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There’s Toxic Antimony in Baby Bibs, Clothing, Toys and Games
With all of the chemicals that get put into consumer products, it can be difficult to protect our children from toxic hazards. Knowing what to look for and what kids' products contain harmful...
Five Couches Without Fire Retardants You Can Buy Right Now
Do you know that your couch may be toxic to you and your kids? A weak federal chemical safety law and poorly designed state fire safety standards fail to protect Americans from thousands of dangerous...
California Makes it Law: Label Toxic Flame Retardants in Furniture
California scored a big win for human health and the environment today (Sept. 30) when Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to require labeling on upholstered furniture to tell shoppers whether it contains...
Senator Pushes to Ban 10 Toxic Flame Retardants From Children’s Products
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Sunday (Sept. 14) that he was introducing legislation that would ban 10 toxic flame retardant chemicals from being used in children's products and upholstered...
California Takes Aim at Fire Retardants in Furniture
It's getting more likely that in the near future, when you go shopping for a couch or chair, it will no longer be saturated with pounds of toxic chemical fire retardants.
Study finds levels of toxic flame retardants 5 times higher in toddlers
Tests published earlier this month by myself and other scientists at the Environmental Working Group and Duke University detected a biomarker indicating that all 26 children in our study had been...
What I Learned From Being an EWG Guinea Pig
Toxic Dreams: Crib Mattresses May Release Risky Fumes
The study of foam from 20 old and new crib mattresses found that mattresses release up to 30 different types of volatile organic compounds, also known as VOCs, among them, phenol, a strong skin and...
At the Gym: Foam Pits Filled with Fire Retardants
A landmark study led by Courtney Carignan of the Dartmouth Center for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research has found that the blood of 11 female collegiate gymnasts ages 18...
EWG Lab Test, HBO Documentary Highlight Toxic Risk of Fire Retardants
New Research Explores How a Widely Used Fire Retardant Could Trigger Cancer
Earlier this year a disturbing study showed that the brominated fire retardant TBBPA, which is widely used in consumer products, triggers cancer in lab animals. Now a new study suggests that the...
Back-to-School Shouldn’t Mean Back-to-Toxics
I spend lots of time thinking about toxic chemicals, so when I shop I get pretty annoyed. It's flame retardants again. They're in everything – kids' pajamas, nap mats, nursing pillows, even some of...
EWG Celebrates 13 Women Scientists in 2013 Women’s History Month
ChiTrib Finds Toxic Fire Retardant in Crib Mattresses
The Chicago Tribune reports it has detected cancer-causing chemicals known as chlorinated tris in 11 crib mattresses made in China and sold by Babies R Us, Foundations and Angeles brands. None of the...
10 Top Environmental Health Stories of 2012
Toxic Fire Retardants Are Everywhere in Homes, New Studies Find
Peanut Butter, Pajamas and Power
"We need to stop this."
Flame Retardants: Banned, but not gone
Hey Baby, Your Stuff is Toxic!
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