From canada.com: Liberal Senators are threatening to derail the government’s consumer product safety reforms over concerns that the legislation aimed to protect Canadians from unsafe products gives Health Canada inspectors too much power over businesses. The bill passed in the House of Commons unanimously in June with the backing of all three opposition parties, but […]
From the Government of Canada – E-Course provides awareness of WHMIS after GHS: The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) in partnership with Health Canada’s National Office of WHMIS, has developed two e-courses to make Canadians aware of how the future implementation of Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) […]
From CentreDaily.com: California air regulators approved strict regulations Thursday for aerosol air fresheners, paint thinners and solvents as a way to lessen smog-forming emissions and reduce a health threat. The state Air Resources Board voted 8-0 to ban the sale of products that emit high levels of so-called volatile organic compounds. The rules are the […]
The New York Times – Environmental Group Reveals Toxic Chemicals in a Range of Consumer Items: Some tennis balls for dogs, chew toys for cats and women’s plastic handbags were among the common household items found to contain lead and other toxic chemicals in recent tests, a nonprofit environmental group reported on Wednesday. But independent […]
From The Huffington Post: As the Obama Administration works with Congress to pass comprehensive health care reform legislation this year, President Barack Obama told reporters at the July 10 Group of 8 news conference, “We have to bend the cost curve on health care, and there are some very specific ways of doing that – […]
From the New York Post – Toys and toxicity; Beware of pet toys that contain dangerous chemicals: …researchers at Michigan’s Ecology Center examined more than 400 pet products for hazardous chemicals, including lead, cadmium, mercury, bromine, chlorine (PVC) and arsenic… One-quarter of pet products tested…were found to have detectable levels of lead…There are currently no […]
From The Dallas Morning News: A new Web site that rates consumer products on their toxic chemical content launched this month, providing information on goods ranging from automobiles and pet products to school supplies and women’s accessories. The HealthyStuff.org site lists more than 900 products….Ratings focus on levels of lead, cadmium, chlorine, arsenic, bromine and […]
From WSAZ NewsChannel 3: To use or not to use? That’s the question when it comes to hand sanitizers in one local school district. After warnings about the dangers of children drinking hand sanitizer, the policy was changed in Cabell County Schools. As we quickly found out, though, there was mass confusion about what the […]
From the New York Times – Fight Grows Over Labels on Household Cleaners : Manufacturers of detergents, household cleansers and furniture polish, like Procter and Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and others, are facing questions from consumers about the chemicals in their products. While many of the chemicals are present only in small amounts, some have been associated […]
From ‘The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics’ – New Concerns Raised About Chemical in Leading Baby Shampoo: A peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association raises fresh concerns that a chemical preservative used in America’s leading baby shampoo may be causing increased rates of allergic contact dermatitis, an inflammation of the skin that […]