High level of Chromium (VI) in Roeckl Sports Riding Glove (PT. Young Jin Sport)

Many parents and teachers shopping for their students’ 2018-19 school supplies look for a non-toxic “AP” certified label on the products, but many products don’t have that label, so it’s unclear if they’re safe or not. U.S. PIRG Education Fund is releasing a guide that warns consumers about some product...

The report gives a detailed overview of flows of new and used textiles in Denmark.The scope covers clothing and household textiles (bed linen, towels, tablecloths, curtains, etc.) purchased by households, business and the public sector. In 2016, total consumption of new textiles in Denmark amounted to 85000 tonnes, of which households purchased app...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement with Anchor Glass Container Corporation that will resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at all six of Anchor’s container glass manufacturing facilities located in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, and Oklahoma,...

Tri-City members of Amnesty International will be in Port Moody on Sunday, collecting names for a petition to press mega-corporations to reveal their sources of cobalt.The chemical element is mined to make rechargeable batteries, with half of the supply coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa.And researchers with the human rights gr...

Link to the “Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the implementation of the circular economy package: Options to address the interface between chemical, product and w...