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Lowe’s to eliminate toxic phthalates in flooring by end of 2015

Retail chain joins The Home Depot in eliminating harmful chemicals, while Lumber Liquidators, Ace Hardware and Menards lag behind

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: asthma, brain development, Consumer Product Safety Commission, healthy families, HealthyStuff.org, home depot, immune system, Lowe's, Mike Schade, mind the store, Mind the Store Campaign, phthalates, reproductive health, retailers, safer chemicals, testing, Ace Hardware, flooring, home improvement, Lumber Liquidators, Menards, CPSC, phaseout, samples

What are we doing to our children’s brains?

Environmental chemicals are wreaking havoc to last a lifetime February 16, 2015/ensia.com  — The numbers are startling. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1.8 million more children in the U.S. were diagnosed with developmental disabilities between 2006 and 2008 than a decade earlier. During this time, the prevalence of autism […]

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: action, BPA, BPS, brain development, cancer, CDC, chemicals, child development, developmental disabilities, electronics, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, health, ingredient labels, lead, neurological disorders, PBDEs, personal care products, phthalates, plastics, policy, products, retailers, toxic, bill, Environmental chemicals, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Philip Landrigan, Philippe Grandjean, neurobehavorial development disorder, clinical diagnosis, mercury organophosphate pesticides, Chemicals in flame retardants, upholstery foams, Chemicals and the Brain, chemical hazards, new chemicals tested for developmental neurotoxicity, lead exposure can cause damage, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

Autism and Chemical Reform: Protecting Best Outcomes

Autism is a complex developmental disorder that appears in the first three years of life. It affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others. It is a spectrum disorder, so it affects individuals in a variety of ways. You may see a person with autism who is unable to speak, intellectually disabled, rocking […]

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: arsenic, autism, Autism Society, autism spectrum disorder, BPA, brain development, environmental justice, lead, methyl mercury, PCBs, phthalates, toluene, toxic chemicals, Triclosan, TSCA, We need chemical policy, vulnerable citizens, autism is a whole body condition, emoving toxic chemicals from the environment

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