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Category Archives: Plastics & Health
Whose Wish List Counts?
One of the chief defenders of the plastics/chemicals industry is the Washington DC law firm of Keller and Heckman. Founding partner Jerome Heckman has represented plastics for decades going back to the industry’s first public relations crisis in 1959 when … Continue reading
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The Ongoing BPA Battle
The plastics industry has been touting a recent study by German researchers that concluded that the chemical bisphenol A is safe. Written by an advisory committee to the German Society of Toxicology, the report was based on a review of … Continue reading
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Are phthalates safe?
The Huffington Post has a piece today by Jon Entine who argues there’s no scientific basis for continuing concerns about the health effects of phthalates, a family of chemicals that are ubiquitous in consumer goods, widely used as plasticizers, lubricants … Continue reading
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Is working in plastics safe?
An explosion at a plastics plant outside Boston on Sunday made me wonder again about the safety of the plastics industry. Historically, it was rife with hazards: fires were so common in early celluloid factories that workers were continually dousing … Continue reading
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Tagged bisphenol A, plastics, workplace safety
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