.Brett Israel of Environmental Health News

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Mar 28, 2013

New Study Finds High Levels of Flame Retardants in Airplanes

Spending about one hundred hours each month in the air, flight attendants are bombarded with pesticides, radiation, ozone, and any illnesses passengers carry on...
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Mar 14, 2013

Toxic Turtles: Long-lasting Chemicals May Be Harming Sea Turtles

From the moment they are born, sea turtles fight to survive. Buried alive, they dig themselves out and evade hungry crabs and birds as...
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Feb 7, 2013

California May Kill the Use of Flame Retardants in Furniture

California is expected to unveil a proposal on Friday that would transform its controversial fire safety standards by dropping a requirement that has led...
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Sep 20, 2012

Tuna Served in Public Schools Contains Excessive Mercury

Canned albacore tuna purchased by US schools contains more mercury than what government officials have reported, raising the risks for some tuna-loving kids, according...
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Aug 20, 2012

Widely Used Pesticide Harms Boys’ Brains

A widely used pesticide — banned in homes but still commonly used on farms — appears to harm boys’ developing brains more than girls’,...
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