Spring cleaning – hazardous household materials While spring cleaning, you may discover you need to dispose of some leftover household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable, or reactive ingredients that are considered to be household hazardous materials or waste. These products include old lawn/pool chemicals, cleaners, paints, antifreeze, batteries, pesticides, and gasoline/motor oil. [...]

  What is Bisphenol A and where is it found? Bisphenol A, also known as BPA, is used in the manufacture of hard plastics and epoxy resins1. There are a variety of familiar products which use materials containing this substance, including: toys, hard plastic food and beverage containers, thermal receipts, dental materials, cigarette filters, and [...]

Here in Cincinnati as spring hits the air, calls will flood in about plant exposures, ranging from the curious toddler snacking on petals to animals devouring entire plants. So, what’s in bloom this time of year in Cincinnati, Ohio? – Bulbs, bulbs, and more bulbs! Fortunately, most accidental exposures to plants among young children involve [...]

Question: “What are the downsides to fluoride in our water?” -SS, California Response: As with nearly every substance with which we come into contact, there are safe levels of fluoride exposure, and levels at which undesirable effects may occur.  However, unlike for many chemicals it is also well established that at low intake levels, fluoride [...]

Newspapers are filled with reports that the birth rate in industrialized countries such as the United States and European countries is decreasing, and that this could create future problems.  Is it harder for women to get pregnant now than it used to be?  Are men having more trouble having erections and getting women pregnant?  Why [...]