Widely used PVC plastic chemical spurs obesity, prediabetes: Study

Little is known about the compound—but researchers say exposure is likely widespread and it could be making us fat and susceptible to diabetes

    
        Latest From Our Newsroom
    
        Commentary: Is this the legacy we want?
    
        Pharmaceutical makers sending drug-spiked water to treatment plants
    
        The green Father of the Groom
    
In-depth

        ER visits for asthma dropped 38% the year after one of Pittsburgh's biggest polluters shut down
    
Today's Most Read

        Widely used PVC plastic chemical spurs obesity, prediabetes: Study
    
        The environmental toll of plastics
    
        Pharmaceutical makers sending drug-spiked water to treatment plants

Editorials

        Climate change lessons — town by town
    
            www.baltimoresun.com
            
        TCEQ, Legislature must stop ignoring dioxin threat in San Jacinto
    
            www.houstonchronicle.com
            
        Gove’s clean air plan: Just hot air
    
            www.theguardian.com
            
Opinions

        Republicans and climate change: young conservatives like me care about the environment. The GOP needs to take notice.
    
            www.vox.com
            
        Patricia Fernandez Waid: Marine protected areas are important, but...
    
            blogs.scientificamerican.com
            
        Sarah Vogel: Americans must know if they are exposed to chemicals — reporters need access to EPA
    
            thehill.com
            
Environmental Health News
About usContactSupport us!
From around the web

    32m

        Scott Pruitt twice introduced anti-abortion bills giving men ‘property rights’ over fetuses
    
Before he was Trump's embattled EPA chief, Pruitt was a state politician who backed draconian abortion restrictions.

            www.huffingtonpost.com
            
    55m

        Banned pregnancy med still affecting daughters, grandchildren
    
The grandchildren of women who used a drug called diethylstilbestrol, or DES, during pregnancy have a higher risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, new research shows.

            cosmosmagazine.com
            
    58m

        'It’s wrong to stink up other people’s lives': Fighting the manure lagoons of North Carolina
    
Pigs outstripped people in Duplin county long ago - but now the residents are fighting back.

            www.theguardian.com
            
    59m

        Agroforestry gives Kenyan indigenous community a lifeline
    
The Cherangani people of Kenya were for generations reliant on the forest for hunting, gathering and agroforestry - a way of life that was curtailed by the colonial government. Today, Cherangani communities living on the edge of the forest have returned to their traditions, intercropping avocado, bean and coffee plants among trees that help reduce water runoff and soil erosion, and improve nutrient cycling.

            news.mongabay.com
            
    1h

        What glass figurines are teaching us about the ocean
    
This conservationist is using art to track change in the ocean.

            www.nationalgeographic.com
            
    1h

        EPA slows release of formaldehyde cancer risk study: Documents
    
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under pressure from the chemical industry, has delayed release of a study detailing cancer risks from formaldehyde, according to internal communications seen by Reuters, potentially keeping important health information from the public.

            www.reuters.com
            
    1h

        Safety board: Standards too weak at Texas chemical plant that exploded during Harvey
    
An investigation into the explosion of a chemical plant during Hurricane Harvey last summer found that safety plans failed on all counts and the plant did not properly prepare for the hurricane season.

            thehill.com
            
    1h

        'We can't see a future': group takes EU to court over climate change
    
Litigants from eight countries claim EU institutions are not protecting fundamental rights.

            www.theguardian.com
            
    1h

        Science proposal muddies reviews of toxic nonstick chemicals
    
The top career EPA official responsible for safeguarding the nation's drinking water supply couldn't say yesterday how Administrator Scott Pruitt's controversial move to restrict the types of scientific studies the agency can use might affect its efforts to protect the public from toxic nonstick chemicals.

            www.eenews.net
            
    1h

        Another way to recycle plastic: Worm food
    
Mealworms are the new champions in the plastic-eating stakes.

            www.economist.com
            
More from our newsroom

        Commentary: Disability and climate change—impact on health and survival
    
    Climate change affects people with disabilities in dynamic ways. Each of these consequences must be addressed. 

    17 May

        Happy people … happy forests?
    
     More trees can improve people's well-being—a new report says the opposite is true as well  

    15 May

        Analysis: The new Farm Bill’s pesticide provisions are a sneak attack on the environment
    
    For both humans and wildlife, the Republican reauthorization of the Farm Bill would usher in the weakest federal protections against pesticide abuse since Silent Spring

    14 May

        #GreenToo
    
    We sometimes think of scientists, environmental communicators, and others as being above the human failings shown by others. They're not.

    12 May

        This is how you really doodle during a meeting
    
    Artist Emily Marko "live doodles" to bring the power of art to weighty discussions. We caught up with her - and her Sharpies - at a meeting on lead and children's health. 

    11 May

        Climate hallucinations
    
    Ten durable, indestructible denial memes that wouldn't be so harmful, except that they're now part of national policy.

    05 May

Above The FoldDaily & Weekly newsletters all free.
		
Above the FoldDaily
Outlook Optimized
Week's Best
Full menu
Email Address *