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State legislatures tackle toxic chemicals as Pruitt EPA falters

State legislatures across the country are stepping up to protect public health from harmful chemicals in an effort to fill gaps in chemical protections due to inaction by the US EPA, according to an analysis of state policies by Safer States. The analysis found that at least 23 states will consider 112 policies to limit exposures to toxic chemicals, including bans on nonstick PFAS chemicals and toxic flame retardants.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Alaska, Connecticut, Consumer Product Safety Commission, drinking water, flame retardants, food packaging, Gretchen Lee Salter, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, PFAS, Rhode Island, Safer States, state policy, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington state, West Virginia

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

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Toxic trade: Lead paint worldwide

If you are outraged by the lead poisoning of children in Flint, Michigan, take a look at what’s happening just 250 miles to the east, near Toronto, where a Canadian company continues to produce lead compounds and distribute them worldwide for use in paints and plastics.

Filed Under: Lead, Mind the Store Tagged With: AkzoNobel, Asia, ban, Canada, children's products, China, CPSC, developing countries, Dominion Colour, export, Flint, Healthy Building Network, Indonesia, lead paint, Malaysia, Michigan, Occupational Knowledge International, Ontario, paints, pigments, plastics, PPG, reformulate, restrictions, rubber, Sherwin-Williams, Thailand, US laws, Valspar, violations

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