Politics
President’s Cancer Panel warns of synthetic chemicals
June 28, 2010
Four months after voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 65, Gov.
March 15, 1987
Science & Medicine
In a direct challenge to the federal government’s primary method of determining the safety of chemicals, two new papers published today argue that feeding high doses of toxic chemicals to rats and mice does not accurately predict their potential to cause cancer in humans.
Aug. 31, 1990
California
Officials of the Los Angeles Unified School District figured that they had a simple plan to comply with two new state hazardous-waste laws.
June 9, 1986
World & Nation
EPA warns that two ‘forever chemicals’ found in drinking water pose health risks at levels so low they cannot currently be detected.
June 15, 2022
Manufacturing firms in Southern California legally put about 50 million pounds of toxic compounds into the air in 1990, 10% less than a year earlier, according to reports filed by the companies.
Dec. 1, 1991
New state laws target 80,000 toxics, rather than narrowly focusing on specific substances in certain products.
Sept. 30, 2008
Agreeing that testing of chemicals in experimental animals is a valid way of showing the risk of cancer or birth defects in humans, Gov.
June 19, 1987
Wherever there are cars there is benzene, a chemical known to cause cancer in laboratory animals and linked to leukemia in humans as well.
Oct. 30, 1986
Daily Dish
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Dec. 8, 2010