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Bill Finkbeiner’s Chemical Profile 30 chemicals detected mercury above U.S. EPA “safe” level highest levels of PFOA, used to make Teflon and a likely carcinogen, in the study highest levels of the pesticide carbaryl, a likely carcinogen, in the study

Patricia Dawson’s Chemical Profile 38 chemicals detected PBDE levels approach those that cause reporductive problems in laboratory animals exposure to DDT greater than 90% of the U.S. population on average

A new study of 40 mothers from Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Montana found PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers) in the breast milk of every woman tested. PBDEs — toxic chemicals widely used as flame retardants in furniture foams, industrial textiles, and consumer electronics — have been shown to have a wide range of health effects […]

In a precedent-setting ruling, U.S. District Judge John Coughenour has restricted the use of 38 pesticides near salmon streams and has required point-of-sale warnings on products containing pesticides that may harm salmon. The ruling came in a case brought by fishing and conservation groups.