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.
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Important research & policy updates, and work from our Institute
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.
It all comes out in the wash
Flame retardant chemicals don’t stay put in products.
Killer whales and the scientists working to save them
There is no documented case of a wild orca killing a human.
My foam exchange story: How I saved big bucks without passing the buck
I bought my sofa in California, “home” of the TB117 standard. I know 75-94% of sofas tested contain flame retardants.
Bacteria get an image makeover
In the 1963 animated film The Sword in the Stone, two wizards face off in a climactic duel, transforming themselves into an increasingly fearsome series of creatures in a magical arms race.
Textbook of Children’s Environmental Health brings issue into clear focus
Children’s environmental health is my passion and the reason I work at the Green Science Policy Institute.
A broken fluorescent bulb? What now?
Energy analyst John Rogers of the Union of Concerned Scientists put it best, “don’t panic” but do clean it up safely.
Walmart tackles its “top ten”
In September 2013, Walmart announced a plan to phase out ten hazardous chemicals found in many of the products it sells.