Studies and news reports that expand the scope of Environment & Human Health, Inc.'s (EHHI) research reports about health and the environment.

Attorneys General from Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey urge manufacturers to avoid using bisphenol A in baby bottles
Attorneys General from Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey are asking the manufacturers of baby bottles to produce them without using bisphenol A (BPA). EHHI's June report on the harmful effects of phthalates and bisphenol A recommended that (1) states ban the sale of baby bottles containing BPA; and (2) urged the federal government to ban both phthalates and BPA in all plastic products specifically intended for use by children under the age of three. In August 2008, the federal government banned the use of phthalates in products targeted to children under age three. Now Delaware and New Jersey have joined Connecticut's Attorney General in calling on manufacturers to stop using BPA in baby bottles and formula containers. Click here for news story.

Health Canada officially declares BPA hazardous and bans use in baby-products
Canada tells baby-product manufacturers to remove bisphenol A from baby bottles, declaring the chemical hazardous to human health. Click here for news story.

DeLauro slams FDA for stance on BPA use
U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.) criticized the Food and Drug Administation for ignoring the risks associated with bisphenol A, widely used in plastic food containers and cans. Environmentalists are pushing to ban the chemical, which may be especially hazardous for children and pregnant women. Click here for full story.

Atrazine found in lakes far from farm sources
The herbicide, apparently carried by wind and rain, is turning up far from farm country, in pristine lakes in northern Minnesota. One of the most widely applied herbicides in North America, atrazine is used mainly to control weeds in cornfields. Click here for full story.

EHHI's Op-Ed in response to schools and towns installing artificial turf fields that contain ground-up rubber tire in-fill
Environment and Human Health Inc. (EHHI) remains concerned about the synthetic turf fields that are being installed by schools and towns all over the United States. Many newspaper articles are reporting an increase of MRSA infections among football players playing on synthetic turf fields. In a Baltimore Sun article, “Campaign Steps Up to Bat to Stop Staph Infections,” Morgan State coach Donald Hill said, “I’ve been in coaching a long time. I'd seen maybe one or two staph infections (MRSA) in all my time in football. But three years ago, we put down a new synthetic turf on our football field, and we began to have three to four cases a week." Click here for OpEd.