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Like a guest that won't leave, BPA lingers in the human body (Scientific American, 1/28/09)

Hairspray linked to birth defect (BBC News, 11/21/08)

Lessen your baby's toxic load (Part 2): Clothing (Natural News, 11/13/08)

Lessen your baby's toxic load (Part 1): Diapers (Natural News, 11/13/08)

Tips to avoid Bisphenol A exposure (Environmental Working Group, October 2008)

Why cancer's gaining on us (Boston Globe, 10/27/08)

Lead researcher on Bisphenol A study accepts $5 million (Natural News, 10/24/08)

Pesticides may damage human brain development (Reuters UK, 10/24/08)

Canada to Ban Bisphenol A in Baby Bottles, US Urged to Follow (Environment News Service, 10/22/08)

More Bad News About Bisphenol A: It Interferes with Chemotherapy Treatments (Treehugger.com, 10/9/08)

Reducing your exposure to PBDEs in your home (Environmental Working Group, 10/7/08)

Exposure to chemical may affect genitals of baby boys (USA Today, 10/2/08)

Is Bisphenol A in Canned Pet Food Linings A Concern For Pets? (Natural News, 10/2/08)

Adolescent exposures to cosmetic chemicals of concern (Environmental Working Group, September 2008)

California launches broad effort to control hazardous chemicals (Los Angeles Times, 9/29/08)

The Goods, the Bad, and the Ugly: California enacts new laws to reduce toxicity of consumer goods (Grist, 9/29/08)

Workplaces allowed higher levels of carcinogens (The Record - NorthJersey.com, 9/16/08)

More Evidence That BPA Found In Clear Plastics Impairs Brain Function (Medical News Today, 9/4/08)

Fire retardant levels three times higher in toddlers than moms (Environmental Working Group, 9/4/08)

The dangers of flame retardants (Today Show Video, 9/4/08)

Chemists and chemical engineers will be providing the thousands of technologies needed to achieve a more sustainable world (Chemical & Engineering News, 8/18/08)

Lawmakers agree to ban toxins in childrens' items (Washington Post, 7/29/08)

U.S. rushes to change workplace toxin rules (Washington Post, 7/23/08)

Antibacterial Agent No Better Than Soap & Water and It's Toxic (Common Dreams, 7/17/08)

The truth about plastics (Time Magazine, 7/10/08)

Controversy over fire-retardants (CBS News, 5/20/08)

Pyrethrin chemicals in pet shampoo may increase autism risk (The Times [U.K.], 5/15/08)

Toxic chemicals in consumer products: latest scare isn’t the last (Minneapolis-St Paul Star Tribune, 5/6/08)

EPA chemical-review process sucks, says GAO (Grist 4/29/08)

It's not easy being green: two families test their lifestyles (MSNBC.com, 4/21/08)

Nalgene dumps estrogenic ingredient (Grist, 4/18/08)

Canada likely to label plastic ingredient toxic (New York Times, 4/16/08)

Chemical in plastic may harm human growth (Los Angeles Times, 4/16/08)

Health Canada Bisphenol A announcement imminent (CBC News, 4/15/08)

Health Canada primed to declare Bisphenol A toxic (Grist, 4/15/08)

Ignore self-serving industry studies and ban plastics chemical (The Mercury News, 4/14/08)

States vie to attract clean-tech industries (Christian Science Monitor, 4/11/08)

Studies that support use of Bisphenol A called into question (Globe and Mail [Toronto], 4/5/08)

Simplifying the pesticides risk equation: the organic option (The Organic Center, March 2008)

A turn to alternative chemicals (The New York Times, 3/26/08)

States alter rules of game on safety for toymakers (Wall Street Journal, 3/25/08)

The case against phthalates in children's toys (The Huffington Post, 3/24/08)

The autoimmune epidemic: bodies gone haywire in a world out of balance (AlterNet, 3/19/08)

Arsenic in children's organic pear juice puzzles investigators (Ottawa Citizen, 3/19/08)

Got chemical and pesticide residues in your milk? (Grist, 3/13/08)

Senate passes consumer safety bill that would reduce toxics in toys (Grist, 3/6/08)

Experts warn of environmental contaminants (King5.com [Seattle], 2/20/08)

Perchlorate in food (Environmental Science & Technology, 2/13/08)

Polyvinyl Want an Attacker? (Grist, 2/13/08)

Baby bottles leach toxic chemical (Center for Health, Environment & Justice, 2/7/08)

Study finds high levels of chemicals in infants using baby products (Los Angeles Times, 2/4/08)

Study sees hazards in baby powder and lotion (The Washington Post, 2/4/08)

