Safe Chemicals Act

Lynne Peeples

Are You Eating Flame Retardants With Your Peanut Butter And Jelly?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Pbdes, Toxic Chemicals, Tsca, Safe Chemicals Act, Fire Retardants, Peanut Butter, Toxic Substances Control Act, Meat, Pcbs, Green News

Nothing says "lunch time" to an American kid quite like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Slices of deli meat might be a close second. Unbeknownst t...

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Lynne Peeples

Are Toxic Chemicals To Blame For Rising Rates Of Autism?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: National Stroller Brigade Day of Action, Toxic Chemicals, Cdc, Safe Chemicals Act, Learning Disabilities, Genetics, Autism, Toxic Substances Control Act, Autism Pregnancy, Autism Risk Factors, Autism Chemicals, Green News

While pregnant with her son Edgar, Melissa Wolfe followed the lead of many a cautious woman before her. She took prenatal vitamins and ate organic veg...

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Lynne Peeples

Moms Descend On Congress To Urge Toxic Chemical Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, National Stroller Brigade, Flame Retardants, Frank Lautenberg, Safe Chemicals Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, Green News

Christine Nienstedt is a fairly typical mom. Her time is stretched thin between work and her kids' soccer games -- and navigating the array of toxic c...

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Moms Will Lead the Way to Protect Our Kids From Toxic Chemicals

Hannah Pingree | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: National Stroller Brigade Day of Action, Chemicals, Safe Chemicals Act, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Green News
Hannah Pingree

The presence of unregulated toxic chemicals in our food, consumer products, air, and water -- and the dangers those chemicals pose, particularly to children -- have galvanized mothers across the country.

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The Charade Is Over: Tribune Series Reveals Chemical Industry Lies Like Tobacco

Andy Igrejas | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Safe Chemicals Act, Tobacco, Chemicals, Dow Chemical, American Chemistry Council, Green News
Andy Igrejas

Our current chemical safety policy amounts to an honor system and it's now perfectly clear that too many of these companies simply have no honor. It is past time for Congress to pass the Safe Chemicals Act by Senator Lautenberg.

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Pesticides and Pregnancy

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, Pregnancy, Safe Chemicals Act, Chicken Fed Pharmaceuticals, Early Puberty, Pestuce, Organic Food, National Healthy Child Party Week, Genetically Modified Food, Children's Health, Pregnancy Advice, Parents News
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

Should doctors recommend women avoid pesticides during pregnancy as they do cigarettes and alcohol? We think so.

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New York Times' "Wealthy Neurotic Parent" Meme Distorts Chemical Safety Issue

Andy Igrejas | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Pregnancy, Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, New York Times, Moms, Safe Chemicals Act, Parents, Green News
Andy Igrejas

All Americans, including pregnant women, are carrying these chemicals -- including ones that did not exist 50 years ago -- around in their blood and fatty tissue. No one in the federal government has a handle on the problem or the authority to restrict chemicals in common sense ways.

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Ending the Toxic Shell Game

Michael Green | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, Toxic, Safe Chemicals Act, Bpa Baby Bottles, Bisphenol A, Green News
Michael Green

In California we recently won a victory when BPA was banned from baby bottles and sippy cups. Even before the ban, some producers were eliminating BPA from their products. My daughter's pink sippy cup, for example, was labeled "BPA-free." So why would I still worry?

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A Holiday Gift for Generations to Come

Kathryn Alcantar | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Pregnancy, Parenting, Safe Chemicals Act, Green Parenting, Green News
Kathryn Alcantar

When my family asks me about gift ideas this holiday season, I have one simple reply: A toxic-free environment for my daughter. That's it. That's all I want.

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No More Spitting in the Wind

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Congress Safe Chemicals, Chemical Safety Law, Kids Safe Chemical Act, Safe Chemicals Act, Chemical Laws, Parents News
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

On a daily basis, we can help parents understand how to reduce toxic chemical exposures, but without a better chemical management policy at the federal level, we're just spitting in the wind.

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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
Jessica Alba

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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The Return of the Toxic Newt Mask

Wendy Gordon | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Nrdc, Halloween, Halloween Masks, Safe Chemicals Act, Halloween Costumes, Delay Game, Pvc, Diy-Halloween-Costumes, Tsca, Phthalates, Green News
Wendy Gordon

Consumers shouldn't be afraid that products they buy, whether for Halloween or for everyday, could harm their kids. Products on the market shouldn't contain harmful chemicals.

