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Is Your Baby Crawling On Carpet Made Of Coal Ash?

Deirdre Imus | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Superfund Polluter Pays Act, H.R. 832, Superfund Sites, Coal-Fired Power Plant, Environmental Health, Mercury, Coal Ash, Birth Defects, Love Canal, Pcbs, Pollution, Children's Health, Superfund, Heavy Metals, Cercla, Green News
Deirdre Imus

Corporations need to take economic and social responsibility for their business practices. Environmental pollution is a major health threat with enormous economic consequences.

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Scary Stuff: Children's Halloween Face Paints May Contain Lead

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, Face Painting Kits, Green Diy, Halloween, Lead in Face Paint, Green Halloween, Green News, Natural Home Living, Diy, Cobalt, Green Living, Nickel, Heavy Metals, Toxic Chemicals, FDA Compliant, Face Paint, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Hypoallergenic, Contact Dermatitis, Children's Health, Natural Home, Natural Home Magazine, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

A new Campaign for Safe Cosmetics report reveals that some children's face paints contain heavy metals such as lead, nickel and cobalt that can cause lifelong skin sensitization and contact dermatitis.

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Toxic Waters: Clean Water Laws Neglected At A Cost To Health

The New York Times | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Lead, Baths, Municipalities, Rashes, Health, Toxic Water, Wells, Clean Water Act, Heavy Metals, Barium, Epa, Clean Water Act Violations, Showers, Manganese, Pollutants, Arsenic, Water Utilities, Public Health, Sewage, Drinking Water, Green News

Jennifer Hall-Massey knows not to drink the tap water in her home near Charleston, W.Va. In fact, her entire family tries to avoid any contact wit...

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