Time to ban toxic boat paint pollution
WWF is calling on countries attending a meeting of the International Maritime Organization to ratify legislation to bring an end to the use of chemicals used in shipping industry paints.
Waiter, there’s a phthalate in my soup!
According to a new WWF report, industrial chemicals such phthalates, pesticides, PCBs and other toxics have been found in food products consumed throughout Europe.
Can chemicals in our home cause deformities?
One in every 150 to 200 boys in the UK will suffer from a birth abnormality, called hypospadia, caused by the disruption of the hormonal change a foetus goes through to become male. But what causes this disruption? As the British Newspaper The Independent reports: what that "something" might be turns out to be fairly chilling.
Cross-party unity for a strong REACH in WWF TV spot
Brussels/Strasbourg - Four leading Members of the European Parliament, from the main political groups, feature together in a WWF TV spot on the proposed new EU chemicals law (REACH).
Baltic Sea threatened by leaking mercury
WWF is concerned by the recent discovery of more than 3 500 barrels of catalytic waste legally dumped around 50 years ago off the coast of Sundsvall, in Sweden.
Mediterranean swordfish under fire?
Brussels, Belgium - For the first time WWF has detected the presence of brominated flame retardant chemicals in Mediterranean swordfish from the Italian coast.
Cancer alert over tin can and plastic bottle chemical
"A gender-bending chemical found in babies' bottles and tin cans may cause breast cancer" scientists warn in British newspaper.
According to today's edition of the Daily Mail, Bisphenol A, a man-made chemical used in the production of daily products such as "CD cases, lunchboxes, sunglasses, water bottles babies' bottles and tin cans, has been linked to health problems ranging from cancer to miscarriage and infertility."
Beauty's beasts
As today's newspaper The Scotsman reports, researchers at the Clinico Hospital in Spain have proposed a possible link between parabens and breast cancer. Parabens is a chemical that can inhibit microbial growth and thus extend the shelf life of the many beauty products in which it is used.
Plasticizers go from breast milk to babies
New research, echoed by Environmental Science and Technology, finds that even babies are getting a dose of phthalates with their breast milk.
EU Council ignores the European Parliament on substituting dangerous chemicals
Environmental, women’s, health and consumer organisations are very concerned that the Council Common Position on the future EU chemicals law –REACH- will not protect people and the environment from toxic chemicals.