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SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 29, 2009 (ENS) - Some children's face paints contain lead, a neurotoxin that can harm the brain at low doses, according to new product tests documented in a report from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a national coalition of nonprofit health and environmental grou...
Sustainable Spaces, founded by green thought leader Matt Golden, brought the high-tech tools of home performance to the floor of West Coast Green. Using equipment like a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) camera, the crew at Sustainable Spaces explained some of the energy savings and health benefits to...
The Department of Energy's ENERGY STAR program is educating public school students in energy efficiency while saving millions in utility bills through the ENERGY STAR Challenge. Principals and teachers are involving their students in the management and operation of their school buildings, which is f...
130 years after Edison tested the first commercially viable lightbulb, EU legislators are finally closing the book on this life-changing, but what some see as an antiquated technology. Restrictions on the sale of incandescent bulbs began last week with the phase-out of 100W incandescent bulbs. These...
Today the EPA provided steps to raise awareness about the toxicity of lead-based products and how they are particularly dangerous to children. "Lead is still present in many of our neighborhoods, but we can limit exposure to children and adults by working together on comprehensive actions...,” said...
CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 6, 2009 (ENS) - Companies on three continents continue to make and sell consumer paints that contain dangerous levels of lead despite the availability of technology to produce high-quality, low lead paint. A tougher lead paint standard takes effect in the United States later...
WASHINGTON, DC, August 6, 2009 (ENS) - Perchlorate, a toxic component of rocket fuel, fireworks and safety flares that contaminates water supplies in 35 states, may come under federal regulation after a scientific review, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday.
Orlando, FL July 14, 2009 - After a year of development, the highly anticipated interactive online game site, SavePlanetBlue.com has been launched. Children around the world are invited to come register and become Planet Blue Savers for Free.
The Environmental Protection Agency is considering taking a neutral stance rather than promoting the use of recycled tires as playground foam and crumb rubber. Currently recycled tires are used on playgrounds in two different fashions: a "crumb rubber" soil substitute used to weigh down artificial g...
According to the EPA, your kitchen floor is probably toxic. Published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, the EPA's new study says that most kitchen floors in American homes harbor pesticides and carcinogenic chemicals, many of which were taken off the market years ago.
