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Date:   9/13/16           Media Org:   NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)    

Headline:   Toxic Dust: The Dangerous Chemical Brew in Every Home

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Date:   9/12/16           Media Org:   WATTAgNet.com    

Headline:   Sodium Bisulfate receives EPA designation in Safer Choice Program

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Date:   9/5/16           Media Org:   Reset San Francisco    

Headline:   CA Legislature Passes AB 2437, AB 2125 to Protect Nail Salon Workers

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Date:   8/16/16           Media Org:   Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)    

Headline:   EPA Closes Loophole in California Rules for Formaldehyde in Wood Products

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Date:   8/15/16           Media Org:   KPBS News Radio    

Headline:   Consumer Advocates Push For Better Warning Labels On Canned Foods

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Date:   7/26/16           Media Org:   PPAI Publications    

Headline:   Safe Products Sell

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Date:   7/26/16           Media Org:   EurekAlert!    

Headline:   Study links gymnastics equipment to exposure to flame-retardant chemicals

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Date:   7/25/16           Media Org:   The National Law Review    

Headline:   EPA Releases First Determinations for New Chemicals under New TSCA

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Date:   7/25/16           Media Org:   SPI    

Headline:   Initial Priority Products Announced for California’s Safer Consumer Products Program

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Date:   7/20/16           Media Org:   Bloomberg    

Headline:   Wal-Mart Asks Its Suppliers to Stop Using Eight Chemicals

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Date:   7/20/16           Media Org:   The National Law Review    

Headline:   California Proposes First “Priority Products” under Safer Consumer Products Regulations

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Date:   7/18/16           Media Org:   JD Supra Business Advisor    

Headline:   Global Manufacturers: DTSC Announces 45 Day Comment Period on Regulation to List the First of its Proposed “Priority Products”

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Date:   7/7/16           Media Org:   Furniture World    

Headline:   AHFA Announces 2016 Regulatory Summit Program

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Date:   6/28/16           Media Org:   JD Supra Business Advisor    

Headline:   California Department Of Toxic Substances Control Announces New Members Of Green Ribbon Science Panel

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Date:   6/15/16           Media Org:   Yahoo Finance    

Headline:   EU targets harmful chemicals after two-year delay

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Date:   6/14/16           Media Org:   Environmental Working Group    

Headline:   The Pollution in People: Cancer-Causing Chemicals in Americans' Bodies

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Date:   6/14/16           Media Org:   Mother Jones    

Headline:   Our Bodies Have So Many More Cancer-Causing Chemicals Than We Thought

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Date:   6/9/16           Media Org:   EHS Today    

Headline:   TSCA Reform Heads to President Obama for Signature

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Date:   6/9/16           Media Org:   Environmental Leader    

Headline:   Chemical Safety Rules Pass Congress. What’s Next for Manufacturers?

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Date:   6/3/16           Media Org:   NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)    

Headline:   Cheaper Insulation: Is it Worth it?

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Date:   6/1/16           Media Org:   Environmental Defense Fund    

Headline:   Wearable wristbands detect flame retardants

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Date:   6/1/16           Media Org:   OR TODAY    

Headline:   ‘Living Through Chemistry’ … Says Who?

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Date:   5/31/16           Media Org:   Forbes    

Headline:    At Long Last, New Chemical Safety Regulations

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Date:   5/26/16           Media Org:   Huffington Post    

Headline:   Congress Is Finally Overhauling A Decades-Old Chemical Safety Law

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Date:   5/10/16           Media Org:   Mercola.com    

Headline:   Firefighters Are Still Fighting Deadly Flame Retardants

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Date:   5/6/16           Media Org:   GreenBiz    

Headline:   The $100 billion business case for safer chemistry

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Date:   5/2/16           Media Org:   Environmental Leader    

Headline:   Screening Method Could Make Chemical Risk Management Easier, Cheaper

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Date:   4/25/16           Media Org:   TechWire.net    

Headline:   California’s Chemicals Database for Consumer Products Nears Completion

