."
Source: NY Times, 07/12/2013
"Pepsi To Drop 4-MEI As Ingredient From Colas Nationwide"
"Days after environmental watchdog group Center for Environmental Health cried foul on the levels of a controversial caramel coloring in Pepsi, soda giant PepsiCo announced its intention to phase out the ingredient nationwide by February 2014."
Source: Huffington Post, 07/12/2013
"The Science Of Twinkies: How Do They Last So Darned Long?"
"We have to confess: When we heard that Twinkies will have nearly double the shelf life, 45 days, when they return to stores next week, our first reaction was -- days? Not years?"
Source: NPR, 07/11/2013
Eastman Sues 2 Small Labs for Saying Its Plastics May Be Unsafe
"On its face, Eastman Chemical’s lawsuit against two small Texas labs that have said its plastics may be unsafe for consumption looks like a David and Goliath kind of fight (in fact, that’s how the labs are describing it). Corporate giant attempts to silence scientists -- including a professor at the University of Texas at Austin -- from publicizing research that runs counter to its commercial interests."
Source: Inside Higher Ed, 07/10/2013
Sen. Boxer Faults Regulators for Lax Chemicals Oversight
"Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer, citing lax oversight, urged regulators and states to do more to curb threats caused by poor storage of ammonium nitrate in the wake of April’s deadly explosion in Texas."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/10/2013
"U.S. System for Flagging Hazardous Chemicals Is Widely Flawed"
"A 27-year-old U.S. program intended to warn the public of the presence of hazardous chemicals is flawed in many states due to scant oversight and lax reporting by plant owners, a Reuters examination finds."
Source: Reuters, 07/09/2013
"Hopes Climb Amid Talks To Clean Contaminated 'Mt. PCB' in Kalamazoo"
"KALAMAZOO -- John DeKoff lives only a few hundred yards from a mound of 1.5 million cubic yards of potentially carcinogenic, toxic material. And he prefers it stay right where it is."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 07/08/2013
"Pepsi Outside California Still Has Chemical Linked To Cancer: Report"
"Pepsi-Cola is still using caramel coloring containing a chemical linked to cancer in rodents, a report released on Wednesday showed, more than a year after the beverage maker promised to phase it out."
Source: Reuters, 07/04/2013
Decisions on Toxic Sites Spark Fury in 2 Calif. Communities
"In Vernon, a judge allows Exide to resume operations that had been suspended for alleged pollution violations. In the Central Valley, a state agency OKs expansion of a hazardous waste dump."
Source: LA Times, 07/03/2013
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