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    Sep 10, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Chemical firm's champion now EPA expert

    As a lawyer and scientist for one of the world's largest makers of flame retardants, Todd Stedeford vigorously defended chemicals added to scores of household products — often by concluding the substances are far less dangerous than academic and government studies have determined.
    As a lawyer and scientist for one of the world's largest makers of flame retardants, Todd Stedeford vigorously defended chemicals added to scores of household products — often by concluding the substances are far less dangerous than academic and...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Customs and Tradition, Health, Lisa P. Jackson

    2. Dec 20, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Toxic flame retardant may get a reprieve

    For a class of troublesome flame retardants, this appeared to be the end of an era.
    For a class of troublesome flame retardants, this appeared to be the end of an era. After years of study, scientists in the U.S. and Europe had reached an alarming conclusion: Flame retardants called polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, build up...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Environmental Issues, Environmental Defense Fund

    3. Nov 27, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Dangerous for kids' pajamas, safe for sofas?

    More than three decades after manufacturers stopped making children's pajamas with a flame retardant suspected of causing cancer, new research suggests the same chemical has become the most widely used fire-resistant compound in upholstered furniture sold throughout the United States.
    More than three decades after manufacturers stopped making children's pajamas with a flame retardant suspected of causing cancer, new research suggests the same chemical has become the most widely used fire-resistant compound in upholstered furniture sold...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Jerry Brown, Environmental Issues, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Consumer Confidence

    4. Sep 2, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Makers of flame retardants cut ties with industry front group

    The world's major manufacturers of flame retardants officially cut ties Friday with an industry-funded front group that waged a deceptive campaign to fuel demand for the chemicals in household furniture, electronics, baby products and other goods.
    The world's major manufacturers of flame retardants officially cut ties Friday with an industry-funded front group that waged a deceptive campaign to fuel demand for the chemicals in household furniture, electronics, baby products and other goods....

    Tags: Chemistry, Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, Jerry Brown, Lobbying

    5. Aug 31, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Makers of flame retardants sever ties with industry-funded front group

    The world's major manufacturers of flame retardants officially cut ties today with an industry-funded front group that waged a deceptive campaign to fuel demand for the chemicals in household furniture, electronics, baby products and other goods.
    Tribune reporters
    The world's major manufacturers of flame retardants officially cut ties today with an industry-funded front group that waged a deceptive campaign to fuel demand for the chemicals in household furniture, electronics, baby products and other goods....

    Tags: Science and Technology, Chemistry, Chemical Industry, Cancer, Companies and Corporations

    6. May 23, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Watchdog Update: Pressure grows for limits on flame retardants

    In New York state, lawmakers are moving to ban a cancer-causing flame retardant from children's products.
    Chicago Tribune reporters
    In New York state, lawmakers are moving to ban a cancer-causing flame retardant from children's products. At the U.S. Capitol, more than 100 nurses, mothers and cancer survivors marched for tougher federal regulation of the chemicals. And in Washington...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Companies and Corporations

    7. Jan 6, 2011 |Story| AM News

  7. Former Centre president Morrill to speak at Founders Day celebration

    Richard L. Morrill, Centre College’s 18th president (from 1982-1988), will deliver the keynote address at Centre College’s Founders Day ceremony on Jan. 19. The event is free and open to the public and will be held at 11 a.m. in Newlin Hall of the College’s Norton Center for the Arts on campus.
    Richard L. Morrill, Centre College’s 18th president (from 1982-1988), will deliver the keynote address at Centre College’s Founders Day ceremony on Jan. 19. The event is free and open to the public and will be held at 11 a.m. in Newlin Hall of...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Elections, University of Richmond, Tredegar Corporation

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