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National Academy of Sciences

Weak Tea in a Chipped Cup

The new Vitter-Udall legislation isn’t just “not good enough.” It’s not good.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: American Academy of Pediatrics, Andy Igrejas, California Attorney General, cancer, chemicals, chemicals in products, environmental, EPA, EPA to collect fees, evaluate chemicals against a heath-based safety standard, exposure, families, government work, health, National Academy of Sciences, new chemical safety legislation, phthalates, policy, preemption, products, public health groups, regulatory void, retailers, take action, the EPA can’t do anything, the Office of Management and Budget, TSCA, TSCA reform, Udall, Vitter, Vitter-Udall legislation, Weak Tea in a Chipped Cup, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

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Toxics Turn Up in Fresh Food

Phthalates are insidious chemicals that are seemingly turning up everywhere. Research increasingly shows they can interfere with the production or activity of hormones in the human endocrine system. New research from the University of Texas School of Public Health says chemicals the industry adds to many consumer products isn’t just getting into some of our food, […]

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Health Science Tagged With: action, bioaccumulation, BPA, cancer, canned food, Chemical Watch, chemicals, chemicals in food, dirty dozen, EDCs, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, fresh food, health, healthy families, hormone disrupting chemicals, hormone disruption, National Academy of Sciences, organic food, phthalates, policy, products, retailers, Safe Chemicals Act, safer chemicals, Senator Lautenberg, toxic, toxic chemicals, TSCA reform, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

Baby (S)cents

Would you use perfume on your baby? Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director We all love the smell of babies, but at what cost? It was just last week when I was watching Modern Family and I couldn’t stop laughing when one of the characters was “baby huffing.” You know that overwhelming feeling when you hold a […]

Filed Under: Find Safer Products Tagged With: action, baby huffing, baby scents, baby smell, cancer, chemicals, Dolce and Gabbana, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, fragrance, fragrance free, fragrance free cosmetics, health, hormone disruption, Modern Family, National Academy of Sciences, natural baby lotion, natural baby shampoo, natural fragrance, perfume, phthalates, policy, products, retailers, Safe Chemicals Act, Safe Cosmetics Act, toxic, toxic fragrances, toxic perfume, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

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