Friday, October 19, 2007

Weekly News Links for the Week Ending October 19, 2007

October 18, 2007

Pesticide spurs free speech flap
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-pesticide18oct18,0,1019080.story

October 17, 2007

Alternatives to Toxic Chemicals
http://www.bostonnow.com/blogs/lilah50/2007/10/17/alternatives-to-toxic-chemicals

Toxic Town Lures Industry While Residents Wheeze
http://www.cnbc.com/id/21348156/

Toxic Town Lures Industry While Residents Wheeze
http://www.cnbc.com/id/21348156/

Wi-Fi, the death of us all
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2007/10/17/notes101707.DTL&type=printable

Bringing the "Green" home
http://www.mtulode.com/article.php?articleId=914

October 16, 2007

Attorney to Explore Mold Concerns at Fla. Federal Courthouse
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1192439007260

Lipstick a health hazard?
http://www.timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=3542

You can avoid mercury in vaccines
http://www.kentucky.com/147/story/204021.html

A nationwide toxic toy ban likely to follow state lead
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/16/MNT0SQDJV.DTL&type=printable

Genetically Engineered Plants Eat Toxic Waste
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-16-voa78.cfm

Apple Could Face Lawsuit Over 'Toxic' iPhone Report
http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=3736524

Mutants or saviors? Rabbit genes create trees that eat poisons
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/335572_transgenic16.html?source=mypi

Scientists: Environment may factor into cancer mystery
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071016/NEWS04/710160361/1321/NEWS

Doctor urges caution on fake turf
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-nor.turf7oct16,0,2479037.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines

October 15, 2007

Mobiles give you brain cancer?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/15/mobile_cancer_kewney/

Why A Green Schools' Movement?
http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200710152082.html

Alarm raised in Santa Cruz over spraying for voracious moth
http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_7181856?nclick_check=1

Mysterious seal deaths linked to chems
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071015/NEWS/710150327

Mothers' smoking is to blame for up to 90% of cot deaths
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/womenfamily.html?in_article_id=487588&in_page_id=1799

October 14, 2007

Schwarzenegger signs toxic toy bill, dozens others
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California/CA_Schwarzenegger_Bill_Signings_311177C.shtml

October 13, 2007

Household sprays 'linked to one in seven cases of asthma'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article2648666.ece

October 12, 2007


Study links household cleaning sprays to asthma
http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=28504

Health: Spray Cleaners And Asthma
http://cbs3.com/health/Health.Asthma.Spray.2.342906.html

Warehouse poses toxic hazard
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/10_12-32/TOP

FDA to Look Into Claim of Toxic Lipstick
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h8GGBXT3u4M0XwVKOpBAL5Jui82wD8S7VCDG0

Infant Cold Medications Pulled From Drugstores
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/11/AR2007101100853.html?hpid=topnews

Verizon cell antenna plan draws fire
http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_7155932

October 11, 2007

A possible explanation for increased incidence of Autism, Obesity and
Diabetes
http://highline.townnews.com/articles/2007/10/11/news/news4.txt

Final arguments start in Dole pesticide case
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/oct/11/final-arguments-start-in-dole-pesticide-case/

UW building's mold sickens workers, students
http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/topstories/250633

October 7, 2007

A Knell for Lobsters On Long Island Sound: Warming, Pesticides Offered as
Culprits in Die-Off
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/06/AR2007100601341_pf.html

October 2007

Housework 'can cause asthma'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7041182.stm

Feb. 23, 2007
Cancer Danger From Dry Cleaning?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/23/earlyshow/contributors/tracysmith/main2507444.shtml

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