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The Washington State Legislature has passed the nation’s first ban on all forms of the toxic flame retardants known as PBDEs. The Senate passed ESHB1024, sponsored by Rep. Ross Hunter (D-Medina), by a 41 to 8 margin at noon today. Senator Debbie Regala (D-Tacoma) sponsored the companion bill in the Senate.

A federal judge in Seattle today overturned new Bush administration rules that made it easier for pesticide makers to ignore the effects of their products on endangered plants and animals. The court set aside the administration’s rules, and restored prior standards that provided greater protection to protected wildlife and plants. The ruling came in response […]

Now that the summer gardening season is in full swing, home and garden stores up and down the West Coast will warn consumers of the dangers to salmon posed by seven common pesticides.  Earlier this summer, “Salmon Hazard” signs were distributed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of a legal settlement with consumer […]

Today a diverse group of Washingtonians gathered together for the first time to react to results from recent lab testing of their blood, hair, and urine, which detected from 26 to 39 toxic chemicals in each of their bodies.

Ann Holmes Redding’s Chemical Profile 36 chemicals detected organophosphate pesticide exposure greater than 90% of U.S. population on average exposure to DDT (banned in 1972) greater than 75% of U.S. population on average

Lisa Brown’s Chemical Profile 37 chemicals detected mercury above U.S. EPA “safe” level level of a metabolite of MEHP, a phthalate found in PVC (vinyl), greater than 75% of U.S. population on average level of a metabolite of DBP, a phthalate found in personal care products, greater than 95% of U.S. population

  Karen Bowman’s Chemical Profile 35 chemicals detected highest levels of phthalates, found in PVC (vinyl) and personal care products, in our study mercury above U.S. EPA “safe” level tested positive for lead      

Deb Abrahamson’s Chemical Profile 39 chemicals detected organophosphate pesticide exposure greater than 90% of U.S. population on average second highest levels of PFOS, formerly used in stain protectors, in our study  

Summary of Results Pollution in People: A Study of Toxic Chemicals in Washingtonians In 2005, ten Washington residents agreed to testing of their hair, blood, and urine for the presence of toxic chemicals as part of an investigative study by the Toxic-Free Legacy Coalition.  The Coalition wanted to know which chemicals were getting into our […]

Deb Abrahamson Director of S.H.A.W.L. & Spokane tribe member Karen Bowman Registered nurse & environmental health specialist for WSNA Lisa Brown State Senator, Majority Leader Patricia Dawson Breast cancer surgeon, Swedish Medical Center Bill Finkbeiner State Senator, former Minority Leader Denis Hayes Earth Day founder & president of the Bullitt Foundation Ann Holmes Redding Episcopal […]