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Get the Lead Out (of Lipstick)
By Mia Davis
Get the Lead Out
Originally published at Crazy, Sexy, LifeDear Cosmetics Industry: Please stop defending lead and other nasty chemicals in your products. Love, Mia
A $25 tube of department store lipstick should be safe, right? You might assume it is safer than $2 drugstore brand. Not necessarily … During the busy 2011 holiday season, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly released its new data on 400 popular lipsticks sold in the U.S. These products are contaminated with widely varying levels of lead, including higher amounts than found in earlier studies. Perhaps theGoing After the Chesapeake
By Andy Fellows, Chesapeake Regional Director
Rep Goodlatte is putting this at risk
On March 8, 2012, Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA6) introduced H.R. 4153, a disastrous proposal misnamed the “Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act.” Rep Goodlatte's bill would not only remove important federal oversight for the Chesapeake, like limits on discharging pollutants, but also attempts to undermine President Obama's Executive Order to restore and protect the Bay. This bill needs to be stopped. If enacted, this bill would end all hope of restoration of the Chesapeake, or itsThe Ag Connection
By Jennifer Clary, California Policy Associate A report released today by the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California Davis sheds provides the broadest look to date about the sources and solutions of nitrate contamination of groundwater in some of the most heavily farmed areas of California. The report “ Addressing Nitrate in California’s Drinking Water,” a two-year effort funded by the State Water Board with Prop 84 funds, provides a clear look at the impact of agriculture on our drinking water supplies. It’s not good Nitrate is one of the most common groundwater