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Brands update on hazardous chemicals found in clothing
2016-01-26 16:35:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Outdoor wear brand Haglöfs has withdrawn a line of boots from sale after an investigation found they contained hazardous chemicals, while other brands have updated their own progress on reducing PFCs in outdoor clothing and footwear.
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Hazardous chemicals found in outdoor wear brands
2016-01-25 11:39:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Outdoor brands including The North Face, Patagonia and Mammut are being urged to eliminate all PFCs from their products and supply chains after the hazardous chemicals were discovered in their clothing, footwear and outdoor equipment.
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Cancer-Causing Chemicals Found in Drinking Water Texas Fracking Sites
2015-06-22 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On June 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report on how fracking for oil and gas can impact access to safe drinking water. Although the report claims not to have found any widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States, a new study in Texas provides more evidence that contamination of drinking water from fracking might be occurring. A research team at the University of Texas at Arlington has published a peer-reviewed study, A Comprehensive...
Fracking Chemicals Found in Drinking Water, New Study Says
2015-05-05 15:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: If you ask communities on the frontline of the fracking industry in the U.S. what their greatest concern is about the controversial technology, often the reply is the threat to their drinking water. The fracking industry replies in the way it always does to these concerns: it downplays the risks with an arrogance that verges on indifference. The standard reply from the industry is that fracking cannot contaminate water as the fracking rocks are normally thousands of feet below drinking aquifers...
EPA Proposes Rule To Protect Consumers From Harmful Chemicals Found In Homes And Schools
2015-01-12 01:46:24| pollutiononline News Articles
Recently, EPA is taking action to protect consumers from new uses and imports of the harmful chemicals Toluene Diisocyanates (TDI)
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