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- Study Reveals That World Cash Supplies Are Contaminated With BPA Thu, 11 Aug 11, 6:00amWhen you heard that the increasingly controversial plastics ingredient Bisphenol A, or BPA, was found in credit card receipts and other thermal copies you probably thought, Fine, I’ll use cash...
- Study Shows BP Oil Spill Could Have Been Prevented by Regulation Fri, 1 Oct 10, 4:30amA new report by Member Scholars of the Center for Progressive Reform on the principle cause of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill concludes that the spill was entirely preventable and points blame at regulatory agencies, BP and the...
- BP Continues to Pollute Local Landfills With Oil Spill Waste Wed, 8 Sep 10, 4:06amThere may — or may not — be some scientific disagreement about how much spilled oil remains in the Gulf of Mexico, but there’s no mystery about how much oily waste is collecting in local landfills: more...
- Living, Breathing “Lung Chip” Provides Alternative to Animal Testing Sat, 26 Jun 10, 3:21amImagine if all the debate over which chemicals were safe and unsafe for humans were suddenly settled. We’d know which products to buy and which to ban. Class action lawsuits filed by communities exposed to pesticides...
- Scant Evidence That Dispersants Help in Oil Spill Cleanup Fri, 18 Jun 10, 3:56amA new report shows that there's little evidence to suggest that massive amounts of chemical dispersants help in oil spill cleanup.
- Hyper-Absorbant Peat Moss Could Clean Up Oil Spills Like Louisiana’s Sat, 1 May 10, 5:59amA tiny Norwegian company has developed a super absorbent organic peat moss that is capable of cleaning up oil floating on water. The peat is scattered on the spill and absorbs the oil, and, because it doesn’t absorb...