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In this edition:

• JUNE 22, JUNE 29, JULY 6 ONLINE PREMIERE: HEALTHIER PRODUCTS, HEALTHIER PEOPLE
• How to reduce your exposure to highly fluorinated chemicals
• Do flame retardants increase the risk of thyroid problems?
• More severe furniture standards may increase health risks
• From TVs to toys: Toxics from recycled TV casings found in children’s toys

In this edition:

• Flame Retardants Increasing in the Great Lakes
• Common flame retardants impact kids’ emotional well-being
• Highly fluorinated chemicals taken up by organs
• Policy Progress on Highly Fluorinated Chemicals
• Welcome to Raphael Tingley, Administrative Specialist

In this edition:

• Dupont to Pay $671 Million Settlement
• Are Fluorinated Alternatives Really Better?
• Q: What do deep sea creatures and your house dust have in common? A: Both contain persistent and toxic flame retardant chemicals.
• No one-size-fits-all solution for responsibly disposing of products containing flame retardants
• You’re invited: Focus groups on Six Classes videos March 9 or 10

In this edition:

• Towards a Healthier World: Annual Green Science Policy Symposium at UC Berkeley
• What’s popping in Denmark?
• DuPont in hot water for dumping Teflon toxics in Ohio River
• Human experiment: Chemical contamination and breastfeeding
• Welcome to Tom Bruton, the first Green Science Policy Fellow

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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