| May 25, 2010 | Environment / HealthOops. Why did the Deepwater Horizon explosion, which triggered an environmental catastrophe seem so out of the blue? Well, for starters, if you were relying on the major media for any information about offshore oil drilling’s safety, you would have known not to...
| May 24, 2010 | Environment / HealthLet’s say that you have a water well, and a leak from an underground tank at a nearby gasoline station has contaminated your water. Not to worry, says the station owner, for he can fix the problem by dumping a secret mixture of toxic chemicals into your well....
| | Environment / HealthThe true cost of fossil fuels is getting harder to ignore. When a BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, killing 11 workers and unleashing a catastrophic spill, the coal-mine explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 miners hadn’t yet faded from...
| May 19, 2010 | Environment / HealthConditions at the Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, Johnson & Johnson factory that produced now recalled children’s medicines including children’s Tylenol, Motrin, and Benadryl were apparently appalling. “This inspection report is pretty close to...
| May 17, 2010 | Environment / HealthSuddenly, we’re relearning the painful lesson that when technological solutions combine with corporate promises, we often get a toxic mix. This lesson is literally oozing over us in the form of the Gulf of Mexico’s disastrous oil slick, brought to us by...
| May 14, 2010 | Environment / HealthA loophole left by the 1973 Fair Packaging and Labeling Act means the FDA doesn’t require manufacturers to list all the ingredients in “fragrances” as is required for other cosmetics. As a result, the Environmental Working Group’s Enviroblog...