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Toxic Flame Retardants Rampant in Baby Products, New Study Finds

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Chlorinated Tris, Safe Chemicals Act, Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, Halogenated Flame Retardants, Environmental Science and Technology Journal, Flame Retardants, Duke University, Tcep, Tdcpp, Penta-Bde, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

Volunteers submitted cubic-inch pieces of polyurethane foam cut from 101 baby products to a Duke University research laboratory. More than 80 percent of the samples contained hazardous or untested chemical flame retardants.

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"Safe Chemicals Act of 2011" Introduced

Andy Igrejas | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Green News, Toxic Chemicals, Food Safety, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Safe Chemicals Act, President Obama, Green News
Andy Igrejas

A fight that has been raging in state legislatures, corporate boardrooms, scientific journals and a shopping aisle near you for a decade has finally come to Washington.

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States Are Getting Tough on Toxics -- Will Congress?

Andy Igrejas | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, Safe Chemicals Act, Chemicals, Exposure to Chemicals, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Living News
Andy Igrejas

Once people realize that the chemicals used to make their children's pajamas are less regulated than what comes out of an industrial smokestack, they are ready for change.

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Cancer Panel Warning: Babies Born Pre-Polluted

Wendy Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer, Pesticides, Carcinogen, Tsca, Safe Chemicals Act, Fossil-Fuel-Burning, Consumer Products, Frank Lautenberg, Product Safety, Green News
Wendy Gordon

According to a new report by the President's Cancer Panel, researchers have found 300 contaminants -- industrial chemicals, pesticides and pollutants -- in the umbilical cord blood of babies.

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Chemicals Reform Bill a Step Backwards for Children?

Richard Wiles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: (TSCA), Kid-Safe Chemicals, Ewg, Kid Safe Chemicals Act, Safe Chemicals Act, Environmental Working Group, Green News
Richard Wiles

You wouldn't give your child an adult dose of Tylenol. You wouldn't strap an infant into the front seat of your car. The government won't let a baby b...

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New Toxics Legislation Isn't Hazardous to Corporate Health

Jeffrey Hollender | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Safe Chemicals Act, Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation, Toxins, Green News
Jeffrey Hollender

Whether the business community will go willingly remains to be seen, but the case for industry support for the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 is extremely powerful.

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Regulation of Carcinogens Is Four Decades Overdue

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Cancer Act, National Cancer Institute, Cancer Prevention, Safe Chemicals Act, Tsca, Cancer Prevention Coalition, Lautenberg, Cancer, Politics News
Samuel S. Epstein

In spite of well-documented evidence relating the escalating incidence of cancer to a wide range of avoidable carcinogenic exposures, the National Cancer Institute remains asleep at the wheel.

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The FDA, Toxins and Your Body

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Safe Chemicals Act, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, FDA Warning, FDA Warnings, Health, Smoking, Fda and Bpa Latest News, Toxins, Bpa, Healthy Living News
Samuel S. Epstein

The FDA has taken no regulatory action whatsoever over the last six decades, to protect the public from unknowing exposures to a wide range of toxic ingredients.

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Kid-Safe Chemicals: News to Use - For All of Us

Richard Wiles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tsca, Lautenberg, Toxic Substances Control Act, Safe Chemicals Act, Kid Safe Chemical Act, Rep. Rush, Green News
Richard Wiles

With at least a minimum amount of data available on all chemicals,the public will be able to make informed choices about what they want to buy.

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CHEMICALS REGULATION REFORM: What We - and EPA - Need to Know

Richard Wiles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals Safety Act, Tsca, Lautenberg, Toxic Substances Control Act, Safe Chemicals Act, Kid Safe Chemical Act, American Chemistry Council, Toxic Chemicals, Green News
Richard Wiles

Before you buy a car, you check its safety, reliability and performance ratings. Before you buy a house, you hire an experienced inspector to look for...

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To Detox Your Body, Detox Our World

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Health Environment, Safe Chemicals Act, Health Care, Personal Health, Wellness, Healthy Living News
Alison Rose Levy

Absurdly, the burden is on the EPA to prove chemicals harmful, even though it lacks legal authority to compel industries to study, withdraw, monitor use, or modify any chemicals.

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Congress Targets Broken Federal Toxics Law

Richard Wiles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bpa, Tsca, Lautenberg, Ewg, Safe Chemicals Act, Pollution in People, Kid Safe Chemical Act, Green News
Richard Wiles

The effort to protect Americans from chemical dangers took a historic step forward today as Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), chairman of the Senate...

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How Worried Should We Be About Every Day Chemicals?

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, FDA and BPA Baby Bottles, Adhd, Safe Chemicals Act, Autism, Tsca, Green Cleaning Products, Cancer, The Plastic Panic, Toxic Toys, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

Among the roughly 2,000 chemicals produced in quantities of more than a million pounds per year, only about 7% have undergone the recommended slate of basic toxicity studies.

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