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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 […]

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Schumer bill would phase out toxic flame retardants

Ten toxic chemicals to be banned in furniture and children’s products This week, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled legislation to ban ten toxic flame retardant chemicals from use in upholstered furniture and children’s products. His bill would also create a process to examine and regulate other similar chemicals. Flame retardants are often added to foam […]

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: cancer, Congress, couches, developmental disabilities, firefighters, flame retardants, foam, furniture, Liz Hitchcock, plastics, safer chemicals, schumer, Senate, chuck schumer, cushions, upholstered furniture

EPA Lauded for Weighing in on Toxic Flame Retardants

Broader Reforms Needed to Make People Safe

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Andy Igrejas, developmental disabilities, flame retardants, healthy families, reform TSCA, Safe Chemicals Act, safer chemicals, Senator Lautenberg, TSCA reform, Broader Reforms Needed to Make People Safe, today's EPA announcement, market these chemicals, evidence of their toxicity, a broader group of chemicals, EPA Lauded for Weighing in on Toxic Flame Retardants

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