Last week, a St. Louis Circuit Court jury awarded $46.5 million to 3 plaintiffs who alleged that PCBs made by Monsanto caused cancer. The plaintiffs alleged in the suit that Monsanto and the other defendants – Solutia, Pharmacia, and Pfizer – were negligent in their handling of PCBs.
Toxic substances, poison hemlock and human meat + this day in history w/Hands Across America and our song of the day by Leyya on your Morning Monarchy for May 25, 2016.
On Tuesday, the House overwhelmingly approved new chemical safety rules intended to overhaul a law created 40 years ago governing toxic chemicals. The measure will for the first time subject some 64,000 chemicals to regulation.
The bill, which was passed 403 to 12, is expected to be passed by the Senate as soon as this week, and signed into law by President Obama.
RT | May 15, 2016 The US Environmental Protection Agency chalked elevated gamma radiation levels around America’s largest nuclear waste storage facility, the Hanford site, up to natural causes, but RT’s Alexey Yaroshevsky has found a few inconsistencies in its claims. RT has reported extensively on the situation at Washington State’s Hanford Nuclear storage facility […]
America Beer, Starbucks National Park and Corporate Doughnuts + this day in history w/Knights Templars burned and our song of the day by Wire on your Morning Monarchy for May 11, 2016.
RT | May 6, 2016 The EPA recently posted online reports on two disputed herbicide chemicals, only to pull them offline shortly afterwards. The reports said glyphosate was not a human carcinogen and atrazine caused reproductive harm to mammals. On April 29, the EPA’s cancer assessment review committee (CARC) posted an 86-page report on the agency’s […]
Nanofarms, certain crops and Mediterranean diets + this day in history w/'Paradise Lost' and our song of the day by Sun Club on your Morning Monarchy for April 27, 2016.
The 6th most common form of cancer in the world, liver cancer has gained attention recently for being responsible for taking David Bowie’s life.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made an announcement just a few months ago concerning the loss of honeybees that will undoubtedly make environmentalists say “I told you so,” and for good reason. The agency says that a pesticide widely sprayed on grains, vegetables, fruit, and other crops across the United States is threatening honeybees. [3]
The announcement could bolster efforts to have imidacloprid, a nicotine-imitating chemical, banned nationwide.
A study recently published by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) suggests women who eat as much or more seafood as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends for pregnant women may be exposing themselves to unsafe levels of mercury, depending on the types of fish they’re eating.
Source: The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
