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States Lead on Safer Chemical Policies

By Ken Geiser, PhD on 17 Mar 2014 • 5 minute read

Last week the California Department of Toxic Substances (DTSC) announced three “priority products” containing chemicals of concern that will inaugurate its Safer Consumer Products Program. The program requires that the manufacturers of these products will need to …

Advancing Solutions through a Focus on Safer Alternatives

By Joel Tickner, ScD on 31 Jan 2014 • 5 minute read

Tens of thousands of chemicals are in commerce today. Thousands of these end up in the products we use every day. A number of analyses have noted how little we know about which chemicals are in our products and what the health and environmental hazards are. In fact, …