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| 9/4/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 9/30/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 9/29/2006 | |
| The House today failed to strengthen a weak chemical security program crafted behind closed doors and attached to the Homeland Security funding bill. | |
| 9/22/2006 | |
| The chemical industry reached a closed-door deal in cooperation with Senate and House negotiators Thursday night to add temporary chemical security provisions to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill. | |
| 8/7/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 8/4/2005 | |
| Oil refineries needlessly endanger 17 million Americans in the event of an accident or deliberate attack, according to a new report released today by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. | |
| 8/1/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 7/31/2007 | |
| 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). | |
| 7/31/2007 | |
| 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). | |
| 7/28/2006 | |
| The House Homeland Security Committee, following recent action by its Senate counterpart, passed strong legislation today to secure the nation’s 15,000 chemical facilities against acts of terror. | |
| 6/5/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 6/26/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 5/9/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 5/4/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 5/24/2007 | |
| New report shows Target lags behind other major retailers in refusing to replace toxic packaging, toys and shower curtains with safe alternatives. | |
| 4/3/2007 | |
| 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). | |
| 4/13/2006 | |
| American taxpayers will pay more than $1.2 billion to clean up after polluters at Superfund toxic waste sites across the country in 2006, according to a new analysis released today by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. | |
| 3/6/2007 | |
| No New Nukes campaign launched with the release of the report “The High Cost of Nuclear Power: Why Maryland Can't Afford a New Reactor”. 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. | |
| 3/22/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 3/22/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 3/22/2007 | |
| Exposure to dangerous toxic pollution from industrial facilities threatens communities all across Florida, according to a new report released today by Environment Florida. | |
| 3/20/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 2/21/2007 | |
| Poised to Become First State in Nation to Ban Deca-BDE. | |
| 12/18/2006 | |
| For the first time ever, the Environmental Protection Agency today finalized two rollbacks to the nation’s premier toxic pollution disclosure program, the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). The changes announced today enable facilities to withhold currently reported information about toxic chemicals and restricts public access to information about toxic pollution. | |
| 11/8/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 11/28/2007 | |
| 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. | |
| 1/23/2008 | |
| Statement of Christy Leavitt, Environment America Advocate | |
| 1/23/2007 | |
| Statement of Christy Leavitt, Environment America Advocate | |
| 05/06/2008 | |
| 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. | |
