"… benefit from the controversial chemical, which is used to harden everyday plastics found in some food containers, cups and baby bottles.Two of the researcher …"

"… tudies that found the chemical safe were mostly funded by the chemical and plastics industries, or written by scientists with connections or affiliations …"

"… der pressure from the American Chemistry Council, a lobbying group for the plastics industry, schools officials in California edited a new environmental curri …"

"… d inkjet cartridges. It is used in brake fluid, paints and other coatings, plastics, adhesives and sealants, and as a solvent during the production of hyperte …"

"… cushions used in upholstered furniture and children's products, as well as plastics used in electronics. Research in animals as well as some human studies hav …"

"… d. ExxonMobil, for instance, argued that two of its chemicals used to make plastics flexible and durable shouldn’t be on the list. Other chemical industry p …"

"… erfere with the hormone system; a group of eight phthalates, found in many plastics and cosmetics and believed to alter development of the male reproductive s …"

"… found in the environment, the food supply and consumer products, including plastics, pesticides and cosmetics. One of the biggest, longest-lasting controversi …"

"… it was lethal gases released from burning sound-insulation foam and other plastics.In a fatal bit of irony, attempts to snuff fires like this catastrophic on …"

"… als are added to furniture cushions, carpet padding, children's car seats, plastics that encase electronics and other consumer items. Under California standar …"

"… ironmental Protection Agency has issued a $1 million fine against a global plastics producer for alleged Clean Air Act violations at its plants in two small, …"

"… ar, the federal agency said.SABIC, a global producer of polymers and thermoplastics, is a top employer in the two towns involved: Burkville, a rural community …"

"… $11 billion. Its Mount Vernon location was founded in 1960 as GE’s first plastics facility and remains SABIC’s largest plastics plant in the U.S.SABIC sai …"

"… ed in 1960 as GE’s first plastics facility and remains SABIC’s largest plastics plant in the U.S.SABIC said it is committed to “100 percent compliance� …"

"… urnal Environmental Health, are striking: Women employed in the automotive plastics industry were almost five times as likely to develop breast cancer, prior …"

"… heavy metals and flame retardants.Sandy Knight, who worked at two Windsor plastics plants from 1978 to 1998, had a breast cancer scare in 2000, when she was …"

"… lace.”The study population included women who had worked at more than 40 plastics factories in the Windsor area. But the implications are broader: Workers i …"

"… pation.”In the United States, an estimated 150,000 female workers in the plastics and synthetic rubber industries are likely exposed to many of the same che …"