Johnson and Johnson phasing out toxic chemicals - CBS News Video

Johnson and Johnson phasing out toxic chemicals - CBS News Video

Dr. Landrigan of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine "Why were those chemicals in there in there in the first place and why were they allow to stay [in there] so long?  The legal system that suppose are suppose to protect Americans and consumers from chemicals is broken.  Its been broken for decades."

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Toxic Taps: Lead is still the problem, - Toxic Taps | Investigative Reporting Workshop

Toxic Taps: Lead is still the problem , epecially for the children

Millions of Americans may be drinking water that is contaminated with dangerous doses of lead. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) knows it; state governments know it; local utilities know it. The only people who usually don’t know it are those who are actually drinking the toxic water.

The terrible legacy of Agent Orange - Asia - World - The Independent

The terrible legacy of Agent Orange on the children of Vietnam- Asia - World - The Independent

Tran Thi Hoan, 26, studied medicine only to be told that she couldn't become a doctor because of a war fought 20 years before she was born. The ostensible reason was that she had no legs or left hand, but the main reason, and the cause of so much misery blighting the lives of millions of other Vietnamese, is the 20 million gallons of Agent Orange sprayed in her country by US forces in the Sixties

Read more:  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-terrible-legacy-of-agent-orange-8034869.html

Heart defects on the decline in European babies | Reuters

Heart defects on the decline in European babies | Reuters

A team of European Union researchers analyzing millions of birth records found that the number of European babies born with heart defects fell from around seven in every thousand births in 2004 to around six per thousand by 2007- a drop of around four percent each year. Reuters. 11 August 2012. 

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How Our Buildings Are Making Us Sick - Forbes

How Our Buildings Are Making Us Sick - Forbes

“The buildings we build are manifestations of certain values and beliefs,” Syrett says. “If a school is meant to nurture and support, you don’t want to build it out of toxic materials. If a hospital is about healing and health you don’t want to build it with materials that work against those things.”

Read more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/amywestervelt/2012/08/08/how-our-buildings-are-making-us-sick/

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U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program (Border 2012) is a collaboration between the United States and Mexico to improve the environment and protect the health of the nearly 12 million people living along the border. The bi-national program focuses on cleaning the air, providing safe drinking water, reducing the risk of exposure to hazardous waste, and ensuring emergency preparedness along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Border 2012 is a results-oriented program that takes a “bottom-up” approach to addressing the environmental and public health needs of the border region.  Issues and projects are identified and implemented at the local level.  The program encourages stakeholder involvement through a variety of opportunities (see Getting Involved).

EWG's Cleaners Database Hall of Shame

EWG's Cleaners Database Hall of Shame

More than 2000 products and 200 brands reviewed

Many of these products contain unlisted fragrance chemicals that combine with other chemicals and sanitizers to product toxic products.