Prevention Shorts
Toxic Cosmetics, the Dirty Dozen and BPA news…
Toxic Cosmetics
“What’s Inside? That Counts”, a report by the David Suzuki Foundation unveils the ‘Dirty Dozen’ toxins found in most personal care products, and makes recommendations to strengthen laws and regulations to better protect human health and the environment. It provides a handy wallet guide to help you make safer purchases.
Nine Toxic Chemicals Join Banned ‘Dirty Dozen’: UN Agency
An insecticide used in farming and to treat woodworm, Lindane, was among nine highly toxic chemicals added to a “dirty dozen” of dangerous substances on an international red list. Lindane, which has toxic effects in laboratory animals and aquatic organisms, will be authorised solely for pharmaceutical use to treat head lice and scabies, the UNEP said. Read the full article.
Bisphenol A Found in Unlikely Place: Cash Receipts
One study found that touching a receipt for five seconds with a single fingertip wiped off up to 23 micrograms of bisphenol A (BPA). The chemical could then find its way onto food and be ingested. The amount wiped off increases tenfold when all fingers contact the paper and “by an order of magnitude,” scientists say, when the paper is crumpled in one’s palm. Read the full article.
Also in this issue on An Ounce …
- Welcome to the Fall 2010 Issue of An Ounce
- Preventing Cancer: A Call to Action
- Canadian Responses to the President’s Cancer Panel
- Cancer Prevention is in our Power
- Why do some people get cancer while others do not?
- Breast Cancer Month – Awareness or Overkill?
- The Story of Cosmetics – What’s Canada’s Story?
- Incineration Update – Fall 2010
- Why I am a Cancer Prevention Activist
- Prevention Shorts
