Mercury recycling program has silver lining: Store credit of $5 Portland Press Herald - 1/19/2009. Some Maine stores begin collecting old thermostats and providing a reward for helping the environment.

Chemical Common Sense Bangor Daily News - 1/16/2009. Letter to the Editor from Mike Belliveau - No Maine business wants to make or sell a product tainted with toxic lead. (“Lead rule weighs on kids’ clothiers,” BDN Jan. 12).

The Real Story Behind Bisphenol A Fast Company - 1/14/2009. How a handful of consultants used Big Tobacco's tactics to sow doubt about science and hold off regulation of BPA, a chemical in hundreds of products that could be harming an entire generation.

EU Assembly Votes To Ban Toxic Pesticides Reuters - 1/13/2009. European Parliament members voted on Tuesday to ban some of the most toxic and dangerous pesticides to human health. The move, likely to be endorsed by EU ministers in the next weeks, would let groups of countries with similar geography and climate decide whether farmers may use specific products.

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