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Lead: America’s unfinished business

All of the attention to the Flint tragedy should result first and foremost in justice and concrete aid for Flint, but it should also serve as a wake-up call that America has unfinished business with lead.

Filed Under: Uncategorized, Lead Tagged With: airports, ban, CDC, children, Congress, dust, EPA, food, lead poisoning, legislation, Michigan, no safe level, public health, Tonko, cars, Flint, Rick Snyder, safe water, lead policy, legacy, industrial paints and coatings, boats, civil engineering, gasoline, lead wheel weights, vinyl school supplies, garden hoses, lunchboxes, chocolate, emergency funds, Cardin, tax credits, plumbing, paint remediation, lead remediation, HUD, test water, drinking fountains, lead and copper rule, Health Justice Project of Loyola Chicago Law School, Sargent Shriver Center, contaminated public housing, Health and Human Services, Medicaid

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Companies that are taking the toxics out of electronics

As global consumption of cellphones and other devices soars, industry searches for ways to decrease the threat of chemical components to people and the environment.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: benzene, brominated flame retardants, cadmium, cancer, children, Clean Production Action, consumers, electronics, electronics manufacturing, environment, flame retardants, lead, phthalates, plastic, polyvinyl chloride, PVC, REACH, hp, cell phones, mobile phones, chemical components, Hewlett-Packard, power cords, power cables, GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals, GreenScreen, televisions, hexavalent chromium, developing fetuses, health of workers, e-waste, copper, electronic waste, EPEAT, Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council, Electronics Watch, International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, United Nations Environmental Programme, IPEN

Are artificial turfs just toxic turfs in disguise?

This past fall, a city in New Jersey made national news when they decided to say “no” to an artificial turf. How many other cities are installing these concerning turfs without considering the risks they may pose to growing children?

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: artificial turf, chemicals, children, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, health, kids, lead, New Jersey, NJ, phthalates, policy, products, retailers, risks artificial turf, science, synthetic fields, synthetic turf, Synthetic turf bans, toxic, toxic chemical exposure, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

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