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    May 4, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Protect children from toxic chemicals

    While delighted to learn from Michael Hawthorne's article ("Pediatricians Seek Change in Lax Toxic Chemicals Law," April 25) that the American Academy of Pediatrics has joined a national campaign to revise the 1976 Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), such...

    Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Parenting, Prince George's County, Health and Safety at School, Maryland

    2. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Flame retardants: California hearing weighs new safety rule

    — California officials vowed Tuesday to move forward on a new fire safety rule that could eliminate the use of toxic flame retardants in household furniture and baby products sold nationwide.
    — California officials vowed Tuesday to move forward on a new fire safety rule that could eliminate the use of toxic flame retardants in household furniture and baby products sold nationwide. At a public hearing on the proposed standard, what was...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Tobacco Products, Chemical Industry

    3. Mar 6, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. National awards for Tribune's "Playing With Fire" series

    If you read the Chicago Tribune's "Playing With Fire" series about the deceptive campaign by the chemical and tobacco industries to introduce toxic flame retardants into our homes -- and ultimately into our bodies -- you won't be surprised that it won some big awards.
    If you read the Chicago Tribune's "Playing With Fire" series about the deceptive campaign by the chemical and tobacco industries to introduce toxic flame retardants into our homes -- and ultimately into our bodies -- you won't be surprised that it won...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, John F. Kennedy, Newspapers

    4. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. California flame retardant development, and its context

    Though obscure, fire-safety rules in California have a huge impact on consumers everywhere in the country because they influence how manufacturers make furniture sold in all states.
    Though obscure, fire-safety rules in California have a huge impact on consumers everywhere in the country because they influence how manufacturers make furniture sold in all states. Under a current California rule, known as Technical Bulletin 117, foam...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Jerry Brown

    5. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. U.S. vows to clean up lead-polluted lot near Pilsen school

    Federal officials vowed Wednesday to conduct an emergency cleanup of a lead-contaminated lot near a Pilsen elementary school, more than six years after authorities first identified the hazards.
    Federal officials vowed Wednesday to conduct an emergency cleanup of a lead-contaminated lot near a Pilsen elementary school, more than six years after authorities first identified the hazards. The Tribune reported in November that the lot had not been...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics, Metal, Pilsen

    6. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Pilsen polluter H. Kramer agrees to cut lead emissions

    Owners of a smelting facility linked to dangerous levels of lead in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood will spend $3 million on new equipment to curb emissions of the toxic metal.
    Tribune reporter
    Owners of a smelting facility linked to dangerous levels of lead in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood will spend $3 million on new equipment to curb emissions of the toxic metal. In a legal settlement announced today by federal and state officials, H....

    Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, Justice System, Pilsen, Lisa Madigan

    7. Nov 23, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. 6 years later, Pilsen lot remains contaminated with lead

    Federal and state officials have known for more than six years about hazardous levels of brain-damaging lead in a vacant lot near Walsh Elementary School in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.
    Federal and state officials have known for more than six years about hazardous levels of brain-damaging lead in a vacant lot near Walsh Elementary School in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. Yet even after field investigators raised alarms about children...

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Environmental Politics, Gold Coast, Metal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    8. Nov 6, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Voters await election night results: 'Last 4 years unlike I've ever seen'

    Students watched as the counts mounted onscreen at the UIC student center, periodically falling silent when a total was announced.
    Tribune reporters
    Students watched as the counts mounted onscreen at the UIC student center, periodically falling silent when a total was announced. "Come on, Ohio," breathed Monique Bolden, 18; of the West Side. "Come on, president." The table of students, who live in...

    Tags: Voting, Mitt Romney, Students, Barack Obama, Al Jazeera (tv network)

    9. Aug 31, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Makers of flame retardants sever ties with industry-funded front group

    The world's major manufacturers of flame retardants officially cut ties today with an industry-funded front group that waged a deceptive campaign to fuel demand for the chemicals in household furniture, electronics, baby products and other goods.
    Tribune reporters
    The world's major manufacturers of flame retardants officially cut ties today with an industry-funded front group that waged a deceptive campaign to fuel demand for the chemicals in household furniture, electronics, baby products and other goods....

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, Cancer, Chemistry, Albemarle Corporation, Chemtura Corporation

    10. Jul 25, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Senate committee approves tougher chemical reporting bill

    WASHINGTON — Chemical companies would need to provide more health and safety information about their products and regulators would have more authority to force harmful substances off the market under legislation approved along party lines Wednesday by a Senate committee.
    WASHINGTON — Chemical companies would need to provide more health and safety information about their products and regulators would have more authority to force harmful substances off the market under legislation approved along party lines...

    Tags: Marketing, Medical Procedures and Tests, Companies and Corporations, David Vitter, Cancer

    11. Jul 9, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Changes in chemical safety law getting bipartisan support

    The first signs of bipartisan support for overhauling the nation's chemical safety law emerged Monday, as three Republicans joined 23 other senators calling for tough restrictions on toxic flame retardants.
    Tribune reporter
    The first signs of bipartisan support for overhauling the nation's chemical safety law emerged Monday, as three Republicans joined 23 other senators calling for tough restrictions on toxic flame retardants. Citing the Tribune's Tribune's "Playing With...

    Tags: Lisa Murkowski, Cancer, Joe Lieberman, John Kerry, Chemical Industry

    12. Feb 6, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Commuters continue to breathe diesel exhaust at Chicago's Union Station

    Thousands of commuters continue to breathe high levels of lung-damaging diesel exhaust at Chicago's Union Station, in part because of nagging maintenance problems at the Old Post Office that straddles the southbound tracks.
    Thousands of commuters continue to breathe high levels of lung-damaging diesel exhaust at Chicago's Union Station, in part because of nagging maintenance problems at the Old Post Office that straddles the southbound tracks. Testing by Amtrak has...

    Tags: Amtrak, Public Officials, Environmental Pollution, Cancer, Asthma

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