>> Formaldehyde in baby shampoo’s totally safe, says Johnson & Johnson. Parents and enviro groups beg to differ — and want the company to take that stuff plus 1,4-dioxane out of Johnson’s baby shampoo — just like the company’s done for its Japanese products.

Japan’s got better consumer safety laws than we do — which is why eco-orgs like Environmental Working Group are pushing for the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act, which would overhaul the U.S.’s chemical regulatory law requiring chemical safety testing, proof of chemical safety from companies, and better EPA oversight for consumer products. Earlier: There will be polluted blood: 5 eco-justice leaders, 48 toxic chemicals

>> The Future Beneath Us is a New York Transit Museum exhibit of 8 underground projects planned for the Big Apple — like the Fulton Transit Center below the World Trade Center — with a pretty detailed website. (via kottke)

>> The “mental health bible” is getting updated. Been diagnosed with a mental illness or condition? The definition of what you’ve got could change as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders gets updated. L.A. Times notes that “For health insurance companies, [a DSM diagnosis] has become a basis for decisions on paying for care.” I’d like to point out that a DSM diagnosis has often become a basis for denying people health care coverage. Earlier: Finding health care.

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