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9/4/2007
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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. | |
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8/7/2007
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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. | |
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8/4/2005
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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. | |
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8/1/2007
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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. | |
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7/31/2007
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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). | |
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6/5/2007
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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. | |
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6/26/2007
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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. | |
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5/9/2007
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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. | |
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5/4/2007
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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. | |
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5/24/2007
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New report shows Target lags behind other major retailers in refusing to replace toxic packaging, toys and shower curtains with safe alternatives. | |
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4/3/2007
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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). | |
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3/6/2007
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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. | |
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3/22/2007
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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. | |
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3/22/2007
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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. | |
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3/22/2007
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Exposure to dangerous toxic pollution from industrial facilities threatens communities all across Florida, according to a new report released today by Environment Florida. | |
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3/20/2007
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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. | |
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2008-03-06
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Statement of U.S. PIRG Public Health Advocate Liz Hitchcock | |
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2008-02-07
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Dozens of state and national environmental health organizations in the U.S. and Canada are calling for an immediate moratorium on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and other food and beverage containers, based on the results of a new study that demonstrates the toxic chemical BPA leaches from popular plastic baby bottles when heated. | |
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2008-01-23
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Statement of U.S. PIRG Public Health Advocate Liz Hitchcock | |
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2/21/2007
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Poised to Become First State in Nation to Ban Deca-BDE. | |
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2/19/2008
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Statement of U.S. PIRG Public Health Advocate Liz Hitchcock | |
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12/18/2006
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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. | |
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11/15/2007
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Leading up to this year’s election, thirty of New Jersey’s lawmakers pledged to make toxic clean-up and toxics use reduction a focus in the 2008 legislative session. | |
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02/07/2008
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NJPIRG and NJ Lawmaker call for legislative action to ban the use of toxic chemicals in child care products. | |
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01/23/2008
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Statement of U.S. PIRG Public Health Advocate Liz Hitchcock | |