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May 24, 2017

New EDF Report on Smart Innovation and the Case of Preservatives

From EDF

Today EDF released a new report, Smart Innovation: The Opportunity for Safer Preservatives, which offers a framework for safer chemical and product development. The report...

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May 16, 2017

How Animal Rights Activists and Environmentalists Became Unlikely Adversaries

From FiveThirtyEight

EPA’s proposed chemical testing process exposes a rift over how we keep humans safe.

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May 16, 2017

The Mystery of the Wasting House-Cats

From The New York Times Magazine

Forty years ago, feline hyperthyroidism was virtuallynonexistent. Now it’s an epidemic — and some scientiststhink a class of everyday chemicals might be to blame.

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May 15, 2017

Feminine hygiene products can be dangerous — so why aren’t they regulated?

From The Hill

On average, a woman will use between 12,000 and 16,000 tampons in her lifetime. Millions of women use tampons and pads on a monthly basis. Yet companies are...

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May 11, 2017

There Could Finally Be a Bill Regulating the Safety of Beauty Products

From The Cut

Senators Dianne Feinstein and Susan Collins are proposing a bill that will give the FDA the additional authority to regulate the safety of beauty products. If you thought...

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May 8, 2017

Choose Safer Products to Protect Indoor Air Quality

Ah, spring. Time to enjoy the warm weather … and take on some of the cleaning tasks you’ve been putting off all winter. But...

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