Chemicals in the U.S.: “innocent until proven guilty” by Kirsten Dirksen on July 2, 2009 The system for regulating chemicals in the United States is broken. “Chemicals in the United States are too frequently, almost …
Hazardous, yet legal: Teflon by faircompanies on February 22, 2008 Called by its first commercial name, Teflon (trademarked by DuPont), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a polymer with nonstick properties. Its use …
Europa aprueba su control de químicos by faircompanies on December 18, 2006 El 13 de diciembre de 2006, el Parlamento Europeo dio luz verde a REACH, procedimiento para controlar las sustancias químicas …
On why we sadly need canaries in the kitchen by faircompanies on December 16, 2006 A century ago, coal miners began using canaries to warn them of deadly gases in a mine: the canary went …