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New Baby Bottle Study Spurs Need for State Legislation

Minnesota based Healthy Legacy, co-founded by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, along with environmental health organizations across the U.S. and Canada are calling for an immediate phase out of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers, based on the results of a new study that demonstrates the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) leaches from plastic baby bottles when heated.

Radio Sustain: March 26, 2007

Amalia Anderson on U.S. immigration and government raids on meatpacking plants, Don Arnosti on biomass and the ethanol industry, and Kathleen Schuler on the Minnesota legislature and toxics.

Toxic Chemical Leaches from Popular Baby Bottles

A chemical known to be toxic to the nervous and reproductive system, and a developmental toxin, leaches from popular clear, plastic baby bottles, according to Toxic Baby Bottles: Scientific Study Finds Leaching Chemicals in Clear Plastic Baby Bottles, a new report released today.

Protecting Public Health from Toxic Mercury

Toxic mercury is still used unnecessarily in many products, while non-mercury alternatives are readily available and cost-effective.

Mercury Free Product Alternatives

Viable non-mercury alternatives for mercury containing products are not only available, but also considerably more cost effective when the downstream costs are considered.

Protecting Public Health from Toxic Flame Retardants

Flame retardants are widely used in a variety of products to prevent and slow the spread of fire. While fire retardancy is important, some flame retardants, known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers or PBDEs, used in electronics and other products are leaving a lasting toxic legacy in the environment and in human beings. The good news is safer alternatives

Price of Pollution - Fact Sheet

A fact sheet version of a longer report documenting the costs of environment-related childhood disease in Minnesota.

The Price of Pollution: Cost Estimates of Environment-Related Childhood Disease in Minnesota

Pollution costs Minnesota an estimated $1.5 billion each year in costs related to childhood disease, according to a study released by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA).

Smart Plastics Guide: Healthier Food Uses of Plastics

Plastics are widely used to store and package foods and beverages. However, there are both environmental and health risks from the widespread use of plastics.

Farm And Lawn Fertilizers From Minnesota Are Killing Marine Life Downstream In The Gulf Of Mexico

What's good for Minnesota's corn and soybeans can be deadly to crabs and shrimp in Louisiana. A national task force meeting in St. Paul last week heard that fertilizer from farm fields washing down the Mississippi River continues to help create a seasonal "dead zone" that this year extends across 5,800 square miles of the Gulf Coast.