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Researchers found that rainwater in some parts of the U.S. have high levels of toxic chemicals. If the chemicals are found in similar levels in drinking water, it would spur regulatory action, according to The Guardian. The research from the National Atmospheric Deposition Program, which works with the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey, […]

Permanent hair dyes and chemical hair straighteners could be increasing women’s risk of breast cancer, according to a new study by the National Institutes of Health. The study, published in the International Journal of Cancer, found that, overall, women who had used permanent hair dye before participating were 9 percent more likely to get breast […]

By Carey Gillam Former Monsanto Chairman and CEO Hugh Grant will have to testify in person at a St. Louis-area trial set for January in litigation brought by a cancer-stricken woman who claims her disease was caused by exposure to the company’s Roundup herbicide and that Monsanto covered up the risks instead of warning consumers. […]

By Laura Sear and Leslie Steed (Arica, Chile) Arica is a dusty, windswept port city in northern Chile. Tourists wander the city’s long seafront under the shadow of a dramatic buff-colored cliff called El Morro. But the bracing sea air belies a toxic controversy that has bounced from court to court, from Chile to Sweden, […]

By Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner A major but largely glossed over report by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), an environmental and public health nonprofit based in Washington, DC, shows that thousands of untested chemicals (an estimated 2,000, to be exact) are found in conventional packaged foods purchasable in U.S. supermarkets. And yes, all of them are […]

By Carey Gillam Last month the Food & Drug Administration published its latest annual analysis of the levels of pesticide residues that contaminate the fruits and veggies and other foods we Americans routinely put on our dinner plates. The fresh data adds to growing consumer concern and scientific debate over how pesticide residues in food […]

Ditching cheese, milk and other dairy products for more plant-based foods could reduce your risk of developing prostate cancer. In a new study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, Mayo Clinic researchers found that eating a lot of dairy products was associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer. And though the […]

A Turkish food engineer, columnist and human rights advocate was sentenced to 15 months in prison last week for publishing an environmental paper that linked pollution to a high incidence of cancer in Western Turkey, according to Science Magazine. The court in Istanbul found that Bülent Şık, former deputy director of the Food Safety and […]