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Date:   4/18/16           Media Org:   Quartz    

Headline:   Six of the worst toxins Apple says it has phased out of its products

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Date:   4/12/16           Media Org:   Huffington Post    

Headline:   Ensuring Safe Children’s Products

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Date:   4/11/16           Media Org:   Well + Good    

Headline:   Shopping for clean beauty products just got even easier

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Date:   4/8/16           Media Org:   Environmental Leader    

Headline:   The Far REACH of the EU’s Chemical Rules

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Date:   4/1/16           Media Org:   Whole Foods Magazine    

Headline:   Green and Clean

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Date:   3/30/16           Media Org:   Everup    

Headline:   The Dirty 30

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Date:   3/30/16           Media Org:   Justmeans    

Headline:   Procter and Gamble's Transparency about Ingredients is Clear

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Date:   3/19/16           Media Org:   The National Law Review    

Headline:   Evolving State Green Chemistry Initiatives

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Date:   3/14/16           Media Org:   Triple Pundit    

Headline:   Safer Products For All Children

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Date:   3/11/16           Media Org:   Science    

Headline:   Tackling toxics

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Date:   3/7/16           Media Org:   Berkeley News    

Headline:   Teen girls see big drop in chemical exposure with switch in cosmetics

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Date:   3/7/16           Media Org:   Environmental Leader    

Headline:   EPA Issues Draft Risk Assessment for Chemical Used in Spray Adhesives, Degreasing

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Date:   3/2/16           Media Org:   Environmental Working Group's Enviroblog    

Headline:   Ten Years After California Ban, Big Drop in Fire Retardants in Breast Milk

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Date:   3/2/16           Media Org:   Trailer/Body Builders    

Headline:   California Phases In Copper-Free Brake Pads

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Date:   2/26/16           Media Org:   ABC 7 News    

Headline:   Consumer groups demand more information on chemicals in cleaning products

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Date:   2/25/16           Media Org:   KQED News    

Headline:   Levels Of Flame Retardant In Breast Milk Are Down in California Women

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Date:   2/25/16           Media Org:   Fair Warning    

Headline:   Dueling Labels Seek to Anoint Products Free of Toxic Chemicals

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Date:   2/25/16           Media Org:   California Health Online    

Headline:   Levels Of Flame Retardant In Breast Milk Are Down

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Date:   2/24/16           Media Org:   YubaNet.com    

Headline:   Flame retardant levels in California breast milk decreasing, DTSC study finds

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Date:   2/24/16           Media Org:   The Sacramento Bee    

Headline:   Flame retardant levels drop in breast milk of California women, study finds

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Date:   2/19/16           Media Org:   MIS ASIA    

Headline:   Supply chains: Danger ahead!

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Date:   2/18/16           Media Org:   AlterNet    

Headline:   Battle Lines Are Drawn in One of the Biggest Fights Against Toxic Chemicals in Decades

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Date:   2/16/16           Media Org:   Environmental Working Group's Enviroblog    

Headline:   S.C. Johnson To Disclose Fragrance Ingredients

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Date:   2/16/16           Media Org:   Chemistry World    

Headline:   Scientific advances should be considered when updating US chemicals law

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Date:   2/16/16           Media Org:   JD Supra Business Advisor    

Headline:   Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, February 2016

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Date:   2/16/16           Media Org:   JD Supra Business Advisor    

Headline:   EPA Announces Updated Draft Efficacy Protocol for Copper Surface Sanitizer Products

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Date:   2/9/16           Media Org:   JD Supra Business Advisor    

Headline:   2016 Emerging Issues in the Children's Products Industry

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Date:   2/8/16           Media Org:   Good News Network    

Headline:   How Big Chains From Walmart to H&M Are Cleaning Up Chemicals

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Date:   2/8/16           Media Org:   Men's Journal    

Headline:   Plastic Problems: New Study Says BPA-Free Is No Safer

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Date:   2/4/16           Media Org:   The Olympian    

