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The Plastic Bag Ban: Convenience Has Its Consequences

Jul 24, 2012Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

Billions of plastic bags are given away each year by grocery stores across the globe, polluting the planet and our bodies. Over the past year, Wales has seen the number of plastic bags given away by stores fall by up to 96%. What could this country have done to force...

Greenwash of the Month: “My Teacher Says Plastic Bags are A-OK!”

Sep 29, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Plastics, Tips

It’s like the plot for an action-filled Hollywood movie: the evil mastermind tries to gain power and control by indoctrinating the unsuspecting civilians. In this case, the villain is the American Chemistry Council, the chemical industry’s trade group. And the...

Lead in Your Shopping Bag?

Sep 23, 2010Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Wegmans, a major grocery store chain in New York and nearby states recently announced that some reusable shopping bags that have been sold in its stores contain lead. Independent testing by the Empire State Consumer Project showed that these bags contain more lead...

Majestic Plastic? Or Waste That Won’t Die…

Sep 10, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, General Insights, Plastics, Uncategorized

We’ve written about the Pacific Garbage Patch before. This huge mass (twice the size of Texas!) of discarded plastic shows that when it comes to throwing away plastic, there simply is no Away. All those forgotten plastic toys, cups, bottles, lighters and other...