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Category Archives: label laws
“Overwhelming support” for Vermont chemicals law
This in from local on-line news source, the Vermont Digger: “In one of the most decisive votes of the session the Vermont House supported the regulation of toxic chemicals found in children’s products. The vote was 114-27.” As blogged a … Continue reading
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Vermont strives for comprehensive chemical regulation
Vermont has enacted a variety of commercial chemicals laws over the last decade in response to specific issues. For example, 18 V.S.A. § 1511 limits the concentration of phthalates in products intended for children under 3 years old; 9 V.S.A. … Continue reading
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Inert but potent
Three environmental and public health groups represented by Earthjustice filed suit yesterday, asking the U.S. District Court in San Francisco to require the EPA to promulgate final rules requiring public disclosure of specific pesticide ingredients. The Center for Environmental Health, Beyond Pesticides, and Physicians for … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture and human health, carcinogens, chemical safety regulation, consumer pressure, environmental health, EPA, FIFRA, label laws, pesticides, PSR, public health, risk communication, synthetic chemicals
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Good and Bad News on Phthalates in the U.S.
This study recently published in Environmental Health Perspectives, the monthly peer-reviewed journal supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, concluded that phthalate exposure in the … Continue reading
Posted in carcinogens, CDC, chemical safety regulation, congress, consumer pressure, label laws, NHANES, NIEHS, phthalates, synthetic chemicals
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No More Tears – and probable carcinogens
Johnson & Johnson has just quietly reformulated its baby shampoo as a result of consumer pressure. It no longer contains formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane. In 2011, J&J promised to remove both chemicals from all of its baby care products by the … Continue reading
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General Mills learns about the shelf life of failed GMO ballot initiatives
“No more GMOs in your Cheerios,” shouts this L.A. Times article today. General Mills has announced that it will stop using bioengineered corn starch and sugar cane in its core cereal brand after a year-long campaign by Green America, a nonprofit organization that “mobilizes people in … Continue reading
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Scrutinizing food labels – less is more?
As enviro health activists seek improved or additional labels on everything from food to baby toys, we’ve witnessed pushback by manufacturers and retailers in state legislatures, as well as at the polls. The recent successful attempts at GMO labeling via … Continue reading
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