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January 2012 Ecolink
Many popular baby products, including nursing pillows and car seats, contain toxic flame-retardants linked to cancer, hormone disruption, and other negative health effects, according to a new report released earlier this month by public health advocacy groups in Washington. The Ecology Center collaborated on assembling products for testing and in distributing the results of the analysis...
Charles Griffith, climate and energy program director at the Ecology Center, spoke in favor of ethe government’s proposal to establish new corporate average fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks at a public hearing convened by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in Detroit earlier this month.
“The Ecology Center has had a long...
Michigan could have the chance this fall to create thousands of new jobs and improve public health across the state by adopting a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of renewable energy generated in the state.
After the ballot language was approved earlier this month, a coalition of environmental, public health, labor and business groups launched a campaign to gather...
“Planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases,” according to the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
But
for those who are not ready to give up meat entirely, adopting “Meatless
Mondays” might be the thin end of the wedge, the start we...
President Barack Obama’s strong
support for Michigan’s future as a center for clean energy is just the latest
indication of the promise and potential of this industry for our state.
In his State of the Union speech
yesterday, Obama pointed out his guest Bryan Ritterby, a Michigander who was
laid off from a furniture manufacturer and is now working at Energetx, a wind
turbine manufacturer in...