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

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

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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Taking Things Off the Table

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Axelrod, White House, Lead, Leadership, Tort Reform, Table, Speech, President Obama, Democratic, Reform, Obama, Seat at the Table, Address, Legislation, Republican, Clinton, Insurance, Bipartisan Bipartisanship, Single Payer, On the Table, Health Care, Trigger, Joint Session, Everything's on the Table, Public Option, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Lines in the Sand, Barack Obama, Off the Table, Chris Weigant, Health, Political Capital, Line in the Sand, Healthcare, Politics News

Obama absolutely loves the phrase "everything's on the table." But the time for piling "everything" on "the table" is over. Everything being on the table means that no decisions have been made.

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Get the Lead Out

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Migratory Birds, Lead, Lead Poising, Hunting, Toxic, Environment, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Waterfowl, Mourning Doves, Green News

When mourning dove hunting season begins next week, hunters will once again discharge enormous amounts of toxic lead into the environment.

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The Rest of the Story

Carl Pope | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Grand Canyon, Uranium, Lead, Roadless, Fema, Fema Trailers, Ken Salazar, Green News

Off the front pages, last year's election is having some wonderful environmental results, and we're making real progress.

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It's Time To Lead, Mr. President

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Lead, Leadership, President Obama, Democratic, Reform, Obama, Legislation, Republican, Pelosi, Congressional Committees, Nancy Pelosi, Single Payer, Obstructionism, Press Conference, Health Care, August, House, Public Option, Democrat, Congress, Bully Pulpit, Democrats, Barack Obama, Chris Weigant, Health, Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Obstructionist, Vacation, Republicans, Healthcare, Senate, Politics News

Obama's legislative style has been to vaguely define what he's for, introduce a plan that is quite obviously open to lots and lots of negotiation, and then sit back and let Congress work it out.

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Use the Precautionary Principle

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 08.03.2009 | Green

Read More: White House Garden, White House, Obama White House, Lead, Michelle Obama, Eddie Gehman Kohan, The Obama Girls, Gardening, Epa, Green News, Lead Poising, Sewage Sludge, Obama Administration, Organic Gardening, Organic Food, National Park Service, Toxic Chemicals, Green News

At the White House, the precautionary principle should be used: lead contaminated soil should be removed and replaced with organic compost. That would be the safe and truly organic way.

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The Only Thing Toxic About The White House Kitchen Garden Is The Misinformation: Scientists Correct The Record On Contamination

Eddie Gehman Kohan | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

No one is being poisoned by eating the bounty of wonderful crops that have been grown in the White House Kitchen Garden, period.

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The Obama Organic Family Garden: Swimming in Sludge?

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Obama White House, White House, Lead, Sewage Sludge, Michelle Obama, Organic Gardening, Lead Poising, Organic Food, Epa, National Park Service, Obama Administration, Gardening, The Obama Girls, White House Garden, Green News

The Obamas may be the newest sludge victims. Michelle's hopes of having a truly organic garden and healthy vegetables for her own children and other children who visit the White House have been dashed.

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Obama Must Live Up to Campaign Pledge on Vieques Cleanup

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, Lisa Jackson, Napalm, Vieques Puerto Rico, Alan Grayson, Agent Orange, Camp Lejeune, Mercury Poisoning, Justice Department, Depleted Uranium, Eric Holder, Arsenic, Asbestos in Libby Montana, Bush Administration, Contamination, Sovereign Immunity, US Navy, Green News

President Obama should instruct all relevant federal agencies to live up to his stated commitment to address the health crisis in Vieques immediately, pursue an "environmentally acceptable" clean-up for Vieques, and work toward a fair and complete resolution to the ongoing litigation.

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Is Your Lipstick Making You Sick?

nytimes.com | ABBY ELLIN | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Lead, Lipstick, Lead Lipstick, Personal Health, Health, Women's Health, Health and Beauty, Beauty Industry, Makeup, Beauty Products, Living News

The debate seems to resurface every few years. Do some lipsticks contain lead? If so, is the amount so negligible that consumers have nothing to be co...

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How Much More Do We Have to Learn?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Water, Washington DC, Lead, Cdc, Green News

Congress is already investigating the D.C. lead-poisoning episode. It ought to dig deeper and find out what was really going on at the Centers for Disease Control during the past eight years.

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Motorcycle's Lead Law Pain: New Rule Hurts Bike Companies

AP | LEE LOGAN | Posted 04.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Motorcycle Companies, Lead, Motorcycle Lead Law, Lead Paint, Lead Paint Toys, Lead Paint in Toys, Motorcycles, Lead Law Consequences, Lead Law Motorcycle, Business News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Larry Neill has $118,000 worth of small motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles sitting on his lot in Missouri's capital city...

