Proposed changes to EPA’s agricultural Worker Protection Standard
By Margaret Morales In my last post I wrote about some of the health risks of pesticide exposure. The risk ...
Organophosphate pesticides and autism
By Margaret Morales The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences published a report this week linking prenatal exposure to organophosphate ...
The future of furniture’s secret ingredients
By Eileen Thorsos The tag under my hotel room’s desk chair In my hotel room in Atlanta, the tag under ...
Give a hoot! Don’t pollute.
By Gretchen Kroeger (glk@duke.edu) If you’re old enough, you may remember the US Forest Service’s campaign from the 70’s and ...
Toxins and the brain
By Gretchen Kroeger A quick search for news stories on the topics of ADHD or learning and behavioral impairments will ...
Exxon-Valdez 25 years later
By Savannah Volkoff Image source: Wikipedia (click image to go to source) Last week marked the 25th anniversary of the ...