FDA Under Pressure for BPA Food Safety Rules
Posted by Elaine Shannon in BPA, FDA, Featured Articles, Government (In)Action on 11 5th, 2009 | 2 Comments
As a key deadline approaches, scientists and environmental health advocates are ramping up pressure on the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to rein in food contamination from bisphenol A (BPA), a plastic component and synthetic estrogen detected in the bodies of 93 percent of Americans tested.
During...
I’ll take my lipstick unleaded, please
Posted by Jane Houlihan in Featured Articles on 09 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment
You may have missed the Federal Food and Drug Administration’s latest study on lead in lipstick. After all, how many women peruse the latest ($35) issue of the Journal of Cosmetic Science while touching up for their next appointment?
You’d hope you wouldn’t need to scour the scientific...
FDA Still Slow-walking Sunscreen Regs
EWG’s 2009 Sunscreen Guide finds some bright spots in the sun scene:
The number of sunscreens containing UVA filters doubled, to 70 percent of 2,000-plus products analyzed.
The number of sunscreens using oxybenzone, an endocrine-disrupting chemical, dropped by 19 percent.
Two of five sunscreens on...
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