Environmental Health

January 18, 2011

Get organized. Eat healthier. Magically make time to relax. The list list goes on. It's January, and a lot of us are taking stock of promises that we made to ourselves in the form of New Year's resolutions. Toys "R" Us knows something about promises: They made one in 2008 to take toxic chemicals...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health

December 16, 2010

As a way to get her newborn infant son to sleep through the night, mom Janet Vasquez decided to use her recently bought iPhone for the often-difficult task. She downloaded several applications, including “BabySoothe” and “Lullabies”, and set them running throughout the night in close proximity to...

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Devra Davis

Environmental Health

December 9, 2010

Cassidy Randall is the Program & Outreach Coordinator for Women's Voices for the Earth. How often have you heard a friend say she uses Simple Green because it’s a “natural cleaner”? Maybe you’ve even thought the same thing yourself. And who could blame you? The company’s tagline says “We Are...

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Cassidy Randall

Environmental Health

December 3, 2010

Two years ago, CHEJ and the Teamsters made a discovery: Toy juggernaut Toys "R" Us was peddling PVC-containing toys to the under-12 set. Toy-box classics like Toy Story 3 Barbie and You and Me Take Along Baby doll were exposing kids to toxic chemicals like lead, PVC, and more. And as anyone who has...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health Food!

November 30, 2010

Everyday, children from Nevada just like my friend Rylee Gustufson, a bright teenager from Henderson, eat lettuce, spinach, or eggs. They eat these foods at home and at school. We tell them that vegetables are good for them and will make them strong. But a raw spinach salad made Rylee so sick she...

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US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Environmental Health Food!

November 30, 2010

A year in which Americans have seen a number of contaminated food recalls can close out on a high note if the U.S. Senate passes landmark food-safety legislation tonight . As it stands, the nation’s food-safety system is broken. The legislation, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), would...

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Leigh Ann Winnard

Environmental Health

November 29, 2010

Just before Thanksgiving, the chemical industry squashed a bi-partisan effort to ban the controversial chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) from baby bottles and children's drinking cups. Really guys? Protecting kid s from toxic chemicals should be a no-brainer, right? Especially when the science is so...

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Kristin Schafer

Environmental Health

November 26, 2010

What's stinkier than day-old-dirty dishes left over from Thanksgiving? A corporation that doesn't live up to its public promises. In 2008 Toys “R” Us publicly promised (even issuing a news release!) to reduce the use of toxic toys that contain polyvinyl chloride (also known as PVC) from their...

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Claire Moshenberg

Environmental Health

November 23, 2010

Toys "R" Us - you've been very naughty these past few years. We were esctatic back in 2008 when Toys R Us pledged to reduce the use of PVC and offer more PVC-free products. Unfortunately they haven't kept their word. That's why we and the Teamsters Office of Consumer Affairs have released a new...

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Mike Schade

Environmental Health

November 19, 2010

Picture it: Thanksgiving, circa 1990. The table filled the entire room and overflowed with guests, so many that looking back all I remember is a blur of noise and food and endless pies. But in that blur, one thing stands out: green bean casserole. The white ceramic crock, crisp and brown on top...

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Claire Moshenberg