Sign the Petition to Retailers!
"Petition to Save Consumer Choice," by the Independent Women's Forum. Radical environmental activist groups are determined to take popular items off store shelves and limit consumer choice. The "Mind the Store" campaign is the latest initiative … [Read More ...]
Pesticides & Honeybees
"The Politics of Bees Turns Science on its Head -- Europe Bans Neonics While Local Beekeepers, Scientists Say Action is Precipitous," by Jon Entine. In a move they say will protect bees, the European Commission announced on Monday that it would … [Read More...]
Pesticide Residue
How Wrong Is The Latest "Dirty Dozen" List? by Steve Savage. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) says that it "helps protect your family from pesticides." The purpose of this Applied Mythology post is to "help protect your family from dangerously … [Read More...]
BPA and Baby Bottles
"BPA Bottles Harm Babies? Only If You Batter Them With One, Says Top British Scientist," By Trevor Butterworth. After stepping down as chief scientific advisor to the British government on April 1, Sir John Beddington Sir John Beddington exhaled a … [Read More...]
Research
Rachel Was Wrong: Agrochemicals’ Benefits to Human Health and the Environment, by Angela Logomasini, Ph.D. This year marks the 50th anniversary of biologist Rachel Carson’s 1962 book, Silent Spring, which argued that man-made chemicals … [Read More...]
Chemical Targets
On a regular basis, consumers hear dozens of stories about how chemicals in the home are wreaking havoc on our health. Safechemicalpolicy.org provides a host of resources for consumers concerned about chemicals in general (see list of fact sheets … [Read More...]
