Chemicals & Chemistry

Last week, a day-long meeting was held at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina to discuss the resu

A study that was just published in Environmental Science and Technology claims that PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) are a significant contributor to indoor air pollution because the c

One of the problems with science communication is that we are always a day or two behind the mass media. The general pattern is this:

If you were concerned after reading a sentence like “Populations of honeybees have crashed in recent years, and many researchers have pointed the blame at a class of widely used insecticides called neonicotinoids,” you are not alone.&nbs

In October 2017, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) added to the weight of evidence they care more about media attention than science by publishing a "Letter" claiming that glyphosate was detected in urin

California has given up all pretense of being a state governed by reason or common sense: Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle ruled that coffee must carry a cancer warning label. The judge’s ruling is scientifically illiterate.

It's been a busy week for the Anti-Plasticites.

Since essential oils, such as lavender and tea tree oils have been all over the news for allegedly causing moobs, and I found that even my own colleagues at ACSH (1) didn't really know what the term "essential oil"

I will never be out of a job because literally, every single day, something idiotic is trending either on Google or Twitter. Today, the trending term is "Rubber Duck."

It is impossible to disprove a negative, which also means that it is impossible to prove that something is safe. The best you can do is perform the best possible studies using the best possible protocols.