Chemicals

Yes, You Can Use a Gas Stove Safely! A Story of Indoor Air Quality and Countering Misinformation

February 10, 2023

No, Hair Relaxers and Straighteners Aren’t Associated with Uterine Cancer Risk

November 2, 2022

NIEHS said, "omen who used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who did not report using...

Industry PFAS Study Makes Misleading (False?) Claim About Statistical Power

October 20, 2022

Here's the deal -- statistical power is kinda important. It probably seems esoteric. It sounds weird. For some reason, maybe because I watched cartoons...

EFSA, Bias, and Titanium Dioxide

August 30, 2022

When the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reviews the science about a chemical, they review all of the science, right? Like, they look at...

4,080 Skittles per Day, DNA Damage and the Law

August 11, 2022

A couple of weeks ago, a California resident filed a class action lawsuit against Mars, Inc., the maker of Skittles. The plaintiff alleges that...

Skittles Maker Sued Based in Part Based on Study in Questionable Journal

August 4, 2022

The class action lawsuit, Thames vs Mars, Inc, where Jenile Thames is suing the maker of skittles candies, is based on the European Commission's...

EPA PFOA and PFOS Health Advisories Violate Guidelines and SDWA

July 19, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released unrealistic, scientifically flawed, and arguably illegal drinking water health advisories for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic...

Did a Federal Appeals Court Actually Say Glyphosate Isn’t Safe?

July 18, 2022

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals made a very straightforward administrative law judgement -- they did not make any statement on the health or...

Critical Tox Theory: Ethics and Funding Sources

April 1, 2022

I recently read an article in the American Journal of Public Health where Briggs and Vallone argue that industry scientists, especially scientists funded by...

Do Phthalates Really Lead to Early Death?

November 9, 2021

So what's going on here? Recently The Hill, CNN, The Guardian, the New York Post, and many other media outlets, have run headlines like, "Synthetic...

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