Nalgene bottles pulled from shelves (Organic Consumers Association, 1/9/08)

Buyers at risk: Christmas season of toxic recalls (AlterNet, 12/19/07)

All I want for Christmas are some lead-free toys (AlterNet, 12/5/07)

Health risks of bisphenol A (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/2/07)

Early puberty's toxic causes and effects (San Francisco Bay Guardian, 11/21/07)

We can't shop our way to safety (AlterNet, 11/16/07)

Is it in us? Toxic trespass, regulatory failure and opportunities for action (isitinus.org, 11/8/07)

I'll have my cosmetics with a side of infertility, please (AlterNet.org, 10/25/07)

Good food, dangerous packaging (OrganicToBe.org, 10/25/07)

What's in your furniture? It's enough to make you sick (San Francisco Chronicle, 10/24/07)

Tests reveal high chemical levels in kids' bodies (CNN, 10/22/07)

The toxic chemistry of everyday products and what's at stake for American power (New book by Mark Schapiro, Chelse Green Publishing, September 2007)

Why are 80% of U.S. schools still using toxic pesticides? (Organic Consumers Association, 8/16/07)

The toxic chemistry of everyday products (AlterNet, 8/15/07)

Low birth weight linked to chemicals in consumer products (Organic Consumers Association, 8/15/07)

Kick the can: toxic, hormone-disrupting chemicals leaching from food can liners (Ecology Center, 08/08)

Chemicals in plastics may harm unborn babies (The Telegraph (U.K.), 7/31/07)

Pesticide link to autism suspected (Los Angeles Times, 7/30/07)

Eat fish, or avoid it? Scientists weigh in (Portland Press Herald, 7/24/07)

There's BDE in your britches (Grist, 7/19/07)

Hair tests detect higher mercury levels in anglers (7/18/07)

Does plastic make us fat? (Salon.com, 7/16/07)

Pollution risks to people slip through nets in tests on fish (Guardian (U.K.), 7/13/07)

PVC packaging violates state laws (Organic Consumers Association, 7/10/07)

Green Chemistry: Changing an industry (WorldChanging.com, 7/9/07)

Correlation between ag chemicals and fetal impacts (The New Farm, 6/15/07)

Closer To Home

Hazardous chemicals crop up in unlikely people (Village Soup, 6/14/07)

Frightening findings (Editorial in Village Soup, 6/13/07)

Environmental group sounds alarm about toxic chemicals (WCSH-TV. 6/12/07)

Study in Maine finds modern living carries toxic price (Morning Sentinel, 6/12/07)

Study shows everyday items expose all of us to pollutants (Kennebec Journal, 6/12/07)

Study finds 36 toxic chemicals in bodies of Mainers tested (Portland Press Herald, 6/12/07)

Toxins found in systems of 13 Mainers (Lewiston Sun-Journal, 6/12/07)

Tests on 13 Mainers find industrial chemicals (Bangor Daily News, 6/12/07)

Ashes, ashes (American Chronicle, 6/12/07)

UM Study eyes potatoes as source of plastics (Bangor Daily News, 6/6/07)

You see potato, they see potential, as a bioplastic (Portland Press Herald, 6/6/07)

Opportunities seen for Maine in making potatoes into plastics (Associated Press, 6/6/07)

Maine potatoes could be used to make plastic (WCSH6.com, 6/5/07)

Rachel Carson's legacy endures (Portland Press Herald, 5/27/07)

Maine to phase out flame retardant (Portland Press Herald, 5/25/07)

Measure to ban Deca advances in Augusta (Bangor Daily News, 5/18/07)

Ban chemicals found in baby bottles, toys. (Op-Ed by Representative John Hinck, Portland Press Herald, 5/2/07)

So Young. So Toxic. (Lewiston Sun Journal, 4/29/07)

Legislative committee backs ban on deca. (Bangor Daily News, 4/26/07)

Volunteers take to streets to warn of lead paint risk (Portland Press Herald, 4/21/07)

Protect health, not a cash cow [brominated flame retardants] (Op-Ed by Sharon Tisher. Bangor Daily News, 4/20/07)

Ad blitz targets proposed flame retardants ban (Portland Press Herald, 4/19/07)

Questions about Deca should lead to a ban (Portland Press Herald, 4/11/07)

Industry ad ignites Deca bill backers (Bangor Daily News, 4/10/07)

Bill to ban fire retardant debated by lawmakers (Bangor Daily News, 4/6/07)

State should ban flame retardant (Kennebec Journal, 3/26/07)

ME & NH peregrines have highest levels of Deca ever reported (Natural Resources Council of Maine, 3/21/07)