WVE in the News 2009

Green Resolution: Green Cleaning

 

Go Green

 

Lawsuit Asks Mr. Clean to Come Clean

Groups cite 1970s law to force makers of household cleaners to reveal chemical makeup.

Lawsuit Seeks Disclosure of Cleanser Ingredients

 

Do Common Cleaners Have Toxic Ingredients?

Lawsuit attempts to enforce arcane law in effort to force full disclosure on U.S. cleanser industry.

Greenspace: Are Cleaners Toxic? Labels Are Clueless

 

Toxins ’R’ Us

 

Your Baby's Bath: Gentle! Pure! Formaldehyde?

Your Baby's Bath: Gentle! Pure! Formaldehyde?

Do you know what’s in your cleaning products?

Separating nontoxic products from those claiming to be green can be tricky

Hold the Toxins - CA Consumers Now Have a Choice

 

Household Products Start to Come Clean on Ingredients

 

'Green' blending with pink, pumpkin at nail salons

 

Household Products Start to Come Clean on Ingredients

 

Hold The Toxins – CA Consumers Now Have A Choice

 

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SC Johnson: Coming Clean

 

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Kids' bath products raise health concerns

 

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Save Money: Make Your Own Home Cleaning Supplies

By Melissa Painter March 08, 2009

Pittsburgh Magazine Picks WVE for Best of Green Section

 

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Nail-care industry tries to balance effectiveness and environmental friendliness

 

Study links formaldehyde to more common cancers

 

How Environmentally Friendly Are Your Purchases?

 

Consumer Group Pushes J&J on Chemicals in Shampoo

 

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Claims J&J Products Have Harmful Chemicals

 

A Simple Smooch or a Toxic Smack?

 

MAKING MR. CLEAN COME CLEAN

Consumer Advocates about Pending Struggle to Label Chemical Ingredients in Cleaning Products

Nail Salons Go Green, Ask Manufacturers to Come Clean

 

Judge Rejects Industry Legal Filings in Toxics Right-To-Know Case

 

Extend Labeling Laws to Household Cleaners

 

The Price of Beauty: Nail Products Contain Harmful Chemicals

 

Back to school with less plastic--a teaching moment.

 

FDA Tests Find Lead in Lipstick

 

Toxic Parties. Bring 'Em On.

 

Beware Beauty Products

 

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Fight Grows Over Labels on Household Cleaners

 

Lack of Safety Testing Disturbing

 

Senator Franken Introduces Bill for Labeling Household Products

 

Franken Seeks Ingredient Labeling for Household Cleansers

 

New Concerns Raised About Chemical in Leading Baby Shampoo

 

CNN iReport: A Green Cleaning Party

 

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Disinfectant Overkill

 

Report Warns Against Household Use of Disinfectants

'Too clean' may be as hazardous as 'not clean enough'

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Dangers of Halloween Facepaint Highlighted

 

Trick-or-treaters Beware

 

Toxins Make Halloween Face Paints Scary

Report finds all products tested contained lead and some had known skin allergens

WVE comes out with a new report called Disinfectant Overkill

 

Avoid disinfectant overkill

A new report from Women's Voices for the Earth shows disinfecting to kill all germs can do more harm than good.

Are disinfectants making you sick?

 

House Cleaning? Use a Fly Swatter, Not a Sledge Hammer

 

Report: The Downside of Cleanliness?

 

Exposing the Myth of Promoting Health with Disinfectants

 

Why Disinfectants and Antibacterials Are Overkill + 5 Health-Safe Alternatives

 

UM Students Show How to be Clean and Green