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Walmart agreed to pull a line of toxic cadmium-laced jewelry from its shelves on Wednesday within hours of a press report suggesting the company sold the wares despite knowing they were tainted......

A coalition of environmental and advocacy groups staged a red carpet event this week to spotlight a slew of what they call "bad actors" -- pervasive toxic chemicals that consistently......

Sprint Nextel upped its green credentials before Congress Tuesday with testimony that it had developed a green design scorecard for new products and would vastly expand its wireless phone......

The company has unveiled two new laptops that are made without PVC and flame retardants, two chemicals of concern that are widely used in electronics manufacture....

Facing risks from toxic toys to questions about nanomaterials, smart companies have begun to take dramatic steps forward in disclosing potentially toxic ingredients to investors, customers and......

The first of a three-part series about developing a benchmark to help companies embrace green chemistry and toxic reductions explores which firms are leading the charge, and how they benefit from......

Looking at the full impact of any type of product or device -- rather than, say, the cloud of exhaust in front of you on the highway -- opens the door to a whole new understanding of how design......

Strong supplier partnerships, green design objectives, and sharing best practices with government, NGOs and peers have allowed Nike, HP and SC Johnson to weed out toxic materials from their......

This report from ChemSec and Clean Production Action highlights the innovations driven by electronics manufacturers that have removed toxics like bromine and chlorine from high-tech gadgets.