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Jul.07.2010
  On June 9, 2010 the Environmental Law Foundation, a non-profit organization from Oakland, California, filed a Notice of Violation of California Proposition 65 alleging that lead was present in a variety of children’s and baby food. More specifically, lead was reported to be contained in apple and grape juices, packaged pears and peaches (including baby food...
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Jul.03.2009
Guidelines allowing lead in children's products concern lead activists, led by Dr. Sandra CottinghamPublished on July 02, 2009 by Sandra Cottingham (OfficialWire) VANCOUVER B.C. CANADA   The Consumer Product Safety Commission handed down its decision today: bicycle manufacturers have been granted a two-year stay of enforcement against a new lead limit law,...
Jun.09.2009
“Nearly 30 years after a bad address led to a toxic Port Richmond industrial site being overlooked for decades, the federal Environmental Protection Agency this week will begin tests to see how much lead contamination from the old Jewett White Lead plant on Richmond Terrace has seeped into the neighborhood” reports Staten Island Real-Time news. A school gymnasium...
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Apr.21.2009
I have always believed that it takes leaving home and traveling abroad to really get a clear view of the culture we are a part of. Being a fish out of water in a country where the language, customs and cuisine is nothing like home, somehow helps illuminate what makes us different and in the process, enhances our understanding of ourselves. I have to say, I really...