A new study shows that the broad mixtures of chemicals, which most humans are exposed to on a regular basis, pose a great threat to male fertility.
The EU’s recommendation to drastically reduce Bisphenol A in food items is the perfect case story of a broken system
The scientific committee at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently published a draft opinion that the limit value for Bisphenol A (BPA) should be lowered by 100 000 times. The committee thereby concludes that every EU citizen is at health risk from exposure to BPA through their diet.
Are chemicals pushing us towards extinction?
If we needed more reasons for faster, tougher and more far-reaching regulation on endocrine-disrupting chemicals, could this imminent threat against human reproduction be the straw that finally broke the camel’s back?
Apple and the ChemSec Business Group Share Innovative Approach for Improving Chemical Safety
ChemSec, in collaboration with Apple and other corporate members in the NGO’s Business Group, has developed a step-by-step approach to help companies advance chemical safety within their products and supply chains. ChemCoach, published today, provides a framework to identify, phase out, and replace harmful chemicals with safer alternatives. This resource is now available publicly and free of charge.
Why resorcinol is the Terminator of hazardous chemicals – and should be shut down permanently
Some chemicals come back over and over again, not unlike Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character “Terminator”. One of those chemicals is resorcinol, an endocrine disruptor which we added to the SIN List back in 2011.
Here are the 10 most searched SIN List chemicals
What are people searching for when using the SIN List? Here are the 10 “most wanted” hazardous chemicals that SIN List users are particularly interested in.
Top 5 things from the Chemical Strategy that will affect your company
Here are five things from the strategy that us folks at ChemSec think will matter the most to businesses. The aim here is to help you to quickly get an idea of what the strategy is and, more importantly, the actual consequences it will have for your company.
Here are 15 of the most common toxic chemicals in cosmetics
Of 40,000 personal care products, more than 6,000 contain at least one ingredient from the SIN List.
If you thought eyeshadow was meant for your eyes – you were wrong
With miniscule letters it read on the box: “Not intended for the immediate eye area”. My friend and I looked at each other and wondered if we had understood it correctly. Where else if not the immediate eye area is eyeshadow meant to be used? What’s next, a lipstick that isn’t intended for the immediate mouth area? This is of course a symptom of a much bigger problem than just one company trying to safeguard itself against angry and dissatisfied customers with rashes around their eyes.
Legacy chemicals can hinder women from getting pregnant
Legacy chemicals can hinder women from getting pregnant A recent study shows that the presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in women’s blood can lead to increased infertility. Especially affected are women over 29 years old. As more and more...