Toxic Substances

• Fire Ant Found On Maui

  Wayne Parsons | October 16, 2009 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  KITV reports that a fire ant was found on a Maui farm. The fire is small but packs a mean bite. The insect is 1/16th inch long and is light orange in appearance. They aren't fast moving like some...

• House subcommittee finds elevated lead levels in D.C. children.

  Wayne Parsons | August 04, 2009 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Washington Post (8/4, Leonnig) reports that congressional investigators have found that more than twice the previously reported number of D.C. children were found to have high levels of lead in...

• Pesticide Residue In Kitchen Floors

  Wayne Parsons | July 11, 2009 5:22 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI

  KHNL reports that your kitchen floors - the ones that your kids are crawling around on as you read this, are laden with the worst cancer causing chemicals. Don't trust KHNL? Try the EPA and those...

• FDA Less Careful With Bottled Water Than EPA Is With Tap Water.

  Wayne Parsons | July 09, 2009 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  In a story that generated a great deal of media interest, congressional hearings today focused on two separate reports that concluded that the EPA regulates tap water more carefully than the FDA...

• Toxic Air Pollutants Assessed By The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  Wayne Parsons | July 04, 2009 5:22 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Environmental Protection Agency may be shaking off the dust of inaction during 8 years of Bush/Chaney rule and looking out for our environment again. Air pollution is a major health problem in...

• Bone Meal is Bad Stuff in Dog Food! Fluoride above healthy levels is found in n 8 national brands.

  Wayne Parsons | July 01, 2009 2:34 AM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  God bless the Environmental Working Group (EWG). EWG Worldwide Headquarters announces that the pet food testing that voters contributed to resulted in a significant report: share the report. EWG...

• Environmental Working Group Protects Babies From BPA Illnesses

  Wayne Parsons | June 02, 2009 6:51 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has recently focused on children and bisphenol-A (BPA). I want EWG at the table, advocating for our kids - and yours - so their health is no longer compromised...

• Consumer Tips For Healthy Homes: Nontoxic Paints Arrive

  Wayne Parsons | June 02, 2009 10:29 AM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  New nontoxic paints let you color it 'green' As reported in the Honolulu Advertiser nontoxic paint is becoming a big subject to families who want their air to be safe to breathe. Jennifer...

• PESTICIDE ALERT: Pancreatic Cancer Caused By Pesticides - what to do and Where to go if you are Diagnosed

  Wayne Parsons | May 31, 2009 11:11 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  In a Beyond Pesticides story on May 28, 2009 the link between pancreatic cancer and two common herbicides was reported. Pancreatic cancer, gallbladder cancer and bile duct cancer...

• Virginia Mountaintop Mine That Would Pollute Miles of Streams With Mining Waste Blocked By Top Consumer Group, Public Justice

  Wayne Parsons | May 22, 2009 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Less than a week after Public Justice filed a complaint in federal court and threatened to seek a temporary restraining order, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suspended its permit that would have...