Do Your Homework: Get Toxic Chemicals Out Of Your Child’s School Supplies!
You strive to make your home a healthy and safe environment for your children to grow up in. But what about the 8 hours they spend in school each day? Unfortunately, many school supplies are composed...
View ArticleBinders, Notebooks, Paper Clips, Oh My! How to Keep Your Child’s Tools for...
It seems that during the month of August, some stores unfailingly undergo a transition. All of a sudden, there is a large area at their front displaying a myriad supply of school items, for your...
View ArticleNot on my Easel! Three Tips to PVC-Free Art Supplies
Many great artists have explored the idea of human suffering in their work (remember how Van Gogh cut off his own ear?) Nonetheless, you want your little artists to stay safe when they sculpt you that...
View ArticleThe Poison Plastic is OUT of Style This Season: How to Keep PVC out of Your...
Why do we wear clothes? For style, yes. For status, maybe. But most, importantly, we wear clothes for the protection they afford us. They keep us warm on frigid days, cool on sweltering days, and...
View ArticleEPA School Siting Guidelines: Public Comment Period Starts Today
The long awaited EPA school siting guidelines are available for public review starting today. The school siting guidelines are to aide school districts in the process of finding a suitable structure...
View ArticleWhat the chemical industry doesn’t want you to know.
Still stocking up on school supplies? If you’re like many other parents and doing some last-minute shopping, be sure to steer clear of toxic PVC plastic, the most widely used hazardous plastic in the...
View ArticleNY Teachers: “Let’s Get PVC Out of Our Schools!”
Our fight for PVC-free schools is picking up momentum. This April, PVC-free school policies were endorsed by one of the nation’s largest educational labor federations: NYSUT, the New York State United...
View ArticleNew Report: Hidden Toxic Chemicals Found in Children’s “Back-to-School” Supplies
Did you know toxic phthalates may be in your children’s back-to-school supplies? Our brand new report, Hidden Hazards: Toxic Chemicals Inside Children’s Vinyl Back-to-School Supplies found toxic...
View ArticleNews release: Hidden Toxic Chemicals in Children’s School Supplies
New Report on Toxic Chemicals in Kids’ Products: Hidden Toxic Chemicals Linked to Asthma and Birth Defects Found in Children’s “Back-to-School” Supplies Laboratory Tests Reveal Levels Higher Than...
View ArticleWalmart Tackling Toxic Chemicals-Will Their Suppliers Listen?
By Mike Schade, Mind The Store Campaign Director Yesterday, Walmart announced a major update to their corporate chemicals policy with the release of their new Sustainable Chemistry Implementation...
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