Formaldehyde

Why The CDC Ignored Formaldehyde Levels In FEMA Trailers

ProPublica | Joaquin Sapien | Posted 10.07.2008 | Green

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 10.07.2008 | Politics

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 07.21.2008 | 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

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 07.07.2008 | Green

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 06.04.2008 | Green

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 05.30.2008 | Politics

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 04.22.2008 | Business

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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Friday Talking Points [19] -- A "Rare Uprising" Of Democrats

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fearmongering, Cia, Chris Van Hollen, Fearmonger, Fisa, Dianne Feinstein, Democratic, Immunity, Campaign, Endorsement, Trailers, Formaldehyde, Bush, Telecom, Spanish Inquisition, 2008, Silvestre Reyes, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Speaker, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Senate Majority Leader, War Crime, Populism, John Edwards, John McCain, Pat Murray, Jay Rockefeller, Rush Limbaugh, House, Democrat, Fema, 2008 Elections, Majority Leader, 08, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Valentine, 08 Campaign, Mddotw, 2008 Presidential Race, Wiretapping, Harry Reid, Confession, Hillary Clinton, Dnc, Senate, Torture, Warrantless, Politics News

It's been a busy week for Democrats, with a lot to cover. There has been good news and bad, but on the whole I'd have to judge the week a success for...

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The New Orleans Trailer Story Gets Worse

Harry Shearer | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Fema, Formaldehyde, Politics News

FEMA opted to spend far more money on last-minute purchases of trailers, some of which were delivered before their interiors were allowed to "cure", thereby dissipating the formaldehyde fumes within.

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Green Til The End: Using Eco-Friendly Coffins

USA Today | Sarah Skidmore | Posted 12.28.2007 | Business

Read More: Ecopod, Baskets, Biodegradable Coffins, Green Coffins, Natural Burial Co, Graveyeards, Embalming, Natural Burials, Eco-Friendly Burial Products, Formaldehyde, Business News

Cynthia Beal wants to be an Oregon cherry tree after she dies. She has everything to make it happen -- a body, a burial site and a biodegradable coffi...

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