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Opinion: The Hidden Risk of Fire Safety Standards
By not in system - AOL NewsIn December, news broke that scientists at the University of Texas School of Public Health found extremely high levels of a class of recently banned flame retardants, PBDEs, in brand-name butter. This adds fuel to the long standing -- and fiery -- controversy about the use of flame retardants in consumer products. Certainly the argument for fire safety is a strong one. However, on the other side of the debate there are a growing number of scientists who are increasingly concerned about the specific chemicals used as flame retardants -- the PBDEs and now their replacements -- pumped into ...
Chemical 'Warfare': Who's Who and What's at Stake
By Sheila Kaplan - Politics DailyChemical industry resistance and campaign pressures from the upcoming election combined to kill reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act this year, but it is expected be reintroduced early in 2011. It will face the same legion of lobbyists from many sectors of U.S. Commerce. Major Trade Groups and Businesses Working on This Issue: American Chemistry Council, American Cleaning Institute, BASF, Consumer Specialty Products Association, CropLife America, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Grocery Manufacturers of America, The National Association of Manufacturers, Personal Care Products Council, Procter & ...
Reform of Toxic Chemicals Law Collapses as Industry Flexes Its Muscles
By Sheila Kaplan - Politics DailyThis article by investigative journalist Sheila Kaplan is the first in a series supported by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University's School of Communication. Politics Daily will publish the remaining installments in the weeks to come. Fire retardants in baby blankets, nano-particles in cosmetics, plastics in water bottles and anti-bacterial agents in soaps. Experts call these and other chemicals emerging contaminants -- compounds that were once thought to be safe, but which scientists now believe may pose a danger to human health. How those chemicals get into your ...
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