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Important research & policy updates, and work from our Institute
Flame Retardants in Car Seats—Do We Need Them?
Car seats are essential to protecting children in cars.
Pop Stop: Denmark retailer stops sale of microwave popcorn amid health fears
Some love it, some hate it: that overwhelming buttery, salty smell that fills the house every time you throw a bag of popcorn in the microwave.
Chemical Industry Insider Comes Clean
“Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus” “False in one, false in all” is the legal principle that says a witness who willfully falsifies one matter is not credible on any matter.
Goliath, meet David – The 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize
We got the Golden Ticket!
Trading Health for Small Conveniences?
“Stain-resistant, Nonstick, Waterproof and Lethal” is how journalist Callie Lyons describes a highly fluorinated chemical called C8.
Phthoughts on phthalates: odd spelling, clear problem
Have you ever heard of phthalates or DEHP?
To be, or not to be, BPA-free
When consumer outcry got loud enough and states started their own bans, manufacturers stopped using bisphenol-A (BPA) in some baby products.
Phosphate flame retardants: Bad to the bone?
If you go to the CDC’s ToxGuide it will tell you that data suggest Phosphate Ester Flame Retardants are widely distributed throughout the human body.
HBCD is on the way out – but use of questionable alternatives will persist
This week, the United States celebrates Thanksgiving.