Formaldehyde

The California Nail Polish Scandal and What it Means for Your Manicure

Amy Ziff | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Amy Ziff, Toxic Nail Polish California, Carcinogens, Toxic Trio, Formaldehyde, Toxic Nail Polish, Safe Nail Polish, Manicure, Non-Toxic Nail Polish, Dbp, California Nail Salons, Nail Polish Scandal, California Nail Polish, Nail Salons, Health News, Nail Polish Toxic Trio, Nail Salon Scandal, Healthy Living News

I used to think a mani/pedi made for the perfect relaxing, healthy way to escape from my life for a few minutes. As it turns out, this seemingly-benign reward can be extremely hazardous for our health.

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Kristin Chenoweth Had Allergic Reaction To Eyelash Extensions

Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Canada Tv, Kristin Chenoweth, The Late Show With David Letterman, Late Night Talk Shows, Gcb, Tv Replay, Reality-Free, Formaldehyde, TV News

It was dark and "GCB" star Kristin Chenoweth was wearing sunglasses. As she explained to "Late Show" (Weeknights at 11:35 p.m. EST on CBS) host Da...

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No More Toxins: J&J Removing Harmful Chemicals From Baby Products

AP | By LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: 4 Dioxane, Baby Shampoo, Boycott, Johnson & Johnson, Carcinogens, 1, Parents-Babies, Parents-Childrens-Healthy-Lifestyle, Children's Health, Phthalates, Toxins, Formaldehyde, Parents News

TRENTON, N.J. -- Amid pressure from activists, Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that it is continuing efforts to remove traces of two harmful chemical...

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America's Moms Are Watching U.S. Senate: Pass the Safe Chemicals Act!

Jessica Alba | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Mercury, Toxic Chemicals, Toxic Chemicals and Children, Lead, Asbestos, Safe Chemicals Act, Consumer Protection, Formaldehyde, Parents News

Every kid has the right to be safe in her home. Every mom has the right to know that the products she buys for her child are free of toxic chemicals. We have hope and faith in our political system to fix this problem, and we are counting on our U.S. Senators to get it done.

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How To Pick A Greener (Healthier) Paint For Your Walls

Sloan Barnett | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Green Seal, Chemicals, Jennifer Taggart, Formaldehyde, Epa, Non-Toxic Milk, Scientific Certification Systems, Personal Health, Healthy Living Body, Glycol Ethers, Toxic Chemical Exposure, Low VOCs, Vocs, Flour Pain, Toxic Paint, Natural Paints, Healthier-Greener-Home, Cleaner-and-Greener, Healthy Living News

Forget the smog over LA -- the air indoors is worse than the air outdoors. And far worse when we add paint into the mix.

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Report Documents Industry Efforts to Delay Health Assessments of Toxic Chemicals

Jennifer Sass | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Epa, Trichloroethylene, Toxicchemicals, Styrene, Industry, Chemical, Iris, Formaldehyde, Tce, Green News

Big business chemical industries have repeatedly blocked the Environmental Protection Agency and other government bodies from assessing the harms of h...

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Government Lists Formaldehyde as a Known Carcinogen

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Household Carcinogens, Formaldehyde as Carcinogen, Formaldehyde, Carcinogens, Formaldehyde Carcinogens, Report on Carcinogens, Report on Carcinogens U.S., Green News

After years of delays because of pressure from the chemical industry, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has added eight substances -- including formaldehyde -- to its Report on Carcinogens.

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Brazilian Blowup: It's Time for the FDA to Act

Stacy Malkan | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: John Bailey, Mary Louise Parker, Brazilian Blowout, Fda, Formaldehyde, Hair Straightenes, Personal Health, Home News

Massive hair loss, blistered scalps, severe rashes -- you might expect such complaints to prompt a federal agency charged with protecting public healt...

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Eco Etiquette: Should I Freak Out About Formaldehyde In Baby Furniture?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ikea, Green Advice, Baby Hammock, Flame Retardants, Green Living, Formaldehyde, Toxic Chemicals, Formaldehyde Cancer, Organic Mattress, Green Baby Products, Slidepollajax, Bpa, Composite Wood Products, Vocs, Childhood Cancer, Phthalates, Green News

Childhood cancers are on the rise; the more than 80,000 unregulated industrial chemicals now on the market in the US likely have something to do with it.

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Unrecognized Dangers of Formaldehyde

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Times, Clothes, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Cancer Prevention, Formaldehyde, Home News

National Toxicology Program Reports classified formaldehyde as "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen," based on limited evidence of carcinogenicity in humans, and sufficient evidence in experimental animals.

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Eco Etiquette: Can Fur Be Green?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brushtail Possum, Fur, Faux Fur, Vegan Fur, Skin Trade, Green News, Green Advice, Eco Fur, Factory Farms, Fake Fur, Green Living, Peta, Nutria, Fur Farms, Formaldehyde, Green News

I'm not saying it's OK to wear fur, but don't give people the stink-eye for wearing fur if you're still eating factory-farmed meat. Or driving a car with leather seats. Or wearing Uggs.

