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Personal Care Products Pose Unrecognized Toxic Risks To Children

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Bpa, Baby Care Products, Environmental Working Group, Childhood Cancer, Phthalates, Triclosan, Organic Consumers ASsociation, Living News
Samuel S. Epstein

Babies are about 100 times more sensitive to carcinogens than adults. Infants and young children have immature liver enzymes, which give them only limited ability to detoxify carcinogens.

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Sneaky Sigg Sold BPA

Sarah Newman | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Kleen Kanteen, Polycarbonate Plastic, Chicago, Fda, Sigg Bottles, Takepart, Bpa, Nalgene, Sigg, Environmental Working Group, California, Green News
Sarah Newman

Millions of others joined the Sigg bandwagon after learning about the horrors of many reusable plastic bottles that contain BPA or polycarbonate. However, it seems like we were duped.

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California Battles to Ban BPA from Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups and Infant Formula

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Fran Pavley, Sippy Cups, Senate Bill 797, Harvey Karp, Nih, Baby Bottles, Bisphenol A, Bpa, Cdc, Environmental Working Group, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Hormones, California Nurses Association, American Chemistry Council, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

You may not be familiar with the chemical bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA, but there is an excellent chance that BPA is very familiar with you.

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Eco-chic? Or cheap chic?

Elaine Shannon | Posted 08.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Contaminants, Wal-Mart, Environmental Working Group, Perrier, Bottled Water, Pellegrino, Green News
Elaine Shannon

Environmental Working Group has just released a bottled water scorecard that grades almost 200 brands for labels or websites that disclose their sources, treatment methods and results of contaminant testing

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Kids Safe Chemical Act: The Chemical Industry Takes on the Mommy Lobby

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Bpa, Toxic Chemicals, Babies, Kids Safe Chemical Act, Environmental Working Group, Robyn O'Brien, Allergykids, Green News
Robyn O'Brien

The Kid-Safe Chemicals Act would require manufacturers to first prove a chemical is actually safe before it's allowed into a consumer product.

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Biomonitoring: Essential for Protecting Public Health

Nena Baker | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Biomonitoring, Flame Retardants, Body Burden, Bisphenol A, Kid Safe Chemical Act, Environmental Working Group, The American Chemistry Council, Phthalates, Green News
Nena Baker

We have a right to know what's in us, no matter how disturbing.

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FDA: Get BPA Out ASAP

Sarah Newman | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Del Monte, Alcoa, Inc. And Grocery Manufacturers Association, Environmental Working Group, The American Chemistry Council, Bisphenol A, Coca-Cola, Endocrine Disrputor, Fda, BPA Joint Trade Association, Bpa, Food and Drug Administration, Takepart, The North American Metal Packaging Alliance, Crown, Ewg, Green News
Sarah Newman

You, like millions of other Americans, probably regularly use and consume products made with Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical that is a $6 billion global industry.

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Detox Demystified: Fad, Fact, Or Fiction?

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living

Read More: How to Detox, World Health Organization, Detox Demystified, Personal Health, Health, Body Toxins, Detox Pros and Cons, Environmental Working Group, Detox, Toxins, Wellness, Living News
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

I just finished reading the latest about how celebrities "detox,"--pretty much by starving themselves. I cringe when I see these articles. What other ...

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The Toxic Side of Beauty

Tracy Hepler | Posted 03.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Green Cosmetics, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Parabens, Natural Ingredients, Environmental Working Group, Green News
Tracy Hepler

Why does being a woman often include surrounding yourself with toxic chemicals? That question seems to come up daily as we discover ingredients inside of our favorite hair dyes, nail polishes and lipsticks.

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14 Steps to Food Safety

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 01.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumers Union, Pesticides, Food Policy Institute, Organic Food, Food and Water Watch, Fda, Safety, Food Imports, Food, Environmental Working Group, Center for Food Safety, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

I was shocked to learn that only 1% of most imported food gets inspected. Unless sticking to natural, non processed, domestic foods, there is no way of knowing for sure what's in our food.

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Ethanol and the Price of Food

Ken Cook | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Food, Corn-Based Ethanol, Food Prices, Ethanol, Environmental Working Group, Food Crisis, Green News
Ken Cook

Mr. Vander Griend's main complaint appears to be that while the price of corn has dropped in recent months, the cost of food has not. This should not come as a surprise.

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Lifting the "Body Burden": How to Fight Toxic Exposure and Keep Chemicals Out of Your Home

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Infertility, Carcinogenic, Dangerous, Lethal, Heather Mueller, Pcbs, Chemicals, Environmental Working Group, Toxins, Household Cleaning Products, Green Living, Bisphenol-A, Health, Seventh Generation, Mercury, “Show the World What’s Inside”, Body Burden, Ddt, Nalgene, Cancer, Development, Ingredients, Kid Safe Chemical Act, Simran Sethi, Warning Labels, Green News
Simran Sethi

From Seventh Generation's discussion on "Children and Chemicals," featuring Jane Houlihan of the Environmental Working Group, pediatrician Dr. Alan ...

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Greening Hollywood: Organic Hair Care

Paige Donner | Posted 11.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Living, Nrdc, Tea Tree Oil, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Paul Mitchell, Clean Air Salon, Hamadi Beauty, John Masters, Environmental Working Group, Oceanic Charities, John Paul DeJoria, Safe Cosmetics, Wind Energy, Con Edison, Jamal Hammadi, Solar, John Masters Organics, Awapuhi, Green News
Paige Donner

A study released this week found 16 toxic chemicals in blood and urine samples from 20 teen girls from eight states and the District of Columbia, aged 14-19.

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Green Edge 4: Organic Fruit Worth the Premium

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Consumer Reports, Cafe Concerto, National Sustainable Agriculture Service, Organic World Congress, Florida Organic Group, Organic Fruit, Green Living, Environmental Working Group, Francescana, Marty Mesh, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

Consumer Reports singles out fruit that is worth a marketplace premium: apples, cherries, imported grapes, nectarines, peaches, pears, raspberries and strawberries -- or all fruit for baby food.

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

Paige Donner | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green

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
Paige Donner

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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