Regulators Plan to Study Risks of Atrazine
New York Times - 10/7/2009. The Environmental Protection Agency plans to conduct a new study about the potential health risks of atrazine, a widely used weedkiller that recent research suggests may be more dangerous to humans than previously thought.
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The chemical treadmill breaks down and the superweeds did it
Grist - 10/7/2009. Tom Philpott has been tracking the rise of so-called “superweeds”—i.e. herbicide-resistant weeds—for a while now. He’s talked about the chemical treadmill—“the situation wherein weeds and other pests develop resistance to poisons, demanding ever higher doses of old poisons and constant development of novel ones.”
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Experts Debate Ways to Reform 1976 Toxics Law
New York Times - 10/7/2009. An overhaul of federal toxics regulations will require prioritizing tens of thousands of chemicals currently in the marketplace, representatives of industry and advocacy groups agree.
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BPA in the womb shows link to kids’ behavior
Science News - 10/6/2009. Researchers have just linked prenatal exposure to bisphenol-A – a near-ubiquitous industrial chemical – with subtle, gender-specific alterations in behavior among two year olds. Girls whose mothers had encountered the most BPA early in pregnancy tended to become somewhat more aggressive than normal, boys became more anxious and withdrawn.
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For toxic-chemical reformist, vindication
Portland Press Herald - 10/3/2009. Deborah Rice couldn't help feeling a bit vindicated this week when the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency called for an overhaul of the nation's toxic-chemical control law.
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