Flame Retardants

The Latest On: Flame Retardants

May 16, 2018 | Legal Document

Opposition Letter to Dana Baiocco to the CPSC

Consumer, health, safety, labor, civil rights and environmental organizations write to urge senators to vote “no” on the nomination of Dana Baiocco to be a commissioner on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

May 10, 2018 | Feature

Insider Briefing: Taking on Toxics

Earthjustice attorneys and policy staff discuss recent victories and the fights ahead to keep dangerous chemicals out of our homes and environment.

January 24, 2018 | Blog Post

How Two Women Teamed Up to Take on the Chemical Industry—and Won

Earthjustice attorney Eve Gartner and scientist Arlene Blum worked together to convince the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban an entire class of toxic flame retardants.

November 7, 2017 | Blog Post

Trump’s Consumer Advocate Nominee Often Fights Consumers

Industry attorney Dana Baiocco is just the latest in a series of Trump picks that put people at the helm of regulatory agencies they have spent their careers attacking.

October 23, 2017 | Blog Post

Tras la presión de organizaciones civiles, comisión federal accede restringir retardantes de fuego nocivos para la salud

La reciente decisión de la Comisión Federal de Seguridad de Productos para el Consumidor puede ser un parteaguas para regular productos tóxicos en productos del hogar y proteger la salud pública.

October 19, 2017 | Blog Post

In First for Consumer Safety, Federal Commission Moves to Ban Entire Class of Toxic Flame Retardants

The chemical industry’s oft-used ploy of substituting one bad chemical for another may finally be on its way out.

September 28, 2017 | Press Release

Gobierno pide al público evitar muebles, productos para niños y electrónicos con retardantes de fuego

Los retardantes de fuego están asociados con cáncer, problemas de fertilidad y afectaciones al desarrollo neurológico infantil

September 28, 2017 | Press Release

Official Warning to Consumers: Avoid Furniture, Kids’ Products, Mattresses, and Electronics Containing Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals

Pregnant women, young children especially at risk

September 20, 2017 | Press Release: Victory

Comisión de Seguridad de los Productos de Consumo busca proteger a consumidores y bomberos de químicos tóxicos retardantes de fuego

Químicos en muebles, colchones, productos para niños y electrónicos están asociados con el desarrollo de cáncer, problemas neurológicos en infantes y problemas de fertilidad

September 20, 2017 | Press Release: Victory

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Calls for Removal of a Class of Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products

Votes to begin rulemaking process to protect consumers, firefighters from hazardous flame retardant chemicals in furniture, mattresses, kids’ products and electronic casings

Flame Retardants

Opposition Letter to Dana Baiocco to the CPSC

Insider Briefing: Taking on Toxics

How Two Women Teamed Up to Take on the Chemical Industry—and Won

Trump’s Consumer Advocate Nominee Often Fights Consumers

Tras la presión de organizaciones civiles, comisión federal accede restringir retardantes de fuego nocivos para la salud

In First for Consumer Safety, Federal Commission Moves to Ban Entire Class of Toxic Flame Retardants

Gobierno pide al público evitar muebles, productos para niños y electrónicos con retardantes de fuego

Official Warning to Consumers: Avoid Furniture, Kids’ Products, Mattresses, and Electronics Containing Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals

Comisión de Seguridad de los Productos de Consumo busca proteger a consumidores y bomberos de químicos tóxicos retardantes de fuego

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Calls for Removal of a Class of Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products

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