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Elizabeth O’Connell, Campaigns Director, Green America

Apple iPhones get (a little) less toxic

Five months after Green America launched their Bad Apple: End Smartphone Sweatshops campaign, the company agreed to remove toxic chemicals including benzene and n-hexane from its supplier factories in China.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products Tagged With: action, Apple, benzene, bill, blood cancer, cancer, chemicals, China, electronics, electronics manufacturing, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, Green America, health, iphone, labor, lukemia, Mac, n-hexane, neurotoxic effects of chemicals, new, phthalates, policy, products, retailers, safer, saferchemicals, smart phones, state, store, toxic, worker exposure to toxic chemicals, worker's health, workers

New study: Lead abatement pays for itself in 3-6 years

A new report out of Michigan sheds light on why investing in lead abatement makes financial sense. For many of us who support removing lead from homes and products, it’s a no brainer, right?! But when it comes to making the case to state and federal lawmakers, numbers speak louder than words.

Filed Under: Health Science, Lead Tagged With: action, bill, cancer, chemicals, cost savings, Ecology Center, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, flame retardants, health, health care costs, impacts of lead, lead, lead abatement, lead and ADHD, lead and crime, lead in dust, lead in paint, Michigan, neurotoxic effects of chemicals, new, phthalates, policy, preventative health, products, retailers, safer, saferchemicals, Scientific report, state, store, toxic

Notorious chemicals on Congressional chopping block

The Protecting American Families from Toxic Chemicals Act would allow the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify and phase out PBTs from commerce within the next five years.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: action, Alaska, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, asbestos, bill, bioaccumulation, breast milk, brominated flame retardants, cancer, chemicals, community impacts, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, flame retardants, health, heavy metals, Musk, new, PBDEs, PBT bill, PBTs, persistence, phthalates, policy, polybrominated diphnyel ethers, products, retailers, safer, saferchemicals, sea mammals, Senator Merkley, state, store, toxic, toxicity

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