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Report Finds Toxic Toys Still Widely Sold at Toys R Us as 2010 Holiday Season Begins

National Commission of Inquiry Supports Recommendations in Toxic Toys R Us Report, Health, Environmental, Consumer& Labor Groups Demand Action by Toymakers, Retailers & Congress

Filed Under: Mind the Store, Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Andy Igrejas, brain damage, cancer, Center for Health Environment and Justice, chlorine, Ecology Center, hazardous chemicals, organotins, PVC, safer chemicals, toxic chemicals, toxics, toys, toys r us, Jeff Gearhart, tin, toxic chemical regulation, national commission of inquiry, peter orris, KKR

Ground-breaking study finds harmful chemicals in pregnant women’s bodies

On November 17, the Washington Toxics Coalition released a groundbreaking study on toxics in pregnant women’s bodies. The project tested nine pregnant women from Washington, Oregon and California for levels of toxic chemicals in their bodies, and thus being exposed to their fetuses.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: brain damage, chemical exposure, chemicals, development, phthalates, pregnancy, reproductive health, teflon, TSCA, voc

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