Toxic chemicals

Lipstick wearers may inadvertently eat several pounds of lipstick in their lifetimes.

It seems Monsanto’s toxic chemical glyphosate is now found in California wines. It isn’t surprising, given the pesticides and herbicides sprayed on grapes.

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Air pollution is one of the growing problems faced by the world at present. China is one of the main countries with

Texas researchers found the chemicals in seven out of 10 insecticides - but six had extremely large quantities of a particularly dangerous type that has been strongly linked to cancer.

Forever chemicals are finally being recognised as a danger to our health. But given they are woven deeply into our lives, can we ever be free of them? Graham Lawton investigates

Find out what skin care ingredients you should avoid for their toxic chemicals and damaging effects on your health.

Hazardous waste sites are scattered all across the country, from a Brooklyn canal once surrounded by chemical plants to a shuttered garbage incineration facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.There are more than 1,300 of these spots in all — dubbed "Superfund sites" by the federal government — where toxic chemicals from factories and landfills were dumped for decades, polluting the surrounding soil, water and air.