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February 10th, 2011

Clorox Discloses All Ingredients Their Products; Still Toxic.

Chlorine bleach is an incredibly dangerous product. It releases dioxin, furans and other organochlorines into the air, causes sore throat, coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, fluid in the lungs and studies have shown a relationship between dioxin exposure and cancer, birth defects, and developmental/reproductive disorders. Clorox is probably the biggest producer of chlorine bleach, certainly [...]

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January 02nd, 2011

Time To Reform The Toxic Substances Control Act Of 1976

Dear EarthTalk: What is happening to update and reform the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, which I understand is considerably outdated and actually permits the use of thousands of chemicals that have never been adequately tested for safety? According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a leading environmental research and advocacy organization, upwards [...]

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November 28th, 2010

Environmental Links To Prostate Cancer

Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that environmental factors could be playing a role in the increasing number of prostate cancer cases in the U.S. and elsewhere? Prostate cancer is a growing problem for men in the U.S. as well as in other developed nations around the world. Some 40,000 American men lose their battle with [...]

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November 10th, 2010

What Is The Compact for Safe Cosmetics?

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a coalition effort to protect the health of consumers and workers by securing the reforms necessary to eliminate dangerous chemicals from cosmetics and personal care products. Partners include the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, the Breast Cancer Fund, Commonweal, Environmental Working Group, Friends of the Earth and Women”™s Voices [...]

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October 03rd, 2010

What Is BPA And How To Avoid It.

Dear EarthTalk: What is BPA used in plastics, and why should I worry about it? Are there certain household items or food containers to avoid because of BPA? According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Bisphenol A (also known as BPA) is a chemical that has been in use for upwards [...]

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September 23rd, 2010

10 Toxic Ingredients To Avoid When Shopping.

Although of course there are tons of incredibly toxic ingredients we as humans should try to avoid, this is a good place to start when looking at the ingredient lists on the products that we all buy. I have covered a few of them here in-depth before, but having a bunch of these must-avoid ingredients [...]

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August 31st, 2010

What Companies Are Still Testing Products On Animals?

While we try to buy the most eco-friendly this, that, and the other thing that we can, do we ever stop to consider if those “good” products are ever tested on animals? Or if some parent companies tell the world at large that they are “sustainable” while they abuse animals in locked-down laboratories? Something I [...]

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