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Children's toys carrying the Barbie and Disney logos have turned up with high levels of lead in them, according to a California-based advocacy group — a finding that may give consumers pause as they shop for the holiday season.
Woodmen of the World wants U.S. Bank to pay nearly $30 million for investing some of the insurer's assets in risky mortgage-backed securities that plummeted in value instead of the conservative investments the bank promised.
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering tighter restrictions on the use of toxic chemicals in consumer products as a way to encourage the use of safer alternatives.
Six years after nearly 1,200 U.S. soldiers in Iraq were potentially exposed to a sometimes deadly chemical linked to cancer, the military and Veterans Affairs Department have been tracking them down and asking them to get a medical exam.
The head of the U.S. Senate Environment Committee said Wednesday that legislators will hold hearings to address toxic drinking water in the nation's schools following an Associated Press probe into the widespread problem.
The prosecutor's office is studying up to 300 complaints linked to noxious green algae after the death of a horse this summer on a beach in Brittany, a judicial official said Friday.
Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins.
A federal jury on Thursday rejected a New Orleans family's assertions that the government-issued trailer they lived in after Hurricane Katrina exposed them to dangerous fumes, in the first of several trials that could lead to hundreds of similar claims being resolved.
The collision of a truck carrying chlorine gas and a cargo vehicle has killed nine people and provoking breathing problems in 326 others, authorities said Thursday.
A British court approved Wednesday the settlement of thousands of claims against oil-trading company Trafigura Beheer BV related to the dumping of toxic waste around the Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan.
Italian authorities have dispatched a robot submarine with a video camera to a shipwreck off the Calabrian coast to see if if it's carrying radioactive waste dumped by the mob in a lucrative disposal racket.
For the first time since Hurricane Katrina left tens of thousands of families living in FEMA trailers, a federal jury heard allegations Monday that the government-issued shelters exposed Gulf Coast storm victims to hazardous formaldehyde fumes.
It should have been a perfect day for Vincent Petit, finishing up an afternoon gallop on a wide expanse of beach along a pastel-colored bay. Instead, he and his mount were sucked into a hole of noxious black sludge.
A French government-sponsored report released Thursday says decomposing algae covering some beaches in Brittany represent a serious health risk and gases that can kill within minutes were detected on a beach where a horse died last month.
The investigation into a contaminated ground zero skyscraper where two firefighters died in 2007 has turned up a money-laundering scheme, authorities said Tuesday.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency took too long to respond to initial reports of dangerous levels of formaldehyde in trailers delivered to victims of the 2005 hurricanes, exposing people to possible health risks, a report of the Homeland Security Department inspector general said Thursday.
The Treasury Department on Wednesday selected nine financial firms as partners for a program to buy banks' soured, mortgage-related investments.
A woman whose husband was stationed at a North Carolina military base has filed a lawsuit claiming the government knowingly exposed hundreds of thousands of Marines to contaminated drinking water.
Larry Roberta's every breath is a painful reminder of his time in Iraq. He can't walk a block without gasping for air. His chest hurts, his migraines sometimes persist for days and he needs pills to help him sleep.
The city's Fire Department disciplined seven fire commanders Wednesday over mistakes that led to a 2007 blaze at a contaminated ground zero skyscraper that killed two firefighters.
A Las Vegas-based company and its owners have pleaded guilty to distributing a tainted ingredient used to make pet food that killed potentially thousands of dogs and cats.
Contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune can't definitively be linked to health problems among people who lived at the Marine base over three decades, according to a government report released Saturday.
Bacon, a French bulldog, likes to munch on the rhododendron bushes in the front yard of his Washington, D.C. home. His owner, Susan Rosenau, had heard that rhododendron might be toxic to dogs, but Bacon never seemed to suffer any ill effects, so she didn’t worry too much about his snack habit.
The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a Marine's lawsuit blaming the government's dumping of toxic chemicals at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for his son's illnesses.
A company and its owners have agreed to plead guilty in connection with melamine-tainted pet food that may have killed thousands of dogs and cats in 2007, according to a court document.
What Is the Matter with Us? Lead and Other Toxins into the Mouths of BabesIn 1992, a 12 year old girl named Severn Suzuki addressed the UN's Earth Summit Meeting in Rio de Janeiro. Severn essentially gave the panel and every living adult a well-articulated lashing for leaving the planet in this state for her generation to contend with.
Huge rise in birth defects in Falluja: Iraqi former battle zone sees abnormal clusters of infant tumours and deformitiesDoctors in Iraq's war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials left over from the fighting.
'Toxic' US ship banned in IndiaIndia has blocked entry to a former US naval ship heading for break-up at a scrap yard on its west coast, citing environmental and pollution concerns.
