$1.3 Million Settlement in Toxic Toy Case
"The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's provisional settlement of a case that began in 2007 shows again that selling a dangerous product can be heavily punished."
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- Lifestyle: When allergies go west
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- Mold Making Cañon City Family Sick
- B.C. smart meter opponents seeking signatures
- Why are so many children being born with sex defects?
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- Beware of toxic and dangerous toys on store shelve...
- Suppression of natural killer cell activity on Can...
- The Mouse Trap: The dangers of using one lab anima...
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- A Neighborhood in Peril: Garfield residents desper...
- Residents complained of symptoms after leak
- Shelters go organic for holiday
- Archive of the Environmental Management of Pediatr...
- EPA Releases Guidelines to Ensure Healthy Indoor A...
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- Big 6 agrochemical companies indicted for crimes a...
- NIH grant proposal announcement: Myalgic Encephalo...
- Industry fights with health advocates over worker ...
- The weighty problem of POPs.
- Clean fracking: Moving to replace chemicals
- Living In Industry's Shadow: Maywood Family Learns...
- NEWS, Science, & Links Summary for the W/E 11/18/2011
- Tools to Evaluate Chemical Ingredients in Products
- Signatures gathered to put smart meter issue to Na...
- Study shows nanoparticles used as additives in die...
- Brainflammation: The Role of the Innate Immune Sys...
- Study: Exposure to common air fresheners can cause...
- At Senate hearing, trade groups split over efforts...
- Report: Secret Chemicals Revealed in Common Househ...
- J&J to nix baby-product contaminant within 2 years
- TSA Puts Off Safety Study of X-ray Body Scanners
- BPA exposure can alter memory in adults, rodent st...
- Toxic chemicals all around us, Lewiston panelists say
- Toxic Beauty Products
- Fragrance sensitivity a real health concern
- Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at U.S. Airports
- Milk Thistle Extract Stops Lung Cancer in Mice, St...
- Why Americans still breathe known hazards decades ...
- Richland Student Kicked Off School Bus For Sprayin...
- Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Function Impairmen...
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- Risk of disease partially set in womb, scientists say
- Air quality 'puts lives at risk'
- California pioneers plan for trimming toxins
- Tarnished Gold: The Sickness of Evidence-based Med...
- Inhalable Toxic Chemicals in Aircraft Cabin Air
- NIH-Funded Study Finds Occupational Chemical Exosu...
- Veteran battles disorder, and for his benefits
- What Does ExxonMobil Have to Do with Child Safety?
- What stops children with a chronic illness accessi...
- Mount Sinai ME/CFS Research Center Meeting for pat...
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- [Influence of air pollution on birth weight].
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- Many common beauty products may contain dangerous ...
- Car interiors 'poisoning drivers'
- Pneumonia linked to smoke from cooking fires
- Fukushima crisis 'stunting children's growth'
- Where regulators failed, citizens took action - te...
- Research links pesticides, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- How to Detox Your Car Seat
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- Organic Bytes #302: News and Action
- School lunches tainted with hormone-mimicking chem...
- Food Additives and Human Health
- Toxins could make you fat - depending on gut bugs
- Carbon Monoxide -- The Silent Calmer?
- Health risk warning over use of cosmetics
- Air Fresheners Can Trigger Allergy Symptoms
- Beware your cookware
- Confidence in Crib Safety: Are Regulatory Hoops an...
- New Technology Jobs Opening In Palm Beach County
- Studies Suggest Link Between Smog, Joint Disease
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- Study Says Pesticides in Food Chain Causes ADHD in...
- Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides
- How Health and Lifestyle Choices Can Change Your G...
- Living in Industry's Shadow: After Years of Illnes...
- Many Americans left behind in the quest for cleane...
- CHEMICALS: Stakeholders laud meetings on TSCA refo...
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- Anti-PVC push in health care grows
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