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Don’t Be Fooled: Voluntary EPA Program Fails Our Children

Aug 1, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

Thirteen years after initiating a program to protect children from the most harmful chemical hazards, a new report from the EPA’s Inspector General found that the agency’s “Voluntary Children’s Chemical Evaluation Program” has utterly and completely failed to achieve...

A Synthetic Satire: The Toxies 2011!

Jun 29, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, General Insights

The second annual Toxies were a smash hit, with great interviews of all the bad actor nominees, and enough toxic glamour and glitz to light up all of Hollywood! Held at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, the Toxies ceremony honored killer chemicals...

Pick Your Poison: Vote for Toxies People Choice Award

Jun 10, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, General Insights

The Toxies is a different kind of awards show, with a unique list of actor nominees. They are “bad actors”–chemicals that will seriously damage your health. Yes, these Toxie nominees can do many nasty things. They may just give you cancer, leave...

We are the Guinea Pigs for the Health Effects of Cell Phone Use

Jun 9, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, General Insights

The presence of cell phones in most parts of the world is undeniably ubiquitous—so it’s not surprising that many people (and news outlets) have chosen to ignore the studies that have been emerging over the last several years about cell phone radiation and its possible...

Get Ready for the Red Carpet Event of the Year: The Toxies 2011!

May 26, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, General Insights

You’ve probably heard about the the Razzies, a satirical spin on the Oscars, but you may not have heard of the Toxies. June 16, 2011 brings us the second annual red carpet awards ceremony for “Bad Actor” chemicals will take place at the Egyptian Theater in...

Foxconn: Workers in Chinese iPad Factories May Not Commit Suicide

May 16, 2011Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice, General Insights

We’ve alerted you before about issues of e-waste, and electronics workers developing cancer and other illnesses from exposure to the toxic chemicals that go into our phones, laptops, and other electronics. But these aren’t the only issues surrounding electronics...

Greener Electronics Going Global

Apr 27, 2011Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice, General Insights

We don’t often think about it when we’re using our computers, cell phones, and other electronics, but these devices have created complex new toxic problems that require global collaboration to resolve. So it was a welcome event last month, when a United...

For CBS “EcoAds”, Seeing Isn’t Believing

Apr 15, 2011Charles MargulisGeneral Insights, Legal Action

If you’re one of the few Americans who doesn’t fast forward through TV commercials, you may have seen something new on certain ads running on CBS programs. These “EcoAds,” a project created by the EcoMedia division of CBS, are commercials that feature a green leaf...

The Story of Citizens United v FEC is here!

Mar 2, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

The Story of Stuff Project has released another illuminating short video this week, to launch the second season of the Story of Stuff. The new video, The Story of Citizens United v FEC “explores the crisis of corporate influence in American democracy and was inspired...

A Cleaning Industry Poll Concludes that the Public (gasp) Favors Antibacterial Products!

Mar 1, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChemical Industry, Children's Health, General Insights

Last month, the American Cleaning Institute and Personal Care Products Council conducted a “poll” of American consumers’ views on and uses of antibacterial soap, in nervous anticipation of the possible EPA ban on triclosan, the antibacterial chemical found in a...