What is the most important action that toxics advocates can take in the coming year or years to make the world a cleaner, safer place, and why? Read more »
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Ask anyone if they want a healthy environment in which all children can thrive, and who is going to say no? Read more »

Society is on the cusp of major advances in exposure science. These advances will generate large amounts of new information, democratize the collection and availability of that information, and drive improvements in chemical toxicity testing and regulatory policy. Read more »
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Where do you see environmental health toxics work going? What do you think is coming up in the next three to five years? Read more »

What is the most important action that toxics advocates can take in the coming year or years to create a cleaner, healthier world? Read more »
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The environmental health and justice movement was born from rampant pollution during production and disposal - think smokestacks, direct discharge to waterways, and Superfund toxic waste sites. Read more »
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Picture a dining room where twelve young men, in suits and ties, await a meal. At one, an older man presides over the group. The year is 1902. The older man is Harvey Washington Wiley, chief chemist of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture. Read more »
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The human brain is so complex that is takes almost two decades before it stops growing. Read more »
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Conventional approaches to calculating the societal impact of children’s exposures to environmental chemicals are likely to yield underestimates. Read more »

In 1979 Needleman and colleagues reported that children with elevated concentrations of lead in their baby teeth had reduced IQ relative to less exposed children. Read more »
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Alabama’s Blackbelt Region runs in a swath across Central and West Alabama. It’s a place of rolling hills, pastures and even swamps. Read more »
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When the massive spill of coal ash from TVA’s power plant in Kingston, Tennessee, made national news in December, 2008, millions of Americans saw images of devastation. Read more »
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Coal combustion waste, with its many contaminants, is the second-largest industrial waste stream in the United States. Read more »
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We take for granted our easy access to the electricity that lights up our homes, charges our computers and cellphones, and keeps factories and businesses humming. Read more »

The myriad potential dangers of coal combustion waste, or "coal ash," have been highlighted in the news in the three years since the fateful collapse of a coal ash impoundment dam at TVA’s Kingston Plant. Read more »

I am a 4th generation rancher in southeastern Montana. My great-grandfather emigrated from Scotland and settled along the banks of Rosebud Creek in the 1880’s -- the same tributary General George Custer navigated on his way to the infamous battle 60 miles west. Read more »

We live in northern West Virginia where minefill disposal of coal ash is pervasive. In the early 1990’s, a beneficial-use rider in the WV Solid Waste Management Rule (The Rule) legislated that surface mines reclaimed with coal combustion by-products need not have leachate liners nor water-treatment systems other than for acid mine drainage (AMD) parameters (i.e., pH, iron, manganese, and aluminum). Read more »
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Recent publications in the scientific literature have highlighted the increasing evidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes due to environmental chemical exposures during pregnancy and the preconception period. Read more »
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In avoiding exposures to toxicants in the developing fetus, I believe our goal should be to be proactive and preventive. We should take into account all three trimesters as well as periods of continuing neonatal development into infancy and early childhood. Read more »
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In advising women about important prenatal risk factors, clinicians have tended to focus on classical teratogens, such as alcohol, tobacco smoking, lead, solvents, and ionizing radiation that work after conception to damage offspring. Read more »