by Susan | Mar 25, 2010 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health
Last summer, we wrote a post, Rachel Carson’s Legacy, about troubling chemicals called endrocrine disruptors, potentially harmful to both humans and frogs, that are in herbicides and pesticides, as well as in plastic, cosmetics, and many consumer products. We...
by Susan | Jul 16, 2009 | Chemicals in the Environment, Environmental Health, Frog People
In my post Rachel Carson’s Legacy, I wrote about widely-used chemicals called endocrine disruptors that are causing deformities in fish and frogs, and are linked to an increase in genital deformities in newborn baby boys. When reading about endocrine disruptors,...
by Susan | Jul 2, 2009 | Environmental Health
Just this past week, I re-read Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking book Silent Spring. First published in 1962, Silent Spring was a wake-up call, warning people about the devastating effects of chemical pesticides on humans and on wildlife. The book spurred changes...