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The Wrinkle in No-Iron Shirts

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chemical Marketplace, Health, Consumers, Cancer, Chemicals, Consumer Products, No-Iron Shirts, Formaldehyde, Green News

What makes no-iron shirts so incredibly unwrinklable? How do they do it? I was determined to find out and with a modicum of Googling I was sort of pleased to discover the answer. I say "sort of" because I was not entirely pleased with what I learned.

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Charles Koch & David Koch, Billionaire Brothers, Bankroll Tea Party

New Yorker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, National Cancer Institute, Americans for Prosperity, Epa, Formaldehyde, Philanthropy, Citizens United, Leukemia, Think Tanks, David Koch, Deregulation, Koch Industries, Charles Koch, Tea Party, Libertarianism, Global Warming, Politics News

The Kochs are longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much les...

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PHOTOS: 16 Plants That Can Filter Toxins In Your Home

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Cigarette smokers, nail polish buyers, and eager home fixer-uppers; you might want to listen up. The air in you house could be swimming with dangerous...

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NOT My Cup of Tea

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Finally! Jane Mayer's identified the engine and the mind of the PR blitz know as the Tea Party. She's blown Charles and David Koch's cover sky high,...

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Frank Rich Takes On The Billionaire 'Sugar Daddies' Backing The Tea Party

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

ANOTHER weekend, another grass-roots demonstration starring Real Americans who are mad as hell and want to take back their country from you-know-who. ...

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The Poison Lobby Strikes Back

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: PACE Bonds, Formaldehyde, Green News

A new proposal by the EPA that would require all housing contractors to be properly trained and certified for working with lead paint before they renovate properties that are likely to contain lead paint has been challenged in court.

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Cracking the Autism Riddle: Toxic Chemicals, A Serious Suspect in the Autism Outbreak

Harvey Karp | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Plastics, Endocrine Disruptors, Teflon, Brain, Children, Autism, Children's Health, Formaldehyde, Healthy Living News

We used to think substances like Teflon, plastics, and formaldehyde were harmless, but a rising tide of evidence has turned the spotlight on chemical exposures as a possible poison to our children's developing brains.

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Why The CDC Ignored Formaldehyde Levels In FEMA Trailers

ProPublica | Joaquin Sapien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic, ATSDR, Respiratory Illnesses, Fema, Hurricane Katrina, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cancer, Fema Trailers, Formaldehyde, Green News

The Centers for Disease Control study (PDF) sounded reassuring when it was made public in 2007. Hurricane Katrina survivors didn't have to worry about...

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Formaldehyde In FEMA Trailers For Katrina, Rita Victims Prompted No Action From Government

LA Times | Mary Engel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fema, Hurricane Rita, Brownie, Hurricane Katrina, Cancer, Extreme Weather, Formaldehyde, Politics News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to act for at least a year on warnings that trailers housing refugees from Hurricanes Katrina an...

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Greening Hollywood: Eco-Beauty And Sustainable Skincare (Part 1)

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Bio-Dynamic, Organic Skincare, Joshua Onysko, 1, Personal Care Products, Truth in Labeling, Environmental Working Group, Formaldehyde, Not Just a Pretty Face, Lead in Lipsticks, 4 Dioxane, Contaminants, California Proposition 65, Fda, Stacy Malkan, Eli Hallliwell, Goji Berries, Totora Tree, Preservatives, Whole Foods, Jurlique, Skindeep, Nordstrom's, Anthropologie, SB 1712, Environment, Pangea Organics, Johnson & Johnson, Estee Lauder, Procter & Gamble, Revlon, Green Living, Green News

Do we really know what we're buying when we buy "natural" and "certified organic" skincare products? Quite a few experts would insist that no, actually, we do NOT.

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A Little Bit Safer

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Teflon, Environmental Protection Agency, Pfoa, Cancer, Epa, Formaldehyde, Green News

A California judge has ordered the state to explain why PFOAs should not be added to a list of regulated chemicals -- it's in popular consumer and industrial products like Teflon.

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FEMA Says Will Use Toxic Trailers Again

Grist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Katrina, Fema, Formaldehyde, Green News

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has promised it will never again use formaldehyde-tainted trailers to house victims of a natural disaster -- u...

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Active Illness in Children due to Passive Politics: Is This Another Tuskegee Experiment?

Robin Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fema, Formaldehyde Cancer, Katrina, Carcinogens, Fema Trailers, Cancer, Formaldehyde, Politics News

The trailers FEMA sent to Katrina refugees were taxpayer-funded carcinogen containers -- with air quality so poor that the agency was issued an order to stop using them due to the high levels of formaldehyde.

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You Are Powerful and the Planet Loves You. Act Like It.

Harry Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycling, Energy Conservation, Earth Day, Consumer Power, Solar Power, Formaldehyde, Shopping, Business News

Well, it's Earth Day and regardless of who does what in Pennsylvania, we need the planet almost as much as we need a new president in the U.S.

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