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Amazon announces ban on toxic chemicals and plastics in food packaging

PFAS, phthalates, BPA are among the dangerous chemicals Amazon Kitchen brands now prohibit. Amazon joins a growing trend of companies eliminating toxic chemicals in food packaging.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: BPA, Laurie Valeriano, maine, Mike Belliveau, Mike Schade, phthalates, plastic, polystyrene, PVC, toluene, Washington state, Amazon, N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP), PFAS, success, bisphenols, perchlorate, 2-Ethoxyethanol, 2-Methoxyethanol, polycarbonate plastic, polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), rigid polylactic acid (PLA), polyhyrdoxyalkanoates (PHAs)

Autism and Chemical Reform: Protecting Best Outcomes

Autism is a complex developmental disorder that appears in the first three years of life. It affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others. It is a spectrum disorder, so it affects individuals in a variety of ways. You may see a person with autism who is unable to speak, intellectually disabled, rocking […]

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: arsenic, autism, Autism Society, autism spectrum disorder, BPA, brain development, environmental justice, lead, methyl mercury, PCBs, phthalates, toluene, toxic chemicals, Triclosan, TSCA, We need chemical policy, vulnerable citizens, autism is a whole body condition, emoving toxic chemicals from the environment

Autism & Toxic Chemical Exposure: What is the Relationship?

Listen to the June 7, 2011 teleconference

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: arsenic, autism, chemical exposure, hazardous chemicals, lead, mercury, PCBs, safer chemicals, toluene, toxics, TSCA, TSCA reform, neurotoxicity

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