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Health advocates urge US regulators to ban common food coloring additive
Titanium dioxide, found in candy, meat substitutes and packaged cookies, has been linked to a range of serious health issues
Tom Perkins
02, Jun, 2023 @10:00 AM
Plastic containers still distributed across the US are a potential health disaster
The Environmental Protection Agency is suing the manufacturer, even as the company continues to make and sell its toxic products
Tom Perkins
01, Jun, 2023 @10:00 AM
Consumer watchdog says KOS protein powder contains toxic PFAS
The Environmental Research Center says it tested five products and found toxic ‘forever chemicals’ linked to serious disease
Tom Perkins
30, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
Recycled and reused food contact plastics are ‘vectors’ for toxins – study
Research provides a unique review of contact chemicals in packaging, utensils, plates, etc and how they contaminate food
Tom Perkins
27, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
PFAS levels in ground and air could be higher than expected, research suggests
High levels of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in New Hampshire soil samples raise questions about food and water pollution
Tom Perkins
26, May, 2023 @2:08 PM
Maine plans removal of PFAS from sewage sludge used as fertilizer
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’, concentrated in sludge, are extremely difficult to dispose of safely and also poison farmland
Tom Perkins
23, May, 2023 @7:00 PM
Pentagon’s ‘forever chemicals’ cleanup budget falls ‘dramatically’ short
Ballooning cost of cleaning up toxic PFAS contamination at military sites places service members and civilians at risk
Tom Perkins
18, May, 2023 @10:15 AM
Societal cost of ‘forever chemicals’ about $17.5tn across global economy – report
Chemicals yield profit of about $4bn a year for the world’s biggest PFAS manufacturers, Sweden-based NGO found
Tom Perkins
12, May, 2023 @9:00 AM
Common disinfectant wipes expose people to dangerous chemicals, research reveals
Researchers say wipes contain chemical group called ‘quats’, which are linked to serious health problems
Tom Perkins
11, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
Many soft contact lenses in US made up of PFAS, research suggests
Testing of 18 popular kinds of contact lenses found extremely high levels of organic fluorine, a marker of ‘forever chemicals’
Tom Perkins
09, May, 2023 @9:00 AM
US food pesticides contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ testing finds
PFAS are present at ‘potentially dangerous’ levels in widely used chemicals sprayed on food crops destined for Americans’ plates
Tom Perkins
07, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
US agency takes unprecedented action to tackle PFAS water pollution
EPA has ordered chemical company Chemours to stop discharging high levels of the toxic substance into the Ohio River
Tom Perkins
06, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
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