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As the fashion industry tackles toxic chemicals, here's a five-step plan for phasing them out.
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Although natural gas is the big thing for energy in an era of $4 gasoline, we need a more balanced look at what's gained, and lost, if we embrace it too heartily.
In a red carpet ceremony in Los Angeles Thursday, the second annual Toxie Awards honored bad actor chemicals for their ubiquity and negative impacts.
Pediatricians want U.S. chemical laws revamped to better protect children and pregnant women.
Swiss researchers have discovered that toxic mineral oils from recycled newspapers was being absorbed in foods commonly packaged in cartons made from recycled cardboard.
Even plastic-containing products claiming to be BPA-free can still leach chemicals with estrogenic activity (EA), according to a new study published in the Environmental Health Perspectives...
The 3.37 billion pounds of toxic chemicals released in 2009 represents of 40 percent drop compared to 2001, the EPA said in its analysis of the 2009 Toxic Release Inventory unveiled Thursday.
The first wave of GreenBuild announcements that began trickling in last week has grown into a deluge, ranging from product certifications and awards to new tools and resources.
An examination of male Chinese factory workers found those with high BPA levels in their urine were up to four times more likely to have poor sperm quality, although urine BPA was not linked to...
In times of crisis, speed is everything; nothing is faster than crowdsourced 2.0 problem-solving. Yet BP seems committed to problem-solving the 1.0 way.
The Gulf oil spill is now at least three times the amount of the 11-million-gallon Exxon Valdez spill in 1989. How BP handles the catastrophe will be the true measure of the company -- and a sign...
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 new report reveals a slew of popular perfumes on the market include secret ingredients not disclosed on the label. Is it a reason for alarm?
Procter & Gamble is reformulating its Herbal Essences shampoos to reduce the amount of a carcinogenic chemical in them.
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...
This report highlights 16 bad actor chemicals in widespread use in California. What they have in common is that they affect the health of those exposed to them -- whether the exposures take place...
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 third annual State of Green Business report, released today by GreenBiz.com, tracks 20 facets of green business operations to measure whether firms are moving the needle toward lower-impact...
When the Food and Drug Administration earlier this month expressed for the first time some concern about bisphenol A, it no doubt caused some panic among potentially impacted firms -- but it also...
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.
One of the company's new 23-inch LCD monitors, to be unveiled at the CES show this week, is the first to bear the Sustainable Product Certification from Underwriters Laboratories' environmental...
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