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National Poison Prevention Week

By Deborah Blum
Posted: March 20, 2012

Category: consumer protection, poison | Tagged carbon monoxide, carbon monoxide detectors, CDC, Consumer Reports, EPA, Health News Digest, National Poison Prevention Week, PetMD | 1 Comment

Cough Syrup, Dead Children, and the Case for Regulation

By Deborah Blum
Posted: March 17, 2012

Category: consumer protection, science history, Speakeasy Science | Tagged anti-regulation, Arthur Kallet, diethylene glycol, Elixir Sulfanilamide, EPA, ethylene glycol, Ezra Klein, F.J. Schlink FDA, One Hundred Million Guinea Pigs, Pew Research Center, S.E. Massengill, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | 37 Comments

On rice and arsenic

By Deborah Blum
Posted: February 21, 2012

Category: arsenic, consumer protection, Speakeasy Science | Tagged arsenic, arsenic poisoning, Brian Jackson, brown rice syrup, Dartmouth University, EPA, FDA, rice, rice and arsenic, USGS | 16 Comments

A Chemical (Battle) Cry

By Deborah Blum
Posted: May 15, 2011

Category: chemistry, consumer protection, Speakeasy Science | Tagged American Chemistry Council, asbestos, bisphenol A, BPA, chemical safety, dioxins, EPA, Frank Lautenberg, hazardous chemicals, House Toxic Chemicals Safety Act, PCBs, Scientific American, Senate Safe Chemicals Act, Time, Toxic Substances Control Act, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 22 Comments