Sunday, March 1, 2009

Green Living and Cleaning

Household Toxins Hits Parade
http://www.seemagazine.com/article/news/news-main/toxin0226/

The Air Inside Your Home and How It Affects You
http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/25/the-air-inside-your-home-and-how-it-affects-you/

GreenSpace: Are cleaners toxic? Labels are clueless
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20090223_GreenSpace__To_play_it_safe__make_your_own_.html?viewAll=y

Environmental group leader endorses bill to improve toxic chemical safety
http://www.salisburypost.com/Area/022109-Ken-Cook-speaks-at-Catawba

Lawsuit Seeks Disclosure of Chemicals in Name-Brand Cleaners
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2009/2009-02-20-093.asp

Toxin Talk: What to Tell Your Kids About Cleaning Products
http://www.seventhgeneration.com/learn/news/toxin-talk-what-tell-your-kids-about-cleaning-products

Pollution comes home and gets personal: women's experience of household chemical exposure.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19181047?ordinalpos=2&itool=Email.EmailReport.Pubmed_ReportSelector.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Working toward guidelines for a truly green backyard garden.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/04/AR2009020401255.html

Child care goes 'green': Program certifies care providers who try to reduce
toxins in home
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090205/NEWS/902050347/1001

Toxic Household Chemicals: Part I
http://www.naturalnews.com/z025507.html

Even natural perfumes may cause allergies
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-02/uog-enp020309.php

Toxic baby care products
http://www.greenlivingonline.com/article/toxic-baby-care-products

Chemicals used in shampoos to get toxic label
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090203/chemical_regulations_090203/20090203?hub=Health

Dangerous levels of lead are often found in houses built before 1978, but new homes aren't immune
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/feb/01/dangerous-levels/

Is your clothesline illegal?
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-hm-clothesline7-2009feb07,0,3042483.story

Fragranced Products: Truly a Surprising Package
http://www.ieconnections.com/archive/feb_08/feb_08.htm#article3

Serving the lord and saving the planet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/nyregion/thecity/01nuns.html

Retrofitting begins on diesel school buses.
http://www.northjersey.com/environment/38684992.html

Help wanted for green jobs.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090216/featherstone

Six household chemicals to avoid
http://www.greenlivingonline.com/article/six-household-chemicals-avoid

Toxic air raises risk of death.
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/579542

Take a load off with a toxin-free sofa
http://www.nowtoronto.com/columns/ecoholic.cfm

Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels Related to Home Renovation, Repair,
and Painting Activities
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5803a3.htm?s_cid=mm5803a3_x

Personal-care products not accurate with labels.
http://www.vancouversun.com/Life/Personal%20care%20products%20accurate%20with%20labels/1228581/story.html

Something's in the air: Sealed homes open possibility of illness
http://dispatch.com/live/content/home_garden/stories/2009/01/25/INDOOR_AIR.ART_ART_01-25-09_I1_2NCIIBB.html?sid=101

Be aware of mercury in fluorescent lightbulbs
http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20090124/NEWS01/901240318

WA State will ban toxic flame retardants
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008662269_webwadems23.html

Cleaning homes could be harmful for asthmatic women
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/cleaning-homes-could-be-harmful-for-asthmatic-women_100146136.html

After Katrina, New Orleans is going green.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/6232147.html

Green-light specials, now at Wal-Mart.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/business/25walmart.html


The greening game. Laundry detergents, dishwashing detergents, and spray cleaners have always promised to rid the home of dirt and grime. But now many products vow to protect the environment as well. New offerings target consumers who, more and more, want to know what's in the cleaners they buy.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/87/8704cover.html

Beware of poisons lurking in your home
http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4354:beware-of-poisons-lurking-in-your-home&catid=32:life&Itemid=68

Dangers May Be Lurking In Home Cabinets
http://www.kolotv.com/health/headlines/37452854.html

Overlook Hospital in Summit offers new program to help make homes toxic-free
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090112/NEWS/901120321/1003/newsfront

The Stuffing Dreams Are Made Of?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/garden/15mattress.html?_r=1&ref=style&pagewanted=print

Flame retarding chemicals pollute fetal tissue.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/pbdes-pollute-fetal-tissue/

It may market organic alternatives, but is your cleaner really greener?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/12/nyregion/12clean.html

Is your sofa toxic? Switch to eco-furniture
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28510099/

Household Products Database
http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/index.htm

Adventures In Green: What Is Boric Acid?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=49&entry_id=34340

