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Ecology Center Press Releases
Michigan families would be able to find out if children’s
products sold in the state contain harmful chemicals under bills introduced by Senator
Rebekah Warren and Representative
Alberta Tinsley-Talabi this week.
“Right now parents do not...
Release Date: May 30th 2013
The Ecology Center and LocalMotionGreen, an environmental organization based in Grosse Pointe, will join together to form one of the region’s leading environmental health organizations, representatives of both groups announced at a...
Release Date: May 9th 2013
High levels of hazardous chemicals, many of which have been banned in children’s products, were found in garden hoses in the second year of tests conducted by researchers at the Ecology Center. Phthalates and the toxic chemical BPA were...
Release Date: May 7th 2013
In a major step forward for the Great Lakes and children's health, the Safe Chemicals Act of 2013 was introduced by Senator Frank Lautenberg, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and 27 other senators today (April 10). The legislation would...
Release Date: Apr 10th 2013
Despite decades of scientific evidence and bans in California and other countries, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week (Nov. 27) that it will allow the continued use of a neurotoxic pesticide in shampoos and lotions...
Release Date: Nov 29th 2012
The couch where Berkley (Mich.) mother Lisa Turner cuddles with her kids?
She was recently surprised to find out that the couch contained toxic flame retardants.
Turner's family supplied one of the eight Michigan samples of couch foam...
Release Date: Nov 28th 2012
Environmental groups including the Ecology Center welcomed Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s pledge that “we must make sure our energy choices always recognize our responsibility to protect Michigan’s environment.”
Snyder delivered a long-...
Release Date: Nov 28th 2012
Tests of 36 different cell phones, including the recently released iPhone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S III, found that each of them contained at least one of these hazardous chemicals: lead, bromine, chlorine, mercury and cadmium.
The Ann...
Release Date: Oct 3rd 2012
Local drivers will get a chance to kick the tires of the
automotive future in Saline and Ann Arbor on Sunday Sept. 23 at
local events being held in conjunction with the celebration of National Plug-In Day.
The local events
will feature...
Release Date: Sep 12th 2012
Tracey Easthope, environmental health director at the Ecology Center, is among the national leaders calling on manufacturers to make sure the interior furnishings they supply to hospitals are free of halogenated flame retardants (HFRs)...
Release Date: Jul 30th 2012
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