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| 2010-06-23 | |
| The Department of Toxic Substance Control seems to be listening to us. The draft regulations they issued today are more likely to reduce Californians' exposure to toxic chemicals than earlier versions. There are some sections that trouble us, but there is still time for public comment before the regulations that would implement the Green Chemistry Initiative are finalized. | |
| 2010-04-16 | |
| Businesses up and down the state are discovering that “going green” is not only good for the environment, but is also good for the bottom line. From Oakland’s Kaiser Permanente, the health-care giant, to San Francisco’s Method Products, a manufacturer of non-toxic cleaning supplies to Chico’s Klean Kanteen, maker of stainless steel drinking bottles, California companies are substituting safer alternatives for known toxic chemicals and reaping financial rewards along with the knowledge that they are doing the right thing for our health and the environment. | |
| 2010-04-05 | |
| House Bill 1348, the Uranium Processing Accountability Act, passed the Colorado House of Representatives by a vote of 62 to 2 today. | |
| 2010-03-04 | |
| Just in time for the Oscars, the environmental group Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy is holding its own red-carpet event on Wednesday March 3 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. This tongue-in-cheek awards ceremony for “Bad Actor” chemicals, “The Toxies,” is an entertaining event with actors in character as various chemicals. The actor portraying “Lead,” for example, will be getting a “Lifetime Achievement in Harm” award. Bisphenol-A, or BPA, a synthetic sex hormone leaching from baby bottles and in canned food, is getting “Worst Breakthrough Performance.” | |
| 2009-11-04 | |
| Toxic chemicals used in natural gas drilling could pose a threat to water quality near the nearly 500,000 gas wells nationwide according to a report released today by Environment America. The report, Toxic Chemicals on Tap: How Gas Drilling Threatens Drinking Water, details how the chemicals in gas drilling could endanger clean water in the United States. | |
| 2009-05-08 | |
| On Mother’s Day weekend California moms will have comfort in knowing that toys will be free of hormone disrupting chemicals know as phthalates. | |
| 2008-09-29 | |
| California made environmental history again today when Governor Schwarzenegger signed two major environmental bills designed to regulate, for the first time, toxic chemicals in consumer products. | |
| 2008-09-24 | |
| The California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a lawsuit yesterday against five manufacturers of baby furniture for high levels of formaldehyde in products such as cribs and changing tables. | |
| 2008-05-06 | |
| Baby nursery cribs, changing tables, and dressers can emit formaldehyde at levels linked with increased risk of childhood allergies and asthma, according to a new report released today by Environment California Research & PolicyCenter. | |
| 2008-01-23 | |
| Statement of Christy Leavitt, Environment America Advocate | |
| 2007-11-28 | |
| WASHINGTON, DC – New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed suit today on behalf of twelve states challenging a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that limits public access to information about toxic chemical releases. | |
| 2007-11-08 | |
| Chicago, IL—Three toxic chemicals used in everyday products were found in five Illinoisans and 30 other volunteers in a nationwide biomonitoring project, according to a new report issued today by Environment Illinois and a coalition of public interest groups. | |
| 2007-09-30 | |
| September 30th marks the end of the federal fiscal year, and another year of bankruptcy for the Superfund hazardous waste cleanup program. Since the Superfund first went bankrupt in 2003, attempts to compensate for lost polluter payments with taxpayer money have not prevented delays and postponements at many toxic waste cleanups. | |
| 2007-09-04 | |
| The California State Senate passed AB 1108 (Ma), a bill that will phase out the use of phthalates from products intended for kids under the age of three. The bill passed with 41 votes. | |
| 2007-08-07 | |
| New Jersey industries pump hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals known to cause cancer and developmental problems into our air each year, a new report by the New Jersey PIRG Law and Policy Center has found. | |
| 2007-08-01 | |
| Pulp and paper mills that use chlorine or chlorine dioxide to whiten paper needlessly endanger more than 5.7 million people, according to a new report released today by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. | |
| 2007-07-31 | |
| The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today approved legislation to restore public access to information about toxic chemical pollution in communities. The Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act (S. 595), sponsored by Senators Lautenberg and Boxer, would rescind a recent EPA action curtailing the amount of information available on the federal Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). | |
| 2007-07-31 | |
| WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today approved legislation to restore public access to information about toxic chemical pollution in communities. The Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act (S. 595), sponsored by Senators Lautenberg and Boxer, would rescind a recent EPA action curtailing the amount of information available on the federal Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). | |
| 2007-06-26 | |
| Governor Easley is scheduled to sign into a law an NCPIRG-backed bill, H36, that will improve safety in chemical plants and provide the public and first responders with more information about the contents of these plants. The bill is a product of months of work by a Governor-appointed task force, legislators, first responders and advocacy groups. | |
| 2007-06-05 | |
| The California State Assembly passed AB 1108, a bill that will phase out the use of phthalates from products intended for kids under the age of three. The bill passed with 41 votes. | |
| 2007-05-24 | |
| New report shows Target lags behind other major retailers in refusing to replace toxic packaging, toys and shower curtains with safe alternatives. | |
| 2007-05-09 | |
| The Assembly Health Committee passed AB 1108 The Toxic Toys bill (Ma), a bill that would ban the use of six phthalates, toxic chemicals that can cause reproductive and genital defects, from products intended for kids under the age of three. | |
| 2007-05-04 | |
| Gov. Schwarzenegger’s staff released documents outlining ways to reduce exposure to dangerous toxic chemicals. This program, if adopted, would be the first of its kind across the country. | |
| 2007-04-03 | |
| In an important victory for both human health and the effort to clean up Puget Sound, Washington became the first state in the nation to initiate a complete ban on a class of toxic flame retardants known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). | |
| 2007-03-22 | |
| In 2004 alone, U.S. industrial facilities released 1.5 billion pounds of toxic pollutants linked to serious health effects, threatening hundreds of communities across the country, according to a new report released today by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. | |
| 2007-03-22 | |
| Exposure to dangerous toxic pollution from industrial facilities threatens communities in North Carolina and across the country, according to a new report released today by NCPIRG. | |
| 2007-03-22 | |
| Exposure to dangerous toxic pollution from industrial facilities threatens communities all across Florida, according to a new report released today by Environment Florida. | |
| 2007-03-20 | |
| Three new reports affirm goals of House Bill 1421, which would phase out decaBDE in applications where alternatives are available. DecaBDE and its byproducts are toxics known to accumulate in human blood and breast milk. | |
| 2007-03-06 | |
| No New Nukes campaign launched with the release of the report “The High Cost of Nuclear Power: Why Maryland Can't Afford a New Reactorâ€. The report makes the case against the construction of a new nuclear reactor at Calvert Cliffs due to the high financial, public health and environmental costs to our state. | |
| 2007-02-21 | |
| Poised to Become First State in Nation to Ban Deca-BDE. | |
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