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	<title>The Soft Landing &#187; Lead</title>
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	<description>Avoiding Toxic Chemicals Just Got a Lot Easier: BPA, PVC, Phthalates, Flame Retardants and Lead</description>
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		<title>Top 10 Ways to Bust Toxic Dust Bunnies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, I never would have imagined that dust could be such an issue.  I saw it as nothing more than an &#8220;unsightly&#8221; lack of motivation on my part.  Much to my dismay, house dust now tops the list as one of the most significant sources of childhood exposure to toxic substances. Chemicals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say No to Toxic PVC School Supplies with CHEJ&#8217;s Back to School Guide</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awareness of BPA in plastics is becoming more common, but did you know that children&#8217;s lunch boxes, binders, backpacks and nap mats can contain chemicals linked to learning disabilities, ADHD, obesity, and asthma?  A new 2011 study found PVC is one of the most widely used hazardous plastics in the world because it&#8217;s made with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Lights Tested for Lead Contained up to 10,000 ppm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ecology Center (HealthyStuff.org) tested 68 Christmas light sets and found that a shocking 54% of the products contained more than 300 parts per million of lead in PVC ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lead and PVC in Christmas Lights Go Together Like Bonnie and Clyde</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alicia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We learned a lot about PVC and lead last year in our research on artificial Christmas trees.  The toxic couple made yet another grand appearance as we turned our attention to Christmas lights this season.  It turns out that lead is specifically chosen as the main stabilizer in the PVC casing used on the electrical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testing Reveals Vinyl (PVC) in Flooring and Wallpaper Contains Toxic Chemicals</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alicia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If this most recent news highlighting the woes of PVC doesn&#8217;t convince America that it&#8217;s time to make a major move toward PVC-free alternatives, then nothing will! The nonprofit Ecology Center tested over 1,000 flooring samples and nearly 2,300 types of wallpaper for substances that have been linked to asthma, birth defects, learning disabilities, reproductive [...]]]></description>
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