Chemicals

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Taking Mercury off the Table

Sloan Barnett | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living Advice, Toxic Chemicals, Mercury Poisoning Symptoms, Poison, Mercury, Environment, Green Living, Mercury Poisoning, Chemicals, Pollution, Green Living Tips, Green News

Emissions from coal-fired power plants release airborne mercury, which eventually settles in bodies of water and, with the help of bacteria, is transformed into the very toxic methyl mercury.

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Keep the Gifts Under the Tree Toxics-Free

Nena Baker | Posted 12.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Walmart, Toys R Us, Toys, Lead, Children's Jewlery, Children Lead, healthytoys.org, Phthalates Children's Toys, Trouble in Toyland, Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals, Chemicals, Painted Toys, Phtalates, Toxins, Pirg, Green News

A group called HealthyToys.org tested 1500 toys this year and found 20 percent of them contained lead, with children's jewelry leading the most contaminated category.

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Eco-Conscious Conception

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 12.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Women, Children, Baby, Raising Children, Pregnancy, Body Burden, Human Reporduction, Planet, Chemicals, Detoxification, Children's Health, Sperm, Health, Green News

Every person carries a body burden of industrial chemicals, most of which didn't exist two generations ago. Babies born today have over 200 toxic pollutants pulsing through their bodies.

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Lifting the "Body Burden": How to Fight Toxic Exposure and Keep Chemicals Out of Your Home

Simran Sethi | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

From Seventh Generation's discussion on "Children and Chemicals," featuring Jane Houlihan of the Environmental Working Group, pediatrician Dr. Alan ...

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"The Change" Our Children Need: REACHing for Kid Safe Chemicals

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 10.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Plastics, Toxic Chemicals, Health, Hospitals, Cpsc, Cord Blood, Chemicals, Toxic Toys, Reach, Green News

At the local hospital near you, right now, babies are being born with over 200 industrial chemicals in their cord blood.

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A Toxic World?

Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 10.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Toxins, Nih, Detox, Life Force, Chemicals, Who, Cdc, Health, Nutrition, Diet, McCombs Plan, Antioxidants, LifeForce Plan, Foods, Kidneys, Hot Baths, New Age, Water, Yeast, Liver, Sweating, Saunas, Glutathione, Living News

Some people think that the body is adequately equipped for detoxification, but if it were, we wouldn't have words like carcinogen, teratogens, reproductive toxicants, and endocrine disruptors.

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California Puts Green Chemistry Under the Microscope

Joel Makower | Posted 08.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, Greenbiz, Environmental, California, Chemicals, Green News

What strikes me as a big problem is the opposition of the chemical industry toward basic policy steps that would level the playing field for green chemistry.

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Bipartisan Support for our Children -- It Has Happened!

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Law, Children, Health, George W. Bush, Exxon Mobil, Cpsc, Environment, Lead Paint Toys, Regulation, Green Living, Bipartisanship, Chemicals, Toxic Toys, Phthalates, Green News

The final day of July 2008 may go down in history as the moment the tides of democracy shifted away from corporate cronyism and back to the people.

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Cosmetics and Chemicals Hurting Babies?

Robin Wilson | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Eco-Friendly Nurseries, Chemicals, Babies, Phtalates, Exposure to Chemicals, Organic Bedding, Living News

What is the logic of focusing on organic bedding and baby food, when you forget to protect the mother against chemicals in the environment?

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Modus Operandi for Millennial Parents: Avoid Unnecessary Exposures

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 05.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, Chemicals, Baby Bottles, Baby, Children, Health, Lifestyle, Healthy, Green Advice, Green, Sustainability, Living, Parenting, Wellness, Living News

My head is spinning with all the conflicting information and reports. Parents shouldn't have to worry about plastics, especially those in our children's baby bottles, teethers, and toys.

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Ladies Who Launch: Moms - Beware! Is It Beauty Or Cancer That Is In Our Bathrooms

Amy Swift | Posted 05.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Beauty Products Chemicals, Chemicals, Chemical Products, Cosmetics Chemicals, Living News

The majority of beauty products out there spell danger. Maybe a good rule of thumb might be....if you can't pronounce it, maybe you shouldn't be using it?

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Losing Another Winnable War: "Yes We Can" Conquer Childhood Cancer

Deirdre Imus | Posted 02.15.2008 | Living

Read More: National Cancer Act, Toxic, Smoking, Nixon War on Cancer, Exposure to Chemicals, Imus Ranch, Secondhand Smoke, Chemicals, Toxic Chemicals, Toxic Chemicals and Children, International Childhood Cancer Day, Toxic Substance Control Act, Chronic Diseases in Children, Health, Fooling Mother Nature, Children and Cancer, Cancer, Children's Health, Living News

What is causing a disturbing increase in pediatric cancer and why are we losing what numerous scientists suggest is a winnable war on cancer?

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No More Tears or Toxic Exposures from Baby Shampoo

Stacy Malkan | Posted 02.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Beauty Industry, Babies, Chemicals, Toxic, Phthalates, Living News

This is what it's come to: avoiding baby products in order to avoid chemicals. This, of course, should be a wake-up call to the beauty industry.

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Health Risks in Perspective

Elizabeth M. Whelan | Posted 12.17.2007 | Living

Read More: Riskometer, Chemicals, Exposure to Chemicals, Phthalates, Risk, Children's Safety, Living News

Health risks are not frequently compared to each other on a spectrum from hypothetical to real because advocacy organizations tend to be single-issue groups.

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