It’s past time for California to require labels on products with BPA. We have just until 5pm on Wednesday April 10th to take action! Join actress and mom Amy Brenneman in calling for BPA labeling!
Posted in Chemical Policy, Environmental Justice, Green Living, Safe Foods, Take Action, Toxics in Everyday Products, Toxins in Children's Products
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Tagged Bisphenol-A, BPA, chemicals, health, toxics
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March 12, 2013 – 12:01 pm
Last week, New York Assembly Democrats approved a two-year fracking moratorium. They believe, like us, that the health effects of hydrofracking should be studied before New York Governor Andrew Cuomo can approve moving forward with fracking in the state. Now, it’s your chance to support this groundbreaking legislation. Parents and families everywhere must voice their [...]
February 22, 2013 – 12:02 pm
Great news: CEH’s report on toxic flame retardants in nap mats has spurred Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ) and 22 other Senators to call for an EPA study into flame retardant chemical dangers. Please show your support of the Senators’ call for an EPA study by asking your representatives on the Environment and Public Works committee [...]
Posted in Chemical Policy, Environmental Justice, Green Living, Pollution, Take Action, Toxics in Everyday Products, Toxins in Children's Products, Toxins in Household Products
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Tagged children's nap mats, daycare, EPA, family health, flame retardants, Senator Lautenberg, toxic
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January 31, 2013 – 1:43 pm
In response to customer pressure, PepsiCo has announced they will remove a controversial chemical that is added to orange Gatorade. As we’ve written about before, brominated vegetable oils (BVOs) are patented flame retardant chemicals that are also used (for another purpose) in many citrus flavored sodas. The chemicals have been linked to a number of [...]
Posted in Eco-Tip, Green Living, Safe Foods, Toxics in Everyday Products, Toxins in Children's Products
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Tagged brominated vegetable oils, BVO, flame retardant chemicals, Gatorade, health, PepsiCo, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, toxic shell game
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January 25, 2013 – 4:16 pm
Cross-posted from our friends at The Green Life Online We’re in a particularly strong flu season. And it turns out we are not very smart about avoiding spreading germs. Most Americans use six or more antimicrobial products every day. But buying more products is probably not the right answer. The good news? If you are careful [...]
January 14, 2013 – 10:12 am
Right now, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), on behalf of strawberry agribusiness corporations, are asking Secretary of State Clinton and EPA Administrator Jackson to get more methyl bromide for California. Why? Because instead of coming up with safe, non-toxic alternatives to methyl bromide, industry’s favored alternative was another toxic pesticide called methyl [...]
Posted in Chemical Policy, Environmental Justice, Green Living, Pesticides, Safe Foods, Take Action, Toxics in Everyday Products
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Tagged California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), cancer, health, Hillary Clinton, methyl bromide, miscarriage, Pesticides, strawberries, toxic fumigant
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January 8, 2013 – 11:26 am
The Cuomo Administration has released draft rules to allow fracking for natural gas – a technology that has yet to be proven safe and puts our children and families at risk from water contamination, air pollution, and other toxic health threats. And we have just 3 days to submit comments opposing this plan. Please take [...]
December 18, 2012 – 9:51 am
Dr. Namrata (Nammy) Patel is a leader in a movement to bring environmental sanity and wellbeing into the dental world. Her mission is to make going to the dentist as relaxing as a day at the spa. At her Green Dentistry office in San Francisco’s Union Square, patients relax on a heated massage table or [...]
November 29, 2012 – 5:20 pm
“Toxic flame retardant chemicals pervade the nation’s households, especially in California, and little can be done to keep them out of our bodies, two new studies show.” -SF Gate, November 2012 This week, a spate of excellent media came out, covering the release of two new studies showing the prevalence of toxic flame retardant chemicals [...]
Posted in Chemical Policy, Electronics, Environmental Justice, Green Living, Toxics in Everyday Products, Toxins in Children's Products, Toxins in Household Products
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Tagged Center for Environmental Health, children's health, couches, flame retardant chemicals, toxic furniture, toxics
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