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| The Truth About Phthalates |
| Posted: Friday, October 16, 2009 |
| The Truth About Phthalates There have recently been reports in the media over certain plastic chemicals called phthalates and their potential impact on human health. However, much of the information being circulated on the safety of these chemicals is inaccurate. Phthalates are a softening agent used to make plastic pliable and can be found in a variety of consumer goods from toys to garden hoses to vinyl flooring. But before you begin to rid your home of plastics, |
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| Council Votes to Boost Butts (from New York Post) |
| By Jeff Stier, Esq. |
| Posted: Friday, October 16, 2009 |
| By Jeff Stier. The City Council this week voted 46-1 to ban many flavorings in a variety of tobacco products -- and the result will be far more damaging to safer tobacco forms such as smokeless -- and safer nicotine delivery systems such as e-cigarettes -- than to the cigarettes that really kill Americans... |
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| ACSH Bids Farewell to Walter Cronkite |
| Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 |
| Revered television newsman Walter Cronkite passed away on July 17, 2009. "We worked with Walter in 1990 on our Big Fears, Little Risks video," says ACSH’s Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. "He was enormously enthusiastic." The video... |
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