The Wall Street Fraud Watchdog has been demanding a settlement from Wells Fargo bank for its involvement in auction rate sales to completely innocent consumers, since July. Auction rate securities were sold as just like cash, completely safe, with no risk.
When Parents Are Too Toxic to TolerateYou can divorce an abusive spouse. You can call it quits if your lover mistreats you. But what can you do if the source of your misery is your own parent?
Mom Warns Son Died From Toxic Tea -A woman is passing along warnings about a type of tea that she said could be toxic. Frances Young's son, Cory, died in July and the cause of his death was listed as morphine intoxication
VA chief to Jay: Doctors to monitor W.Va. Guardsme ... - News - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and SportsMembers of the West Virginia National Guard who were exposed to a highly toxic chemical in Iraq in 2003 will receive special medical monitoring, the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs pledged Thursday.
Weaponized chemical found in air outside 15 schools across the countryOutside 15 schools in eight states, government regulators have found elevated levels of a substance that — in a more potent form — was also used as a chemical weapon during World War I. Those findings, based on samples collected for the Environmental Protection Agency, mark …
Are we being poisoned by fumes in holiday jets?A heads-up for airline travelers.
You May Be Using These Harmful Chemicals Right NowIt all started with propylene glycol. I read an article which stated that this ingredient, which de-ices airplanes and is a coolant and antifreeze, can also be found in your food, cosmetics, and medicine.
Report: Great Lakes toxic cleanup sluggishTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. | Cleanup of the most polluted sites in the Great Lakes is moving so slowly it will take 77 more years to finish the job at the existing pace, according to a federal report.
Failure to Yield: Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered CropsFor years the biotechnology industry has trumpeted that it will feed the world, promising that its genetically engineered crops will produce higher yields.
Older New England schools have toxic caulkingStudents and staff at hundreds of older schools in New England and other parts of the country face a potential health risk because of toxic caulking in windows and masonry, federal environmental officials say.
Pentagon response to Guard chemical exposure anger ... - Politics - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and SportsCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller is angry with the U.S. Department of Defense because he believes it isn't telling soldiers that exposure to a toxic chemical in Iraq may have devastating effects on their health.
Robert Kennedy Jr. investigates the government cover-up of a mercury/autism scandal [2005]This is from Rolling Stone in 2005, but bears repeating since Robert Kennedy Jr. always does such a masterful job of analyzing any topic he researches.
Lead in the head - Safety regulations kill jobsOn June 22, Baby Sprouts Naturals went out of business. Congress killed it. Baby Sprouts Naturals is a small company making what it calls "natural, non-toxic baby products" such as "organic apparel," toys and the like. None of the company's products contains lead.
Toxins may have doomed ancient forestsPollutants found in fossil fuels may have destroyed woods, killed dinosaurs The same noxious compounds released from burning coal and crude oil may have devastated forests and the early dinosaurs that lived in them 200 million years ago.
Scientists Fault Report on Camp Lejeune ContaminationNow, five scientists who have served on committees advising ATSDR about how to move forward with Camp Lejeune health studies have come out with a statement saying the NRC report "reached puzzling and in some cases erroneous conclusions."
Coal-ash ponds threaten lives - Environment North Carolina is home to 12 potentially high-hazard ponds, more than any other state. The EPA's high-hazard designation means people would probably die if a dam failed, not that the agency has found structural problems.
Waste Plant Fumes Kill 3 in QueensThree workers at a waste transfer station in Queens were overcome by toxic fumes Monday afternoon and died, apparently falling one after another into the Stygian gloom of a putrid, manhole-size, 18-foot-deep well they were trying to vacuum, fire officials said.
Breaking an Anvil "To make sheet rock, also called wallboard and drywall, gypsum slurry is poured between two sheets of heavy paper which is then heated and pressed. The completed product is sealed and stacked. What could be simpler?"
Mysterious Liquid Hurts Dog on Queens Street (Video)Someone left a dangerous substance on the streets in Little Neck, Queens, and it may cost a dog his leg -- or even life. The toxic substance that turned up in the neighborhood posed a clear threat to residents and their pets.
Soy Protein Used in "Natural" Foods Bathed in Toxic Solvent HexaneVirtually all "protein bars" on the market today are made with soy protein. Many infant formula products are also made with soy protein, and thousands of vegetarian products (veggie burgers, veggie cheese, "natural" food bars, etc.) are made with soy protein.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, third in line for the presidency, is having a rough patch this last week after accusing the CIA of lying to her and congress.
Geithner's gift to Wall StreetGeithner unveils his new investment plan for the toxic assets. How do you view his plan? Some called the plan 'shockingly good' and it almost appears too good to be true.
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