Toxic Substances

• Formaldehyde shown to raise cancer risk in workers

  Wayne Parsons | May 18, 2009 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Journal of the National Cancer Institute reports that they have found a continuing “possible link” between formaldehyde exposure and death from cancers of the blood and lymphatic...

• WHO Investigates Claim From OZ That H1N1 Was Created By Human Error

  Wayne Parsons | May 14, 2009 3:14 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Jason Gale and Simeon Bennett of Bloomberg report on 13 May 2009 that Adrian Gibbs, 75, who collaborated on research that led to the development of Roche Holding AG’s Tamiflu drug, said in...

• America needs More Tort Lawyers According To Forbes Magazine

  Wayne Parsons | May 11, 2009 4:33 AM | 5 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  I didn't believe it when I read it: Forbes Magazine Calling for More Tort Lawyers? by Dan Firth. Wait!? That can't be true. That's like the Red Sox holding an appreciation day at Fenway for Yankee...

• Hawaii "Brownfields" - Land Contaminated by Pesticides,Hazardous Chemicals or Pollutants Receives Grant for Cleanup

  Wayne Parsons | May 09, 2009 2:47 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI

  A study has shown that Hawaii women suffer higher cancer rates due to pesticide use so when I read that the EPA is giving money to clean up pesticide contaminated land, I know that this is a...

• New Research Discovery On Proliferative Kidney Disease In Fish Will Aide In Farmed Fish Industry

  Wayne Parsons | April 25, 2009 10:09 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2009) reports on a European study of proliferative kidney disease (PKD), a cause of major stock losses on fish farms in England. The study was funded by the Biotechnology and...

• Six Things Each of Us Can Do In Honor Of Earthday

  Wayne Parsons | April 22, 2009 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  If we don't honor and take care of the earth then we probably have totally lost our way. Most of us care and want to do something positive but the treadmill is racing faster every day and time and...

• Through the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act we can give our children a safer and healthier future.

  Wayne Parsons | April 16, 2009 4:10 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI

  “Every day, consumers rely on household products that contain thousands of chemicals. The American public expects the federal government do all it can to ensure these chemicals are safe before...

• Bed Bugs Have Plagued Honolulu Hotels - The EPA Holds A Bed Bug Summit

  Wayne Parsons | April 14, 2009 4:22 PM | 5 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Hawaii has had a history of bed bugs in hotel rooms. What is a bed bug? The only one currently known to be in Hawaii is Cimex lectularius, aka the common bedbug. The wingless, flat, oval-shaped...

• Chinese Drywall Is Not DRAGONBOARD!

  Wayne Parsons | March 24, 2009 3:01 PM | 14 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  I posted an article on January 2, 2009 about a problem in the Southeastern states involving toxic odors of sulfur from drywall installed in new homes: Drywall From China Causes Concern Over Sulfur...

• Landmark Chemical Reform Places Burden On Industry To Prove Chemicals Are Safe

  Wayne Parsons | February 22, 2009 3:27 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI

  Landmark Chemical Reform Introduced in Congress Legislation Would Place Burden on Industry to Prove Chemicals Are Safe WASHINGTON – Amid rising concern over toxic chemicals in consumer...