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The Lunatics are Running the Asylum

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Energy, Lead, Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress, Veterans Affairs, Obama Stimulus, Money, Alternative Energy, Economy, Public Health, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Fbi, Smithsonian, Tax Breaks, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Stimulus, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Coast Guard, Obama Stimulus Plan, Mississippi River, Stimulus Package, Colleges, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Economic Stimulus, Department of Energy, Hollywood, Politics News

If Congress have lost sight of what this economic crisis is about and whom the stimulus plan is supposed to be helping, perhaps the following sobering statistics will serve as a reminder.

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What's for Dinner? Lead and Antifreeze -- Yum!

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, India, Children, Tainted Chinese Milk, Milk, Lead Paint Toys, Fda, Antifreeze, Healthy Child Healthy World, Imports, Melamine, Toxic Imports, Chinese Exports, Heparin, Meat, Children's Health, China, Tainted Toothpaste, Green News

Over the past couple of months, melamine has been heavy in the headlines... dairy products manufactured in China were intentionally contaminated with the chemical.

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Keep the Gifts Under the Tree Toxics-Free

Nena Baker | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Walmart, Toys R Us, Toys, Lead, Children's Jewlery, Children Lead, healthytoys.org, Phthalates Children's Toys, Trouble in Toyland, Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals, Chemicals, Painted Toys, Phtalates, Toxins, Pirg, Green News

A group called HealthyToys.org tested 1500 toys this year and found 20 percent of them contained lead, with children's jewelry leading the most contaminated category.

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Toxic Toys: What Parents Should Know This Holiday Season

Sloan Barnett | Posted 01.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Lead, Toxic Toys, Holidays, Holiday Gifts, Green News

When you are out shopping for toys this holiday season, be sure to purchase from trusted manufacturers that go above and beyond regulations.

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Life Cycle: Burn, Baby, Burn (The Eco Impact of Candles)

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, Honey, Wax, Mango, Green, Emissions, DéCor, Wick, Soy, Green Living, Carbon, Life Cycle, Fossil Fuels, Fragrance, Beeswax, New Scientist Magazine, Burn, Sarah Smarsh, Wine, Air Pollution, Paraffin, Tea, Shoulder Rub, Pier 1, Petroleum, Crude Oil, French Vanilla, Hanukkah, Romance, Sex, Environment, Candles, Toxicity, Simran Sethi, Fragrance-Free, Green News

Most candles are made from paraffin wax, which is derived from crude oil. Demand for these products plays into our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Getting It Right at the EPA

Carl Pope | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Stephen Johnson, Epa, Lead, Green, Green Living, Politics News

Wonderful things do happen: The new EPA standards tighten the allowable lead level by a factor of 10 down to 0.15 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air.

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EPA Toughens Lead Pollution Limits Despite Industry Lobbying

Grist | Janet Wilson | Posted 11.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Batteries, Epa, Battery Recycling, Lead, Green News, Lead Pollution, EPA Rules, Pollution, Green News

Federal regulators announced Thursday a sharp reduction in legal levels of lead emissions, rejecting pleas by industrial battery recyclers who told Wh...

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Bush Administration Made Complete Immunity for Negligent Corporations a Top Priority

Les Weisbrod | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

In the past three years federal agencies, have engaged in a campaign to hand corporations a 'get-out-of jail-free' pass when their products have harmed consumers.

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More Lead Pollution? Battery Recyclers Resisting EPA Rules

Grist | Janet Wilson | Posted 11.15.2008 | Green

Read More: EPA Rules, Epa, Lead Pollution, Lead, Pollution, Battery Recycling, Green News

Lobbyists for industrial battery recyclers charged over to the White House recently to crank up arguments against possible tough new regulations of le...

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Report: EPA Lets Electronic Waste Flow "Virtually Unrestricted"

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Recycling, Technology, Lead, Congress, Toxic, E-Waste, Computers, Epa, Gao, Government Accountability Office, Green News, Green News

According to the report, other used electronics "flow virtually unrestricted, even to countries where they can be mismanaged."

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Poisoning Children in Chicago: An Old Problem in a New Century

Dan Agin | Posted 09.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Environment, Lead, Pollution, Toxins, Chicago Environment, Lead Pollution, Chicago Lead Poisoning, Chicago Air Quality, Chicago Lead Poluution, Chicago News

Children living anywhere in the suburbs in a house built before 1960 are at high risk for high-dose lead exposure. An old house in Highland Park is as dangerous as an old house in Harvey. It makes no difference that the old house has been repainted with unleaded paint.

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Life Cycle: Think Yoga is Healthy? Not on a PVC mat.

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Lead, Yoga, Corpse Pose, Cadmium, Rubber, Yoga Mat, Ashtanga, Green, Practice, Jute, Poly-Vinyl Chloride, Pthalates, Environment, Ahimsa, Eco-Mat, Cancer, Sarah Smarsh, Simran Sethi, Per, Green Living, Tpe, Pvc, Green News

Life Cycle is a series of posts that takes a closer look at the stuff we use and love. It's the end of class. You're breathing deeply, surrenderi...

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