Archive - Press Clippings
May 1998 to May 1999

• Environmental Causes of Developmental Disorders Explored - 25 May 1999
• Dangerous Legacy of Obsolete Pesticides - 25 May 1999
• Breast milk of women who eat lake Ontario fish contains high levels of PCBs - 10 May 1999
• Dioxin- Levels high in incinerator-happy Japan - May 1999
• Dioxin- Seveso disaster testament to effects of dioxin - 6 May 1999
• Of Peace and Poison - 3 May 1999
• Fetuses absorb dioxin in mothers’ blood - 9 April 1999
• Endometriosis tops list of women’s ailments - 7 April 1999
• Studies spur new theories about oil's harm - 7 April 1999
• Maker of IV System to Stop Using a Plastic - 7 April 1999
• Plastic Nixed in Making of IV Bags - 7 April 1999
• Tough dioxin rule forces 2,046 incinerators to shut - 5 April 1999
• Forbud mod de værste stoffer på vej - 26 February1999
• Group Calls for Ban of Pesticide - 25 February1999
• Tighter dioxin rules planned - 24 February1999
• Study Targets Mercury-Laden Air Emissions - 23 February1999
• Lead poisoning - 8 February1999
• The Asbestos Epidemic - A Global Crisis - 8 February1999
• U.S. Steps Up Hunt for Source of Amphibian Deaths - February1999
• Global Chemical Treaty Threatened - 29 January1999
• Chemical Industry Plans to Assess Product Safety - 27 January1999
• Environment- UN negotiates global treaty on dangerous chemicals - 26 January1999
• Testicular cancer in Canada - 26 January 1999
• Etiology of Parkinson's Disease - January1999
• PCB-related risks of eating fish - January1999
• Carcinogen from Industrial Waste Found in Human Milk - 16 December 1998
• Researchers say PCBs still threaten world's air and seas - 9 December 1998
• 11 endocrine disrupters found in nation's water system - 7 December 1998
• Pesticides Linked to Breast Cancer - 4 December 1998
• Chemicals from Asia polluting B.C. waters -  December 1998
• Genetically engineered plants could curtail mercury poisoning -   December 1998
• Hormone disrupter meeting attracts 1,100 participants -   December 1998
• Persistant Organic Pollutants Pervade Asia - 23 November 1998
• Experts prepare mechanism to protect against toxic chemical hazards - November 1998
• Citing Possible Dangers, Groups Seek Ban on Vinyl Toys - 20 November 1998
• Alert on ‘gender-bender’ chemicals - 18 November 1998
• Pesticides Contaminate Flooded Honduran River - 18 November 1998
• Whats happening to our frogs - 18 November 1998
• Abstract from experiment on Xenopus embryos - 18 November 1998
• Airborne pollutants from Asia linked to cancer and birth defects... - 18 November 1998
• EPA Tackles Mercury Pollution - 17 November 1998
• Canadian frog deformities - 5 November 1998
• Panel urges quick validation of endocrine disrupter tests - 1 November 1998
• Europe to ban hormone mimics - 2 November 1998
• Low-Level Chemical Exposures:A Challenge for Science and Policy - 1 November 1998
• Importance of low dose testing - 1 November 1998
• Us panel split on endocrine disruptors... - November 1998
• Mattel to Phase Out Chemicals in Teethers - 24 September 1998
• S.F. Bay fish have high dioxin levels-report - 10 September 1998
• DDT continues to show up in Snake River fish - 7 September 1998
• Chemicals in Whales May Be Dangerous - 1 September 1998
• E.P.A. to Hunt Dangers in Everyday Products - 31 August 1998
• Nike Agrees to Stop Using PVC for Shoes - 26 August 1998
• Environment agency requests funds to fight dioxin - 26 August 1998
• MITI plans hormone-disrupter rules - 19 August 1998
• Why do we need a global POPs treaty? - 28 July 1998
• EPA: PCBs Escaping From Hudson Silt - July 1998
• BBC reports on hermaphrotide bears - 21 July 1998
• What’s Wrong With the New York Times’s Science Reporting? - 6 July 1998
• Canada backing away from pollutant promise, says activist - 5 July 1998
• Toxic chemicals poison Inuit food - 5 July 1998
• Greenpeace Exposes 'HOTSPOTS' - 3 July 1998
• ENB Report on POPs INC1 - 3 July 1998
• Pesticide demo transforms hotel meeting room - 2 July 1998
• Editorial: Cleaning the planet - 2 July 1998
• Canadian wages global war against toxic chemical use - 2 July 1998
• World Health Organization urged to support DDT ban - 1 July 1998
• Resolving the DDT dilemma: Protecting Human Health and Biodiversity - 1 July 1998
• Three decades after Silent Spring, DDT still menacing the
  environment: WWF Report Details Hazards, Uses and Alternatives - 1 July 1998
• Where have all the boys gone?
  The mysterious decline in male births - July 1998
• Europe Warned: Health Hazards in Low Doses of Chemicals - 30 June 1998
• Regional environmental centers launched in former Soviet countries - June 1998
• Russian Federation Phases Out PCBs - 30 June 1998
• Pesticides Are Not the Main Problem - June 1998
• Canada vows to eliminate 12 deadly toxins - 30 June 1998
• Negotiations Open on Chemical Ban - 30 June 1998
• UN sets out to ban chemicals like DDT, PCBs - 30 June 1998
• 100-plus nations seek toxic chemical ban - 29 June 1998
• World takes aim at ‘dirty dozen’ pollutants
  - Montreal talks bid to ban use of worst toxins - 29 June 1998
• WWF Calls for Early Phaseout of Dangerous Chemicals
  As Historic Treaty Talks Begin for 100+ Nations - 29 June 1998
• Greenpeace calls for a toxic free future at UNEP convention - 29 June 1998
• 120 Countries to Try to Reach Pact On Phaseout of Toxic Compounds - 28 June 1998
• Europe, N. America ban heavy metals, toxic chemicals - 25 June 1998
• Watchdogs urge action on dispersal of chemicals - 24 June 1998
• Active Sources of PCBs Contribute to Contamination of Delaware River Fish - 24 June 1998
• Report Finds Toxic Releases Down - 18 June 1998
• The POPs Treaty - 4 June 1998
• WHO Experts re-evaluate health risks from dioxins - 3 June 1998
• Pollutants Blamed for Dual-Sex Polar Bears - 1 June 1998
• Dioxin Alert - 26 May 1998