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California Finalizes Stronger, Healthier Fire Safety Rules
California Finalizes Stronger, Healthier Fire Safety Rules Thursday, November 21, 2013 Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to revise regulations that led manufacturers to add large amounts of toxic fire...
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Chemical Company Sues California Over Flame Retardants
Chemical Company Sues California Over Flame Retardants Friday, January 17, 2014 The chemical company Chemtura sued the state of California yesterday seeking to block new fire safety regulations that...
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Toxic Dreams: Crib Mattresses May Release Risky Fumes
Toxic Dreams: Crib Mattresses May Release Risky FumesTuesday, April 22, 2014The study of foam from 20 old and new crib mattresses found that mattresses release up to 30 different types of volatile...
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What I Learned From Being an EWG Guinea Pig
What I Learned From Being an EWG Guinea PigMonday, August 4, 2014Last summer I was taking my one-year-old daughter to the pediatrician when a sign in the lobby caught my eye: Want to participate in a...
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EWG-Duke Study Finds Five Times As Much Cancer-Causing Fire Retardant in...
EWG-Duke Study Finds Five Times As Much Cancer-Causing Fire Retardant in Children As MothersMonday, August 4, 2014 Scientists at the Environmental Working Group and Duke University have found evidence...
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Study finds levels of toxic flame retardants 5 times higher in toddlers
Study finds levels of toxic flame retardants 5 times higher in toddlersTuesday, August 19, 2014Tests published earlier this month by myself and other scientists at the Environmental Working Group and...
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California Takes Aim at Fire Retardants in Furniture
California Takes Aim at Fire Retardants in FurnitureMonday, September 8, 2014It’s getting more likely that in the near future, when you go shopping for a couch or chair, it will no longer be saturated...
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Senator Pushes to Ban 10 Toxic Flame Retardants From Children’s Products,...
Senator Pushes to Ban 10 Toxic Flame Retardants From Children’s Products, FurnitureMonday, September 15, 2014 Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Sunday (Sept. 14) that he was introducing legislation...
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California Makes it Law: Label Toxic Flame Retardants in Furniture
California Makes it Law: Label Toxic Flame Retardants in Furniture Tuesday, September 30, 2014California scored a big win for human health and the environment today (Sept. 30) when Gov. Jerry Brown...
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NO ESCAPE:
NO ESCAPE: Tests Find Toxic Fire Retardants in Mothers – and Even More in Toddlers
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Five Couches Without Flame Retardants You Can Buy Right Now
Five Couches Without Flame Retardants You Can Buy Right NowFriday, March 20, 2015Do you know that your couch may be toxic to you and your kids? A weak federal chemical safety law and poorly designed...
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There’s Toxic Antimony in Baby Bibs, Clothing, Toys and Games
There’s Toxic Antimony in Baby Bibs, Clothing, Toys and GamesWednesday, June 17, 2015With all of the chemicals that get put into consumer products, it can be difficult to protect our children from...
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Toxic Chemicals in Your Child’s Car Seat
Toxic Chemicals in Your Child’s Car SeatFriday, June 19, 2015Parents do a lot of research before they buy a car seat. They want to know, how does the seat perform in crash tests? What’s its safety...
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You Can Help Get Toxic Fire Retardant Chemicals Out Of Consumer Products
You Can Help Get Toxic Fire Retardant Chemicals Out Of Consumer ProductsTuesday, October 13, 2015More than 97 percent of Americans – including children and pregnant woman – have harmful fire retardant...
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Duke-EWG Study Finds Toxic Nail Polish Chemical In Women’s Bodies
Duke-EWG Study Finds Toxic Nail Polish Chemical In Women’s BodiesMonday, October 19, 2015 Researchers at Duke University and Environmental Working Group have found evidence of a suspected...
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Baby Products Can Expose Infants to a Toxic Chemical, Study Finds
Baby Products Can Expose Infants to a Toxic Chemical, Study FindsWednesday, November 18, 2015 Researchers found a fire-retardant chemical that could disrupt the hormone system in the urine of babies...
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Infants' Exposure to Toxic Fire Retardant Linked to Baby Items
Infants' Exposure to Toxic Fire Retardant Linked to Baby ItemsWednesday, November 18, 2015Evidence of a chemical linked to cancer and hormone disruption was found in the urine of all babies tested for...
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Ten Years After California Ban, Big Drop in Fire Retardants in Breast Milk
Ten Years After California Ban, Big Drop in Fire Retardants in Breast Milk Wednesday, March 2, 2016The science of biomonitoring – measuring the chemical pollution in people – produces a seemingly...
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California Policy Linked to Higher Flame Retardant Exposures
California Policy Linked to Higher Flame Retardant Exposures
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Scientists, Health Professionals Urge Action to Protect Children from Toxic...
Scientists, Health Professionals Urge Action to Protect Children from Toxic ChemicalsFriday, July 1, 2016Today, a distinguished group of 50 scientists, health professionals and advocates called for...
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