Put all the creatures of the night together, and they still couldn’t be as terrifying as learning that someone in your family is seriously – and sometimes terminally – ill. Even more frightening? Learning that the cause of that illness came from exposure to something at work. It’s nightmare material.
Beware. Toxins abound.
Several toxic chemicals and...
When you think about the causes of birth defects and childhood cancer, farming probably doesn’t leap to the top of your mind. But now that America’s traditional family farms have been gobbled up all over the country by industrial agriculture, that’s what’s happening. Factory farming is polluting the nation’s waterways with pesticides and nitrate compounds — toxic substances that...
Though the city of Flint, Michigan is surrounded by the largest freshwater supply in the world, its citizens have been drinking tap water contaminated with lead and other dangerous substances. Lead exposure is known to cause a number of problems in children, including: a reduction in IQ; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); developmental delays; kidney damage; hearing loss; and...
Glyphosate is the most popular herbicide in the world. Yet in 2015, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer warned that the substance is a likely carcinogen. The state of California agrees. And animal studies have linked the widely used weed killer to birth defects and reproductive problems. In addition, glyphosate harms cell DNA in human embryos, the...
Though the city of Flint, Michigan is surrounded by the largest freshwater supply in the world, its citizens have been drinking tap water contaminated with lead and other dangerous substances. Lead exposure is known to cause a number of problems in children, including: a reduction in IQ; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); developmental delays; kidney damage; hearing loss; and...
January 19, 2016 – When people think about toxic exposure to dangerous substances, images of Love Canal or asbestos remediation sites may come to mind. Most people are simply not aware that many commonplace household products can cause birth defects, genital deformities and cancer, including breast and prostate cancer. According to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics,...
Coal ash — the byproduct of coal-fueled power plants — contains several toxins known to cause birth defects and cancer. These toxins include heavy metals such as lead and hexavalent chromium. And yet, coal ash impoundments are subject to little or no regulation.
Coal Ash Regulation Insufficient to Prevent Birth Defects from Lead, Hexavalent ChromiumIt’s not that regulators are...
High Rock Lake, North Carolina is one of the country’s many dumping grounds for Duke Energy’s unwanted coal ash — the left-over waste from operating a coal-fueled power generation plant. The three High Rock Lake “impoundments” have a combined capacity to hold 5 million tons of coal ash. That’s just a small fraction of the 150 million tons of coal ash that Duke maintains, mostly in...
It is well documented that benzene exposure causes AML, a form of leukemia, and other blood disorders in painters, mechanics, seamen and other workers exposed to the toxic substance in petroleum-based paints, thinners and solvents. But recent studies confirm that you don’t have to work hands-on with benzene to be injured by it. A French study found that benzene-contaminated traffic emissions...
Many Americans were reminded of the dangers of coal ash in 2014 when a Duke Energy power plant in North Carolina dumped 39,000 tons of the ash into the Dan River. Coal ash is the waste generated by coal-fueled power generation plants. Opinions are sharply divided on the toxicity of coal ash, which contains several heavy metals known to cause birth defects, neurological problems, cancer and...
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