Companies Are Overstating Green Claims, Consumers Say
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,156522/printable.html

Protecting Children From Toxic Chemicals
Book delineates how profit motives and laws often stand in the way of preventing harm
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/books/87/8701books.html


Popularity of green roofs is spreading. If ecoroofs are sprouting up in the suburbs, does that mean they've gone mainstream?
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/01/environmentalists_and_the_city.html

E-waste not. What should you do with your old cell phone and other electronic equipment?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1870485-1,00.html

Green Purchasing Tool Kit
http://www.besafenet.com/ppc/archives/green_purchasing_tool_kit/index.html

EPA sponsors green-building contest
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/12/15/daily43.html?t=printable

Huge law suit over 'toxic sofas'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7791569.stm

How Green Is Eco-Friendly Laundry Detergent?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468905,00.html

More milestones for green products and green chemistry.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es803403m

Avoiding Toxins in Your Building
http://cooperator.com/articles/1847/1/Avoiding-Toxins-in-Your-Building/Page1.html

Are natural antibacterial sanitizers healther or more eco friendly?
http://www.ewg.org/node/27439

'Safer' Solvent May Not Be Safe
http://ohsonline.com/Articles/2008/12/10-Safer-Solvent-May-Not-Be-Safe.aspx

Green Cleaners a Must Have!


How Green Can a Christmas Tree Be?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/garden/04garden.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2
Organic Christmas Tree Farms
http://www.greenpromise.com/resources/organic-christmas-trees.php

So, you think you can't learn anything from TV? Think again. Non-toxic doesn't equal harmlesshttp://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20081113-LIFE-811130323

Monday, February 23, 2009

Traveling

Toxic in fuel can poison flyers
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Science/Toxic-in-fuel-can-poison-flyers/articleshow/4139263.cms

'Toxic' cabin air found in new plane study
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/4610474/Toxic-cabin-air-found-in-new-plane-study.html

Meth makers leave behind a toxic trail at motels.
http://www.star-telegram.com/461/story/1218959.html

Think Twice Before Using Hotel Room Coffee Pots:
"Ask just about anyone in law enforcement, and they'll tell you to be careful if you ever brew coffee in a hotel room."
Click on link to read full story:
http://www.waff.com/global/story.asp?s=5980064

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Instant Air Quality Updates

If instant air quality updates are crucial to you, there's now a service that
will send frequent updates to your email inbox. The South Coast Air Quality
Management District and the Environmental Protection Agency have teamed up to
create EnviroFlash, a free service that provides constantly updated air quality
information about your neighborhood.
It also provides tips for minimizing your own contribution to air pollution.

To participate, go to the EPA's EnviroFlash website http://www.enviroflash.info/
and subscribe. You can be notified on a daily basis or only when air pollution
reaches a peak.

Air quality readings and forecasts can still be obtained from the AQMD website,
or by phoning the automated voice recording system at 1-800-288-7664.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

What is Kawasaki Syndrome?

Saturday, January 3, 2009

News Items - 1/03/09 - Disability Issues

JAN's Accommodation and Compliance Series: The ADA Amendments Act of 2008
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/bulletins/adaaa1.htm

JAN's ADA Amendments Act of 2008 Resources
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/LINKS/adalinks.htm

Inadequate Quest for Disability Accommodation Lands Chemical Sensitivity Case Before Jury
http://www.hrnsight.com/articles/tabid/66/docid/8116/Default.aspx

The Census and Americans With Disabilities
http://digitaldoorway.blogspot.com/2008/12/census-and-americans-with-disabilities.html

Sunday, December 21, 2008

False Teeth Health Dangers?

More on dangers of methyl methacrylate
http://adr.iadrjournals.org/cgi/reprint/6/1/17.pdf

Saturday, December 13, 2008

What You Don't Know About a Drug Can Hurt You

Friday, December 12, 2008

Going PVC Free!

Pass Up the Poison Plastic - the PVC-Free Guide for Your Family & Home lists the most common consumer products made out of PVC and safer PVC-free products including baby products, children's toys, electronics, and more.
http://www.besafenet.com/pvc/documents/PVC-Guide-1.pdf

The Pass Up the Poison Plastic guide
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/852/t/2092/signUp.jsp?key=3845

Our press release announcing the guide
http://www.besafenet.com/pvc/media.htm

Information on the dangers of PVC
http://www.pvcfree.org

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Safe(r) Shopping Options

Nirvana Safe Haven
http://www.nontoxic.com/

News Items - 11/30/08 - Lyme Disease