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Campaign for Healthier Solutions Family Dollar in Houston, TX

Targeted Toxicity: Dollar Stores and Environmental Justice

For many families, dollar stores are the only source of their household necessities, including food, children’s toys, and clothing. However, these cheap products do not come without a more significant cost. Despite low prices, dollar stores are selling products with high levels of toxicity

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: 99 Cents Only, Campaign for Healthier Solutions, Campaign for Healthier Solutions National Coordinator, chemical pollution, Dee Treviño, Dollar General, dollar tree, environmental justice, Family Dollar, HealthyStuff.org, Jose Bravo, low-income communities, socially-conscious society, Targeted Toxicity: Dollar Stores and Environmental Justice, the Dollar Store Report, toxic chemical exposure, toxic products, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, vulnerable families

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A new piece of the obesity puzzle

Despite the First Lady’s Get Up and Move campaign, America’s weight problem persists. Perhaps the causes of obesity are more diverse than just genetics, lifestyle and diet. The three most known factors related to obesity are critically important, and an emerging fourth contributor – toxic chemicals– can be another important part of reducing and preventing obesity in the future.

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: action, atrazine, bill, Bishphenol A, BPA, cancer, chemicals, Chemicals and Minorities, discrimination, endocrine disrupting chemicals, environmental, environmental justice, EPA, exposure, families, Fence line communities, Gaining Weight, health, Healthy, Jose Bravo, minorities, Minority Health, new, Obese, obesity, Obesogens, PFOA, phthalates, policy, products, retailers, safer, saferchemicals, state, store, toxic, toxic chemicals, tributyltin, weight and minorities

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TSCA reform must protect public health from toxic chemicals

Before moving here, I shared the romantic vision that Alaska was a remote and pristine place. It was surprising to learn that Alaska–and the Arctic region–is actually the home of some of the most contaminated people on the planet.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: action, Alaska, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Alaska Federation of Natives, Alaska Nurses Association, Arctic, bill, cancer, Chemical Safety Improvement Act, chemicals, contamination, environmental, environmental justice, EPA, exposure, families, health, hotspot communities, indigenous communities, new, oceans, phthalates, policy, products, retailers, safer, saferchemicals, seals, state, store, stroller brigade, toxic, traditional foods, TSCA reform, walrus, whales, Yupik

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