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Leading California businesses are showing that consumer products don’t have to contain toxic chemicals, threaten public health, or produce large amounts of waste in order...
Mar 15, 2010 ReportThere is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke, the third leading cause of preventable death in America. In 2005, the state of Georgia...
Oct 26, 2009 ReportAmerica’s dependence on fossil fuels is costly – both in terms of up-front costs and in the negative economic and environmental side-effects of fossil fuel...
Jun 26, 2009 ReportAir pollution from cars and light-duty trucks in Minnesota harms public health, contributing to cancer, asthma and respiratory disease. In addition, carbon dioxide emissions from...
Mar 24, 2009 ReportFurnishings containing formaldehyde – a toxic chemical linked with allergies, asthma and cancer – can contaminate indoor air. Babies and young children are particularly vulnerable...
May 26, 2008 ReportConnecticut citizens are exposed to thousands of harmful toxic chemicals in the course of daily life. However, unlike pharmaceutical drugs, most of these chemicals have...
Feb 26, 2007 ReportCalifornia state agencies have discovered perchlorate—the main ingredient in solid rocket fuel—contaminating almost 400 water sources since 1997, including the Colorado River and hundreds of...
Dec 26, 2006 ReportDespite modest improvements in Maryland’s air quality over the last several decades, the cancer risk from air toxics is still 40 times higher for Marylanders...
Dec 20, 2006 ReportMaryland newborns and children each year. Mercury Pollution in Maryland presents an analysis of data from nearly 2,000 fish tested by state agencies; 59 percent...
Apr 26, 2006 ReportAir pollution takes a significant toll on human health in North Carolina every year, shortening thousands of lives and sending thousands of people to area...
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