Call the EPA DEP – they will come out and do an analysis of the problem 718-337-4357, 718-482-4933 X 7113 I had a similar problem and they were able to correct it. Don’t give up hope! Perhaps this should move to not...

Agreed. Even the EPA agrees with you that the mercury scare has been overrated. Most of that has ignored the presence of selenium in fish which binds up the mercury, canceling out any effect it would have. Tuna actually has the...

as “cotton fluff” and “like fiberglass insulation”. Cowboy told both individuals that the material is harmless. One individual contacted an EPA toxicologist who indicated that this material is “is...

every week of your life, which we’ll assume, per standard EPA practice, to be 70 years. That equates to an LADD (lifetime average daily dose) of about 0.04 ug/kg. Using the current central estimate cancer slope factor (CSF)...

As of today, no law has been passed in the United States, nor is any in any stage of legislation, that bans any sort of non-stick cookware now, or at any date in the future. The EPA has requested that chemical companies phase out...

I just bake them myself. I made one yesterday in fact and will make 4 more for Twelfth Night. If you want the one I baked Thursday evening (Dec 13), it’s sitting on my counter wrapped in foil. Send me an email: epa...

I ditched ALL nonstick after a friend started researching the bio-persistence of those compounds for the EPA. No thanks, I don’t want any in my food.

Check your oven temperature. I am can almost guarantee that it is just about 15 degrees too high. I keep an older high temperature mercury filled thermometer around that registers to 500 with better than 1% accuracy. I’ll...

, it’s because Italian factories are allowed to use far more formaldehyde in the tanning process than EPA-regulated American ones.

According to the EPA website whitefish is in the lower level group. However, their data for this is based on 28 samples taken from 2002-2004 so it could very well be outdated, which seems to bring us back to where we started...

salivation almost to the point of drooling. I couldn’t help but think the EPA would try to regulate this place if it were in Houston. Ribs, brisket, sausage, pork chops, pork tenderloin, and chicken made for a veritable...

The recently publicized health issues with farmed salmon concerned increased risk of developing cancer due to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the salmon. PCBs are classified by EPA as a Class B2 probable carcinogen, which...

, and he and his pal were getting free wine service and seemed to be enjoying themselves. But I can’t recommend the place (and that’s despite the fact that I sorta know Sean from his days as an EPA lawyer and know...

The cheapest cheap bacon in the Mid-Atlantic region comes from Smithfield pork processors in Virginia. They are major, big-time polluters: the EPA had to go after them because the Commonwealth of Virginia kept looking the other...

pacific, etc... Do any of you have any links or informative websites besides the EPA's that will give a little more enlightenment?