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By Sheila KaplanBPA: Bisphenol A is a chemical widely used in consumer goods, among them: the linings of most cans used for many foods and drinks; products made from polycarbonate plastics, which include water bottles, baby bottles and dental sealants. It is under review by FDA and subject to an EPA "Action Plan." ...
Chemical 'Warfare': Who's Who and What's at Stake
By Sheila KaplanChemical industry resistance and campaign pressures from the upcoming election combined to kill reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act this year, but it is expected be reintroduced early in 2011. It will face the same legion of lobbyists from many sectors of U.S. Commerce. Major Trade Groups ...
Reform of Toxic Chemicals Law Collapses as Industry Flexes Its Muscles
By Sheila Kaplan
This article by investigative journalist Sheila Kaplan is the first in a series supported by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University's School of Communication. Politics Daily will publish the remaining installments in the weeks to come. Fire retardants in baby blankets, ...
Time to Get Out of the Pool? Contaminants May Lead to Bladder Cancer, Study Says
By Sheila Kaplan
Swimming -- an exercise that improves your health -- may also have a downside. A new study suggests that swimming in indoor chlorinated pools may lead to bladder cancer. The study, just published online in Environmental Health Perspectives, a highly-regarded, peer-reviewed government journal, found ...
Diesel Dangers: Mining Companies Get First Look at Government Cancer Study
By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby
A long-delayed government epidemiological study of possible ties between diesel exhaust and lung cancer in miners may finally be published this fall -- but only after a mining industry group, represented by the Washington lobbying powerhouse Patton Boggs, finishes a pre-publication review of the ...
Toxic Sand: Another Enemy in Afghanistan?
By Sheila Kaplan
American forces in Afghanistan, who already face roadside bombs and insurgent attacks, may be dealing with an environmental enemy as well -- toxic sand that can damage their brains, according to a recent Navy study. In a presentation at a neurotoxicology conference in Portland, Ore., earlier this ...
Psychotropic Drug Abuse in Foster Care Costs Government Billions
By David Sessions
Seven-year-old Gabriel Meyers didn't want soup for lunch one Thursday in April, 2009. When his 23-year-old foster brother sent Gabriel to his room for dumping his soup in the trash, Gabriel threatened to kill himself. He kicked his toys around his room, then locked himself in the bathroom. Police ...
Foreign Firms Dominate Wind Energy in U.S., Land Stimulus Dollars
By Investigative Reporting Workshop
On Tuesday, former President George W. Bush was the star speaker for WINDPOWER 2010 in Dallas, a conference and exhibition hosted by the American Wind Energy Association. AWEA is one of the many rich, professional associations in Washington, D.C., that collects dues from member companies and ...
More High-Tech Setbacks for Border Security
By G.W. Schulz
The Obama administration's recent surprise decision to suspend new work on a multibillion-dollar high-tech border control system -- the third attempted since 1997 -- raises further questions about the government's use of computer networks and sensors in an effort to seal the border with Mexico. As ...
EPA Staffers Were Forced to Ignore Science, Investigation Finds
By Sheila Kaplan
Environmental Protection Agency staffers have been forced to ignore relevant science, have lacked key monitoring data on human health and environmental impacts, and have worked without crucial information needed to protect the public, according to the preliminary findings of a scientific advisory ...
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