Most people consider the consumer products they use in their daily lives safe, and manufacturers often do not need to disclose the ingredients in their products, making it difficult for individuals to know what they are being exposed to and the potential health implications. Research indicates that people tend to underestimate the presence of toxic…
Study of Popular Drinks Found 95 Percent Contained Plasticizers
Spanish researchers have found in a study of 75 drink samples that nearly all contained plasticizers—chemical coatings that give plastics their bendy and soft form—and the more sugar that a beverage, the more plasticizer it had. Plasticizers are polymer materials added to plastics for desired flexibility and durability, with bisphenol A, also known as BPA,…
FDA To Regulate Cosmetics Makers—Partly
New powers granted to the Food and Drug Agency (FDA) give the agency the ability to shut down cosmetic companies making products like shampoo, makeup, and toothpaste that expose consumers to injury or disease. The updated regulations come from the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MOCRA) of 2022, which was tucked into the massive Consolidated Appropriations…
FDA’s New Powers Over Cosmetics Makers Still Don’t Guarantee Consumer Safety, Says EWG
New powers granted to the Food and Drug Agency (FDA) give the agency the ability to shut down cosmetic companies making products like shampoo, makeup, and toothpaste that expose consumers to injury or disease. The updated regulations come from the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MOCRA) of 2022, which was tucked into the massive Consolidated Appropriations…
Some Fast-Food Items Contain Potentially Harmful Industrial Plastics: Study
Items from popular fast-food chains contain small amounts of certain chemicals in plastics that are believed to disrupt human hormones and possibly cause other serious health problems, a new study suggests. Researchers from George Washington University purchased 64 fast food items from outlets including McDonald’s, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Domino’s, Taco Bell, and Chipotle, and…
Unexpected Side Effects of Ultrasound Gel
In 2017, Emalee Morem was 40 weeks pregnant with her first child. At the urging of her providers, she had an extra ultrasound, just to make sure the baby was OK. After the scan, Morem and her husband went out for lunch. But sitting in the sunshine on the patio at the restaurant in Minneapolis,…
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