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Pollution and Deception
at Ground Zero Revisted: Why it Could Happen Again | Pollution in Newborns | Toxic
Flame Retardants
& Children's Health | Toxic
Products In The Home | The Impacts of PVC on
Plastics Recycling | Brominated Flame Retardants in Dust on Computers | The Economics of Phasing
out PVC | A The Citizens Plan for Zero Waste in New York
City | Environmental Impacts of Polyvinyl Chloride
(PVC) Building Materials | 2007 Executive Orders
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The Wasting of Rural New York: Factory Farms and Public Health
August's 3 million gallon
liquid manure spill preventable; 100,000+ fish killed in Black Creek
needless tragedy
Citizens'
Environmental Coalition and Sierra Club recently released "The Wasting
of
Rural New York State: Factory Farms and Public Health" which reveals
the damage that gigantic, poorly-regulated factory "farms" are doing to
our health, environment and economy.
For a complete copy of the report, download the .pdf file,
or contact CEC's Albany
office for a printed copy.
To find out if there is a factory "farm"
near you, check out www.ecothreatny.org -- select the "CAFOs" data set and enter your zip code.
Building Green Without Going in the Red
Everyday building products can be made of toxic
materials, and people choose them, unaware of the health and
environmental problems they can cause during their manufacture, use and
disposal.. The good news is that there are safer, healthier options.
We've compiled them for you in a new guide that's hot off the presses.
Citizens' Environmental Coalition is pleased to
announce the publication of Building Green Without
Going in the Red: A Household Guide to Healthy, Affordable Building
Materials. This guide presents the toxic problems
of conventional building materials, discusses safer, cost-effective
options and provides examples of those alternatives and where to find
them in easy-to-read tables.
DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY TODAY!
Just click on this link to get your
copy (32 pages, 0.98MB) in Adobe Acrobat format.
You can also get a printed copy by calling our
office - 518-462-5527.
Environmental Racism in New York State
This spring, CEC released
a Environmental Racism in New York State, a report
that documents the disparate siting of polluting facilities in
communities of color. Learn more by going to our sister website, www.ecoTHREATNY.org,
and clicking on "Env. Racism in NYS", or download PDF here.
Other
Useful Publications:
Body
Pollution and Deception
at Ground Zero Revisted: Why it Could Happen Again
The Sierra Club released an
update of "Pollution and Deception at
Ground Zero," its 2004 report on the federal administration's failure
to
protect the public and rescue workers against toxic pollution from the
September 11th attack on the World Trade Center. The new report urges
that the government missteps at Ground Zero may be repeated in future
disasters. This comes as the National Response Plan examined in the
report is being tested for the first time in the Southeast.
"Should Americans feel assured that our federal government will do a
better job of protecting health and safety in any future disaster? The
answer appears to be no," said Suzanne Mattei, author of the report,
Sierra Club's New York City Executive Director, and CEC Board Member.
The report dissects how these policies may lead to a
repetition of the harmful missteps that occurred at Ground Zero. It
urges Congress to hold hearings to investigate these issues.
"Residents and workers still await a proper toxic cleanup and medical
response to the World Trade Center attack. That weak track record and
the troubling new federal policies described in this report do not bode
well for the future. Americans should assume that in any future
national
disaster, human health and safety may not be protected," said Mattei.
To obtain the full report, visit http://www.sierraclub.org/groundzero
Body
Burden: The Pollution in Newborns
The
Environmental Working Group released a report investigating industrial
chemicals, pollutants, and pesticides in umbilical cord blood.
Researchers at two major laboratories found an
average of 200
industrial chemicals and pollutants in umbilical cord blood from 10
babies born in August and September of 2004 in U.S. hospitals. Tests
revealed a total of 287 chemicals in the group. The umbilical cord
blood of these 10 children, collected by Red Cross after the cord was
cut, harbored pesticides, consumer product ingredients, and wastes from
burning coal, gasoline, and garbage.
To obtain, visit www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden2
Growing Threats: Toxic Flame
Retardants & Children's Health
Environment
California Research & Policy Center has come out with a report
detailing types and uses of toxic flame-retardants and their affect
humans, animals, the environment, and especially children. The report
also suggests ways in which products can be made fire safe in less
toxic ways, and lists replacement flame retardant chemicals and
materials.
To obtain, visit www.environmentcalifornia.org
Cabinet Confidential: Toxic
Products In The Home
The National Environmental
Trust has issued a report examining the amounts if chemicals shipped in
products from facilities using toxic chemicals as raw materials. It
focuses on specific chemicals that are known or suspected neurotoxins,
carcinogens, or reproductive or developmental toxins. This report also
details the links between toxic chemicals and diseases, but mainly
focuses on toxins produced by one company, and shipped to another
company with the intent of being used in another product, and the
dangers associated with this practice.
To obtain, visit www.net.org
Message
in a Bottle: The Impacts of PVC on Plastics Recycling
A report issued by the
Grassroots Recycling Network (GRRN) provides evidence that bottles made
from polyvinyl chloride, commonly known as "vinyl," or PVC, pose
significant harm to community recycling programs.
To obtain, visit: http://www.grrn.org/pvc/
Brominated Flame Retardants in Dust on
Computers: The Case for Safer Chemicals and Better Computer Design
This report, put
out by the Computer-Take-Back Campaign (CTBC) and Clean Production
Action gives a thorough background on brominated flame-retardants and
their use in computers. The report is based on a study conducted by the
aforementioned organizations that found brominated flame-retardants at
high levels in dust from computers. The findings are interpreted and
related to its effects on human health and the food chain. Alternatives
to brominated flame-retardants are also provided.
To obtain, visit: www.computertakeback.org
The Economics of Phasing out PVC
Vinyl products may
appear to be cheap, but in many cases are actually more expensive than
alternative materials that are safer for people and the environment
according to a new report analyzing the full costs of vinyl products
released by Tufts University researchers. The report, entitled "The
Economics of Phasing Out Vinyl", concludes the economic advantages of
vinyl or PVC are overstated, and that substituting vinyl with safer
alternatives is cost-effective and practical.
To obtain, visit http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/Economics_of_PVC.pdf
Reaching for Zero:
A The Citizens Plan for Zero Waste in New York City
New York City Zero Waste Campaign and Consumer
Policy Institute have put out a report detailing the ways in which New
York City could reduce its waste. In 1997, Fresh Kills Landfill in
Staten Island, which had previously taken all of the city's waste,
announced that it would be closing. Since then, the city has been
exporting waste to distant landfills and incinerators. This practice
has cost the city a lot of money, and is not an environmentally
friendly way of waste disposal. This report argues that a composting
program, as well as a more expansive recycling program would save the
city money, and greatly reduce the amount of waste it produces daily.
To obtain, visit http://www.consumersunion.org/pub/core_other_issues/001263.html#more
Environmental Impacts of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
Building Materials
This report exhaustively reviews the science
behind the environmental health problems created through out the life
cycle of PVC as used in building materials
To obtain, visit http://www.healthybuilding.net/pvc/Thornton_Enviro_Impacts_of_PVC.pdf
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