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Healthy World Watch September 5th, 2008
Janelle Sorensen
Friday, September 05, 2008
This week in the world the battle over BPA is still going strong, heavy metals make a comeback in tuna and turf, classrooms prove to be more polluted than offices or homes, and toddlers prove to be more toxic than their mothers.
• The health of children in primary schools could be at risk from potentially dangerous toxic chemicals in their classrooms. A new report shows that young pupils are being exposed to a cocktail of chemicals at levels which are higher than those found in homes, offices or cars.
• Warning labels for tuna? The Bush FDA helped industry suppress the bad news about mercury, but those days may soon be over.
• Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have linked BPA to problems with brain function and mood disorders in monkeys -- the first time the chemical has been connected to health problems in primates. The US Department of Health and Human Services also released a report this week saying they have "some concern" that BPA is linked to health and developmental problems. Will the FDA bow to science or industry on September 16?
• California is suing artificial-grass makers over lead content, alleging that 3 makers of artificial turf deliberately failed to disclose that their products contain lead. Lead is used to help create the green coloring, but as the turf ages, lead dust is released.
• The EWG just released a new study confirming previous research showing that toddlers have higher levels of toxins in their bodies. The EWG found that the children in their study, on average, carried more than 3 times the amount of flame retardants in their blood than their mothers.
