Chemicals commonly found in microwave popcorn and several other household products are likely destroying the efficacy of childhood vaccines. According to a report at MSNBC.com, perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have the ability to lower the immune system responses to common vaccines for diphtheria and tetanus. Children who had concentrated or high levels of PFC in their [...]

A seismologist has confirmed that 11 recent earthquakes in the Youngstown, Ohio, area are the result of an underground disposal well used in the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) process. According to a report from New York Daily News and Akron Beacon Journal, a seismologist at Columbia University agreed with many that nearly a dozen earthquakes in [...]

Federal prosecutors may be ready to file the first criminal charges in connection with the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in the summer of 2010. According to a Wall Street Journal report, felony charges of lying to regulators about the safety of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig prior to [...]

Walmart has pulled a specific can of Enfamil infant formula from more than 3,000 stores across the U.S. following the report of an infant death in Missouri. Press reports indicate the newborn from Lebanon, Mo., was fed Enfamil just prior to its death. The infant tested positive for Cronobacter, a sometimes fatal form of a [...]

An environmental advocacy group has identified 20 more toxic coal ash dump sites across the U.S. and each is leading to groundwater contamination. According to a release from Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), the 20 coal ash dump sites are located in 10 different states and have not been previously identified by the Environmental Protection Agency. [...]

One of the leading natural gas drillers operating in Wyoming has offered sharp criticism of federal findings which blame hydraulic fracturing (fracking) wells for localized water contamination. According to a report from The Denver Post, EnCana has quickly responded to an Environmental Protection Agency report released last week which determined water contamination at Pavillion, Wyo., [...]

A federal judge in Maine has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against two major tobacco companies which claims they deceptively marketed Light Cigarettes for decades as a “safer alternative” to other cigarettes. The law firm of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP announced Monday that Honorable John A. Woodcock, Jr., Chief District Judge for the U.S. District [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency released revolutionary findings last week when it said water contamination near Pavillion, Wyo., was “likely” the result of nearby hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations.

Used batteries from the U.S. are being exported or smuggled to Mexico where they are farmed for lead as a global shortage of the element has created a massive demand. According to a New York Times report, this practice is putting tens of thousands of Mexicans’ lives at risk, exposing them to dangerous levels of [...]

A Japanese maker of baby formula has issued a recall on about 400,000 cans of its product because it tested abnormally high for radioactive cesium. According to The New York Times, Meijii issued the recall on Tuesday after it discovered traces of cesium 134 and 137 in its powdered baby formula. Though the levels were [...]