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Toxic TVs: Best Buy’s step in the right direction should go further

Best Buy launched a chemicals policy in 2017 but didn’t publish the list of chemicals it is restricting until recently. While a step in the right direction, the list of chemicals does not go far enough — it is woefully inadequate in addressing harmful flame retardants and other toxics. In the year ahead, Best Buy must significantly expand its list of restricted chemicals and ban toxic flame retardants in the enclosures of all televisions it sells.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Amazon, Best Buy, Consumer Product Safety Commission, dioxins, electronics, flame retadardants, Hisense, LG, methylene chloride, N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP), Samsung, solvents, Sony, televisions, trichloroethylene, Who's Minding the Store? retailer report card

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Should anglers worry about toxic chemicals?

Eating one meal of sport fish or game will likely not make people sick. However, consuming game and fish not sold in markets may have long-term health effects. So should those who enjoy sport fishing worry about toxic chemicals?

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: adverse effects on physical growth and mental development of children, Chemicals often found in sport game and fish, dioxins, long-term health effects., northern pike, PCBs, pickerel, smallmouth bass, sport fish, sport fish consumption, Tips for healthy game consumption, Tips for healthy sport fish consumption, walleye

Why the National Medical Association Joined the Fight for Safer Chemicals

Dr. Leonard Weather Jr., R.Ph., M.D. is the 111TH President of the National Medical Association. The National Medical Association is dedicated to reducing and eliminating disparities in health and improving the lives of our patients, their families, and their communities. As the nation’s oldest and largest organization representing African American physicians and health professionals in […]

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: African American physicians, African American physicians and health professionals, birth defects, dioxins, Dr. Leonard Weather Jr., Healthy Families campaign, hot spots, National Medical Association, PCBs, reproductive health, Safe Chemicals Act, safer chemicals, toxic chemicals

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