Headline:   Bill to ban toxic flame retardants could fizzle for 5th time

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Date:   2/4/16           Media Org:   JD Supra Business Advisor    

Headline:   EPA Publishes FIFRA Use Site Index for Antimicrobial Pesticides

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Date:   2/4/16           Media Org:   Spray Technology & Marketing    

Headline:   CSPA Affiliate Forms Consortia to Navigate New Prop 65 Restriction

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Date:   2/2/16           Media Org:   Quartz    

Headline:   How a baseball-sized tumor woke me up to the dangers of everyday chemicals

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Date:   2/2/16           Media Org:   TakePart    

Headline:   A Danger Lurks Behind the BPA-Free Label

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Date:   2/2/16           Media Org:   KRCR News    

Headline:   Lawmakers speak out against work plan including fishing weights

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Date:   2/1/16           Media Org:   Earth Justice    

Headline:   American People to Safety Commission: Ban Harmful Flame Retardants!

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Date:   2/1/16           Media Org:   hebeiseed.net    

Headline:   California Safer Consumer Product Regulations

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Date:   2/1/16           Media Org:   CNN    

Headline:   BPA-free plastic alternatives may not be safe as you think

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Date:   2/1/16           Media Org:   Safer States    

Headline:   Listen to the lawyers: Attorneys General defend states’ role in toxics law

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Date:   2/1/16           Media Org:   Mother Jones    

Headline:   Is "Fragrance" Making Us Sick?

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Date:   1/29/16           Media Org:   Legal Newsline    

Headline:   California AG asks Congress to keep states' authority in mind during reforms to TSCA

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Date:   1/27/16           Media Org:   Plastics Today    

Headline:   Do plasticizers really cause obesity?

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Date:   1/27/16           Media Org:   Sightline Institute    

Headline:   New Study: Toxic Flame Retardant Bans Have Made Our Bodies Cleaner

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Date:   1/26/16           Media Org:   Environmental Leader    

Headline:   States to Feds: Don’t Wreck States’ Chemical Rules with TSCA Reform

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Date:   1/25/16           Media Org:   onEarth    

Headline:   What’s In Your Pajamas?

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Date:   1/25/16           Media Org:   Asbury Park Press (app.com)    

Headline:   Chemical safety bill could pass Congress this year

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Date:   1/22/16           Media Org:   Before It's News    

Headline:   EU’s Test for Endocrine Disruptors Threatens $4.8 Billion in U.S. Food Exports

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Date:   1/20/16           Media Org:   SF Gate    

Headline:   The 10 most toxic items at Dollar Stores

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Date:   1/19/16           Media Org:   Environmental Leader    

Headline:   DuPont, ADM Biotech Will Enable 100% Renewable Chemicals, Plastics

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Date:   1/18/16           Media Org:   TODAY Style    

Headline:   Natural makeup and skin care: TODAY investigates the movement

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Date:   1/15/16           Media Org:   CBC News | Health    

Headline:   Toxic jewelry: Cadmium found in Ardene, Aldo products

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Date:   1/11/16           Media Org:   The Orange County Register    

Headline:   The greening of cleaning: Cypress-based Earth Friendly Products is cleaning up products with all-natural ingredients

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Date:   1/11/16           Media Org:   The Intercept    

Headline:   Toxic “Reform” Law Will Gut State Rules on Dangerous Chemicals

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Date:   1/7/16           Media Org:   Forbes    

Headline:   Could Flame Retardants In Household Items Lead To Obesity?

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Date:   1/7/16           Media Org:   Maven's Notebook    

Headline:   Greener Products for Bluer Waters: California’s Safer Consumer Regulations

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Date:   1/6/16           Media Org:   Civil Eats    

Headline:   The FDA Just Banned These Chemicals in Food. Are They the Tip of the Iceberg?

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Date:   1/6/16           Media Org:   JD Supra Business Advisor    

Headline:   Predictions and Outlook for EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) 2016

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Date:   1/5/16           Media Org:   Safer States    

Headline:   Top 5 Truths About Toxics in 2015

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