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Chemicals Policy

Trick or Toxic? The Chemical Industry's Newest Tricks on Your Kids' Health

Dara O'Rourke | Posted 01.02.2012 | Green
Read More: Food Safety, Chemicals Policy, Bpa, Canned Foods, Bpa Baby Bottles, Food Politics, Green News
Dara O'Rourke

Until the FDA does its job, people need to ask their favorite food companies to phase out BPA in their cans and to ask their regulators to not be spooked by the chemical industry's latest tricks.

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Toxic Flame Retardant on Its Way Out: Will What Follows be Safe?

Elizabeth Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Epa, Toxic Chemicals, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Chemicals Policy, Flame-Retardant, Environmental Health, Green News
Elizabeth Grossman

The EPA made the flame retardant announcement that by the end of 2013, the two producers and the largest importer of decaBDE in the US, will end production, use, and sales of the chemical.

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