http://www.healthychildrensf.org en-us neil.gendel@consumer-action.org Copyright 2009 2009-06-04T17:11:14Z http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/20914 http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/government_studies_playground_risks-ground_up_tires The federal government is reconsidering whether sports fields and playgrounds made from ground-up tires could harm children's health after some Environmental Protection Agency scientists raised concerns, documents show. Associated Press 6.4.09 news headlines 2009-06-04T16:11:14Z http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/20879 http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/bpa_industry_seeks_to_polish_image_plastics_baby_water_bottles Frustrated at media portrayals of bisphenol A as a dangerous chemical, food-packaging executives and lobbyists for the chemical makers met this week at an exclusive Washington, D.C., club where they hammered out a strategy, including showcasing a pregnant woman to talk about the chemical's benefits. 5.30.09 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [excellent source] news headlines 2009-06-01T19:49:07Z http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/20878 http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/consumer_group_pushes_johnson_johnson_on_chemicals_in_baby_shampoo A coalition of health, environmental and consumer groups is demanding that health products giant Johnson & Johnson remove tiny amounts of two chemicals suspected of causing cancer from its Johnson's Baby Shampoo and other products: 1,4-dioxane, formaldehyde . Associated Press. 5.25.09 news headlines 2009-06-01T19:44:30Z http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/20713 http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/use_of_plastic_bottles_for_cold_beverages_increases_bpa_in_study Drinking cold beverages out of polycarbonate bottles significantly increases the concentration of bisphenol A found in a the body. Milwaukee Journal 5.17.09 news headlines 2009-05-17T15:15:49Z http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/20712 http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/chicago_bans_sale_of_baby_bottles_sippy_cups_with_dangerous_chemical 2009-05-16T15:57:53Z http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/20711 http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/lead_is_a_concern_for_urban_gardens1 Health officials, soil scientists and environmental engineers worry that the increasing popularity of gardening, particularly the urban kind, will put more people at risk for lead poisoning if they don’t protect themselves. NY Times 5.14.09 news headlines 2009-05-16T15:57:08Z http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/20710 http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/lead_is_a_concern_for_urban_gardens Health officials, soil scientists and environmental engineers worry that the increasing popularity of gardening, particularly the urban kind, will put more people at risk for lead poisoning if they don’t protect themselves. NY Times 5.14.09 news headlines 2009-05-16T15:55:37Z http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/20709 http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/chicago_bans_sale_of_baby_bottles_sippy_cups_with_dangerous_chemical_bpa1 The City Council's vote Wednesday to make Chicago the first U.S. city to ban bisphenol A in baby bottles and sippy cups is the latest act in a groundswell of public concern about a widely used chemical that has been linked to cancer, diabetes and other ailments. Chicago Tribune 5.14.09 2009-05-16T15:52:09Z http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/20708 http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/chicago_bans_sale_of_baby_bottles_sippy_cups_with_dangerous_chemical_bpa The City Council's vote Wednesday to make Chicago the first U.S. city to ban bisphenol A in baby bottles and sippy cups is the latest act in a groundswell of public concern about a widely used chemical that has been linked to cancer, diabetes and other ailments. Chicago Tribune. 5.14.09 2009-05-16T15:48:59Z http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/20707 http://www.healthychildrensf.org/index.php/hcop/articles/school_age_lead_exposures_most_harmful_to_iq Pediatricians routinely test only infants and toddlers for lead because this is the age when blood concentrations of the neurotoxic heavy metal tend to be highest. But a new study has found that lead exposures in early school-age children is actually much greater--and can lower IQ. Science News [leaded construction dust in schools, leaded dust in homes] news headlines 2009-05-16T15:38:02Z