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Connecting the dots between plastic, mercury, asbestos and PFAS: A new report confirms PVC’s toxic lifecycle

Plastics production imperils life on earth in many ways, from the pursuit of fossil fuels to the pollution of the oceans. All petrochemical plastics exact some toll in their manufacture. But there is one type of plastic that is particularly harmful: polyvinyl chloride, commonly known as vinyl or PVC. A new catalog of the world’s […]

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store, Policy & Regulation Tagged With: asbestos, chlorine, Jim Vallette, mercury, PFAS, PVC

One out of three schoolchildren are at risk and this is why

An alarming statistic was released this month by the Center for Effective Government about the vulnerability schoolchildren face from a major chemical release or explosion. One in three children in the United States are at risk of being exposed to a catastrophic release based on the location of their school.

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: action, anhydrous ammonia, bill, cancer, Center for Effective Government, chemical disaster, chemical facility, chemicals, chlorine, environmental, Environmental Justice and Health Alliance, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Executive Order (EO) #13650, exposure, families, health, hydrofluoric acid, new, phthalates, policy, president obama, products, retailers, Risk Management Program, RMP, safer, saferchemicals, Schoolchildren, state, store, toxic, vulnerability zone

March Badness: New study finds toxic chemicals in University Themed products

HealthyStuff.org announces March Badness tournament to determine the MTP – Most Toxic Product

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: brominated flame retardants, Cancers, chlorine, healthy families, HealthyStuff.org, high levels of lead, infertility, learning disabilities, Major Retailers, March Badness, March Madness, Michigan State University, Mike Schade, Mind the Store Campaign Director for Safer Chemicals, phthalate plasticizers, phthalate-free grill cover, PVC, the Ecology Center, thyroid disruption, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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