Toxic Substances

• Pesticide residues more prevalent in children

  Wayne Parsons | August 24, 2011 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Recently I had a conversation with an architect in Honolulu. I asked him why he was continuing to use a pesticide soil pretreatment for schools, and other buildings that his firm was designing? He...

• The Termimesh Chronicles - Does Government care about pesticides?

  Wayne Parsons | August 08, 2011 4:52 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Government should care: Breast Cancer Risk in Hawaii Linked to Pesticides in Drinking Water and Indoor Air But then after watching the debt limit debacle recently in Congress, my expectations of...

• The Hawaii Safety & Prevention Chronicle: The Earth

  Wayne Parsons | July 29, 2011 6:27 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  My normal focus is on drugs like Topiramate / Topamax, safety tips for kids and cars, avoidable medical errors and ocean injuries but the overall goal is a safer community and fewer people hurt. If...

• What should consumers know about Termidor aka fipronil

  Wayne Parsons | April 24, 2011 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Many of us come into contact with harmful chemicals on a daily basis without even realizing it. One of those chemicals is a pesticide called Firponil. According to the National Pesticide Information...

• Fire Ant Found On Maui

  Wayne Parsons | October 16, 2009 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  KITV reports that a fire ant was found on a Maui farm. The fire is small but packs a mean bite. The insect is 1/16th inch long and is light orange in appearance. They aren't fast moving like some...

• House subcommittee finds elevated lead levels in D.C. children.

  Wayne Parsons | August 04, 2009 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Washington Post (8/4, Leonnig) reports that congressional investigators have found that more than twice the previously reported number of D.C. children were found to have high levels of lead in...

• Pesticide Residue In Kitchen Floors

  Wayne Parsons | July 11, 2009 5:22 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI

  KHNL reports that your kitchen floors - the ones that your kids are crawling around on as you read this, are laden with the worst cancer causing chemicals. Don't trust KHNL? Try the EPA and those...

• FDA Less Careful With Bottled Water Than EPA Is With Tap Water.

  Wayne Parsons | July 09, 2009 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  In a story that generated a great deal of media interest, congressional hearings today focused on two separate reports that concluded that the EPA regulates tap water more carefully than the FDA...

• Toxic Air Pollutants Assessed By The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  Wayne Parsons | July 04, 2009 5:22 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Environmental Protection Agency may be shaking off the dust of inaction during 8 years of Bush/Chaney rule and looking out for our environment again. Air pollution is a major health problem in...

• 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...