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Green Chemistry

Parents of America: WAKE UP! Our Kids are Sick

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 02.02.2010 | Impact

Read More: Plastics, Toxic Chemicals, A Wake-Up Story, Facebook, Parents, Healthy Child Healthy World, Congress, Pregnancy, Parenting, Tcsa, Green Chemistry, Impact News
Christopher Gavigan

For almost 20 years, the nonprofit Healthy Child Healthy World has witnessed millions of parents learn that their homes, their environments, and their bodies have been contaminated by toxic chemicals.

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Schwarzenegger's new "Benign by Design" Platform

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, California, Copenhagen 2009, Reach, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Climate Change Summit, Cradle-to-Cradle, Sustainable Architecture Innovator William McDonough, Safer-Chemicals-Healthy-Families, Tsca, Denmark, Green Chemistry, Healthy Child Healthy World, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

Schwarzenegger announced a partnership between California and Denmark to rotect consumers against chemical exposure. Congress should look to California for an example of proactive action and prioritizing human health.

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Fat, Stupid, Impotent & Dangerous: The Future Without Green Chemistry

Elizabeth Grossman | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Public Health, Endocrine Disruptors, Chemical Exposure, Bisphenol A, Consumer Product Safety, Homeland Security, Green Chemistry, Green News
Elizabeth Grossman

The mere presence of chemicals linked to health disorders does not mean disease will result. Yet research scientists and medical professionals now say that based on the evidence, there is reason to be concerned.

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Recycling Plastic: What a Waste

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental, Recycle, Styrene, Gyre, Single Use Plastics, Plastic-Pollution, Bpa, Reuse, Body Burden, Birth Defects, Cancer, Plastic Bottles, Petrochemical, Phthalates, Green Chemistry, Sups, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

Every day, single-use plastics ("SUPs" bottles, bags, packaging, utensils, etc.) made from petrochemicals are thrown away in huge quantities after one use, but they will last virtually forever.

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Putting Personal Back in Personal Care

Lauren Fornes | Posted 09.26.2008 | Style

Read More: Whole Foods Market, Face Parlour, Skincare, Supplements, Pangea Organics, Dr. Hauschka, Green Living, Aubry Organics, Precautionary Principle, Zero Waste Packaging, Search of the Cause, Premium Body Care, Whole Body, Labeling Standards, faceparlour.com, Jeremiah McElwee, Lauren Fornes, Skin Care, Green Chemistry, Alaffia, Ikove, Eco-Cert, Style News
Lauren Fornes

No one seems more passionate about regulating the rhetoric of skincare than Jeremiah McElwee, who recently helped to launch the company's Premium Body Care standard for Whole Foods.

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