Michael Green
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Michael Green is Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Health, which for more than 15 years has been one of the nation’s leading nonprofits working to protect children and families from toxic health threats. He has previously worked with the Tibetan refugee community in Dharamsala, India, and cared for the sick at Mother Teresa's mission in Calcutta, India.

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Flame Retardant Industry: Using Tobacco Industry Tactics to Promote the Asbestos of Our Time

(2) Comments | Posted May 17, 2012 | 12:15 PM

When I think about the connection between greed, lies, and unnecessary toxic health threats, asbestos or cigarettes jump to mind. Everyone knows how the tobacco industry denied the health risks of cigarettes for decades and continued to lie about the scientifically proven link between smoking and cancer and emphysema for...

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Ending the Toxic Shell Game

(4) Comments | Posted February 22, 2012 | 10:56 AM

My three-year-old daughter Juliette and I have a standing argument. When she wants a sippy cup, I hand her my all-stainless steel, unlined hard-topped mug. But she wants her pink plastic sippy cup, the one with the squishy plastic shell and flexible plastic straw. She often wins, but every time...

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