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Laying Down the Evidence: Toxic Flame Retardants in Mattress Pads

Oct 3, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

Flame retardant chemicals are a $4 billion a year industry, and the companies that produce these often harmful compounds want to keep it that way, regardless of the health and environmental consequences of their products. This makes it even more important to review...

What’s Inside Your Tech Gadgets? The History and Health Impacts of Rare Earth Metals

Sep 8, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants

From missiles and aircraft generators to ipods and tv monitors, rare earth metals are used in a vast amount of the products we use everyday. With the increase in production of tech gadgets comes an increase in global demand for rare earth metals–but that demand...

Greenwash of the Month: Chemical Company Poses as Supporter of Safe Chemicals Act

Aug 30, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChemical Industry, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Is your chemical company getting a lot of flak for all those nasty health problems that the toxic chemicals you produce have been causing? Don’t worry! Follow the steps below to see a great chemical company marketing tactic guide that’s sure to gain your corporation...

Only YOU (Not Flame Retardants) Can Prevent Fires

Jul 7, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Did Smokey Bear ever mention that many flame retardants are extremely toxic and are added to an unnecessary amount of our everyday items? We’re exposed to toxic flame retardants not just in our furniture, baby products, electronics and other everyday items, but also...

Flaming Mad About Risky Chemicals in Baby Products

Jun 2, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

In a paper published last month, Duke University researcher Heather Stapleton and colleagues collected and tested foam from 101 baby products, including changing table pads, nursing pillows, car seats, and others. The research for the first time analyzed baby products...

Stop Toxic Flame Retardants in Baby Products

May 27, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Tips

Most most baby carriers, car seats, portable cribs, and other baby products contain untested synthetic flame retardants that pose serious health risks. These flame retardants are unsafe and unnecessary! Urge Gov. Brown: Take Action against Risky, Untested Flame...

Flame Retardants in Baby Products: CEH’s Mary Brune featured in SF Chronicle

May 20, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

“Eighty percent of baby products—from car seats to nursing pillows and portable cribs—contain flame retardants that are untested or known to be toxic”, according to a new study published in Environmental Science and Technology on Wednesday. The study, led by Duke...

Flame Retardants: The Asbestos of our Time?

Apr 28, 2011Ali Geering-KlineFlame Retardants, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Executive Director of the Green Science Policy Institute, Arlene Blum works with CEH to research the effects of flame retardants and push for chemical reform to get these toxic chemicals out of consumer products. Published today, her op-ed piece, Flame Retardants are...

Eco-Tip: Avoiding Toxic Chemicals in Kids PJ’s and other products

Mar 23, 2011Judy LevinChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Recently I got an email from a pregnant woman wondering about the safety of using hand-me-down pajamas for her newborn given the historic use of flame retardants in children’s sleepwear. The issue of flame retardants in sleepwear is not as straight forward for...

Warning: Your Baby Contains Toxic Chemicals!

Oct 28, 2010Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Food, Tips

Crossposted at SupernaturalMom.com Hundreds of toxic chemicals, including PCBs, DDT, endocrine disruptors, and dioxins — to name just a few — are showing up in mothers’ and their newborn babies’ bodies. These chemicals, found in everyday household products, can get...