Toxin

Homegrown Terror Suspects Arrested in Georgia

On Tuesday, federal agents arrested four men ranging from ages 65 to 73 from the north Georgia towns of Cleveland and Toccoa on charges of an ambitiously designed domestic terror plot. The men are accused of trying to procure 10 pounds of ricin –  an extremely lethal biological toxin –  as well as explosive devices and illegal […]

Toxins Website

A Chemical Roundtable

What’s in Your Backyard?: EDF’s New Toxins Website

Toxic Info Withheld

The World

Mothers’ Milk: A Modern Dilemma

Fatty-tissue-loving pollutants make their way to infants through mothers’ milk. Be wary of your diet, but don’t turn to formula.

The World

Emerging Science Note/Toxin Dangers

Living on Earth’s Cynthia Graber reports that when two common pesticides were taken out of home use, infant birth weight increased.

The World

Health Scares on the Internet

Deirdre Kennedy reports from San Francisco on the growing number of bogus health scares circulating in cyberspace. The messages prey on people’s often legitimate fears of environmental toxins. Hoaxes you’re likely to receive in an e-mail include warnings about Costa Rican bananas that carry flesh-eating bacteria or for women tampons made with asbestos.