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November 2016: Fall Back: To a Healthier Home
In this edition:
- $340 Billion in Health Problems Estimated from Toxic Chemicals
- Do you have flame retardants in your couch?
- Who should pay for couch disposal?
- Home Free of Toxics
- Six Inches Under
- Stain-resistant seals?
September 2016: Planes, Trains, and Toxic Chemicals
In this edition:
- A Circular Economy for a Healthier World
- Highlights from DIOXIN 2016
- Day in the Life at Green Science Policy: Veronica Chin
- From Products to Dust to Us: Two New Studies
- Doctors and Scientists: Add Your Support to the Florence Statement on Triclosan and Triclocarban
August 2016: Troubled Waters
In this edition:
- Gymnasts’ High Exposure
- Breastfeeding, Interrupted
- Study Participants Wanted: Are Flame Retardants in Your House Dust?
- Eight Things You Won’t Find at Walmart
July 2016: POPs on Top
In this edition:
- Landmark Alliance to Prevent “Brain Drain” in Our Children
- Teflon Toxics in Drinking Water of Millions
- Flame Retardants Hit California Kids Hardest
- 40 Years Later, TSCA Gets an Overhaul
- Bad News on Canned Goods
May 2016: A Big Mistake 40 Years Later
In this edition:
- Michigan children & grandchildren still harmed by PBB disaster from 40 years ago
- Stain and water repellant chemicals: Is the substitute safer?
- Our joint work featured in IKEA newsletter
- Silicone wristbands can help estimate chemical exposure
- Goldman Environmental Prize
April 2016: Celebrating Ten Years of "Tackling Toxics"
In this edition:
- What to do with a Flame-Retarded Couch?
- Tris in my Tent?
- Switch in Cosmetics Leads to Fast Drop in Teen Girls’ Chemical Exposure
- Antimicrobials in Health Care Furnishings?
- Boston Changes Fire Code to Allow Flame Retardant-Free Furniture in Public Spaces
March 2016: The Power of Prevention
In this edition:
- Remembering Berta Cáceres
- CBS reporter finds flame retardant “Tris” in daughter’s car seat and body
- Fluorinated chemicals in the news, from the US to the Land Down Under
- A perfect storm
- Are there batteries in your smoke detector?
January 2016: Flame Retardant Dilemma and Beyond
In this edition:
- Register Now: The Flame Retardant Dilemma and Beyond
- First the fox designs the henhouse, then gets hired to guard it
- Poisoning the Well: Toxic Fire Fighting Foam has Contaminated US Drinking Water
- Big Ideas – Then and Now
October 2015: Don't get spooked - get informed!
In this edition:
- Defeating the Candle Standard Goblins
- DuPont Found Liable in Teflon Toxin Trial
- Come See Us At Greenbuild 2015
- Out of Sight, but On Our Minds: Flame Retardants in Below Grade Insulation
- Fireproof Fingernails? Common Flame Retardant Chemical Found in Nail Polish
September 2015: Fluorinated Chemicals Found in Babies: Why?
In this edition:
- Babies Exposed to Fluorinated Chemicals
- Health Harm from Drinking Water
- In the Future, the Best Chemistry Practices Will be Green
- PentaBDE Flame Retardant, Previously Used in Furniture, Can Cause Cancer
August 2015: More Flame Retardants, Really?
In this edition:
- Do you watch TV by Candlelight?
- Prenatal DDT exposure linked to fourfold increase in breast cancer risk
- The Proof is in the Sewage: Can Harmful Chemicals Move from Sofas to the Environment and Our Bodies?
July 2015: Can we shop our way out?
In this edition:
- Happiness is a new couch…without flame retardants!
- Your sofa may be safer, but your insulation is still a PRoblem
- “Six Classes” retreat contributes to reduced toxics