Toxic Substances

• Bone Meal is Bad Stuff in Dog Food! Fluoride above healthy levels is found in n 8 national brands.

  Wayne Parsons | July 01, 2009 2:34 AM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  God bless the Environmental Working Group (EWG). EWG Worldwide Headquarters announces that the pet food testing that voters contributed to resulted in a significant report: share the report. EWG...

• Consumer Tips For Healthy Homes: Nontoxic Paints Arrive

  Wayne Parsons | June 02, 2009 10:29 AM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  New nontoxic paints let you color it 'green' As reported in the Honolulu Advertiser nontoxic paint is becoming a big subject to families who want their air to be safe to breathe. Jennifer...

• Outer Banks, North Carolina local woman sprayed with toxic chemical is untreatable because the ingredients are trade secret

  Jim Lewis | May 19, 2009 8:56 AM | 4 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Ilze Drozds-Russano, a Corolla, N.C. resident was walking her dogs last month near her home when she heard a helicopter above her and then felt a cool mist hit her skin. Russano stated that her...

• Peanut Corporation Knew The Product Was Bad

  Mike Bryant | February 15, 2009 6:35 PM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The number of recalls is amazing. A number of companies that relied upon the ingredients have had their own images tarnished. People are dead and hundreds are sick. Now we find out that they...

• Alternatives To Pesticides in Hawaii: Should The Hawaii Legislature Protect Children By Regulating Pesticide Use At Schools?

  Wayne Parsons | January 13, 2009 1:15 PM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  What do you say? Children are the most susceptible to developing cancer from pesticides. Their organs are small and carcinogenic substances concentrations are greater for kids. Plus kids have many...

• Melamine, Melamine, Melamine - Food Poisoning In Infant Formula? Are You Kidding Me?

  Wayne Parsons | November 28, 2008 1:27 AM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  HEADLINE: Consumers Union Calls on the FDA to Immediately Release All Results of Its Tests for Melamine Contamination in Food Products. Group ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Reports of FDA Test...

• National Beef Recalls 60,000 Pounds of Ground Beef

  Mike Bryant | August 15, 2011 9:14 AM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The second week in August, the United States Department of Agriculture and National Beef Packing Co. LLC, a Dodge City, Kan., announced the recall of 60,424 pounds of ground beef products that may...

• Duke University Study Links Flammable Tap Water in NY and PA to Fracking

  Paul Napoli | May 13, 2011 3:36 AM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY

  May 12, 2011 A new study has confirmed that hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells is contaminating water wells with flammable methane gas. Researchers from Duke University in Durham, NC...

• Family of Autistic Child Wins $1.5 Million Award for Vaccinations That Resulted in Daughter's Autism

  David Mittleman | September 13, 2010 5:00 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  The Omnibus Autism Proceeding began in 2002 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims after parents of Autistic children began filing petitions for compensation with the Secretary of Health and Human...

• EPA Warns Consumers that Improper Pesticide Use in Bedbug Treatment Can Make People & Pets Sick

  Paul Napoli | August 14, 2010 5:19 PM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY

  August 14, 2010 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an alert for consumers warning of dangers associated with improper bedbug pesticide treatments. Bedbug infestations have...