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Eco-Consumers and Health

November 1, 2007

Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment

Tags:
consumer-product, cosmetics, endocrinedisruptors, lead, phthalates

On Halloween day, 43,000 sets of "Ugly Teeth" party favors were recalled due to dangerous lead contamination. This piles on top of recalls of candy collection buckets, Frankenstein drinking goblets, and more lead-tainted toys. Now that's really a Halloween scare!...continued

Clearing the Air: Walgreens Pulls Worrisome Air Fresheners from the Shelves

September 20, 2007

Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment

Tags:
airfreshener, endocrinedisruptors, hormone, phthalates, sperm, Walgreens

It was nice to wake up to some good news this morning. Walgreens took a look at our test results that showed diethyl phthalate (DEP) in some of their air freshener products, and moved fast to do the right thing....continued

Air Fresheners - How safe are they?

September 19, 2007

Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment

Tags:
airfreshener, consumers, household, phthalates, sperm, testosterone

I swear these things are everywhere. When I'm at the hospital, there's a can in every bathroom. The nurses and housekeeping staff spritz away in patient rooms, in the nurses' station, and in the hallways. When I go into people's...continued

Gina Solomon
Gina Solomon
Senior Scientist
San Francisco
I've been a Senior Scientist at NRDC for twelve years, and my work is focused on protecting people...
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