AP: EPA Looking at Using Tests on People
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In setting limits on chemicals in food and water, the Environmental Protection Agency may rely on industry tests that expose people to poisons and raise ethical questions.
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Blocking a specific enzyme may be enough to check the spread of cancer in the body, researchers believe.
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Reports on the 2003 and 2004 inspections were included in a batch of documents made public by a Congressional committee. Acting FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford said the 2003 contamination
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The EPA tightens its rules on very small particles, but not enough to satisfy environmentalists
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The study raises questions of whether environmental standards are strict enough.
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By Sue Goetinck Ambrose  DALLAS - Scientists say the Bush administration is developing a chemical testing program that favors the chemical industry when it comes to judging whether certain substances in the environment might cause cancer, infertility, or harm to babies in the womb.
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The government needs to do a better job monitoring and inspecting hazardous materials shipped aboard airlines, according to a report released Friday by the Transportation Department's inspector general.
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The government is studying a major overhaul of how to test the safety of chemicals, to see if robotic machinery can predict what is toxic as well as animals do.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to decide by Wednesday whether automobile emissions tests could be mandatory for communities in the metropolitan area.
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An official involved with negotiations between Major League Baseball and the players association said yesterday that the leaders of the two sides had outlined a new drug-testing program that
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A new initiative will work on cell-based toxicity tests for chemicals.
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By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press  May 26--Michigan is getting shortchanged on federal funds to test for contamination at its beaches, according to a new federal report.
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Some bath products and shampoos still contain traces of a cancer- causing petrochemical that federal health officials have expressed concerns about for more than 20 years, according to test results announced Thursday by environmental activists.
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By JOHN REID BLACKWELL  A state official tried to ease local residents' concerns about a controversial chemical found in water around DuPont's Spruance plant in Chesterfield County.
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Scientists say a simple smell test may be able to help doctors identify certain people at risk for developing Alzheimer&#39;s disease.
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Nov. 5, 2004 -- FDA officials announced Friday that they will launch a review of the agency&#39;s drug monitoring policies in the wake of recent high-profile safety concerns about widely used drugs, including antidepressants and Vioxx.
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Dozens of former and current Food and Drug Administration officials, outside scientists and advocates for patients say that the agency&#39;s efforts to monitor the ill effects of drugs that