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Ban the supertoxic chemicals, including chemicals that build up in our bodies known as persistent bioaccumulative toxins, or PBTs and toxic metals like lead and mercury.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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It stinks—both in terms of odor and in terms of whoever made the decision to use this supertoxic material when safer alternatives exist.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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It stinks—both in terms of odor and in terms of whoever made the decision to use this supertoxic material when safer alternatives exist.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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The catch is that landfill gas is dirty gas; it contains methane as well as other nasty VOCs and potential contaminants that can form supertoxic dioxin when burned.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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It stinks—both in terms of odor and in terms of whoever made the decision to use this supertoxic material when safer alternatives exist.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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Ban the supertoxic chemicals, including chemicals that build up in our bodies known as persistent bioaccumulative toxins, or PBTs and toxic metals like lead and mercury.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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Mattresses, pillows, couches, or other furniture treated with polybrominated diphenyl ethers PBDE, a supertoxic chemical linked to liver, thyroid, and neurodevelopmental toxicity.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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But just as protectionism led to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, which triggered a global depression, which, in turn, devastated "protected" businesses and others here and around the world, this supertoxic mark-to-market concept will severely stifle job creation and economic growth.
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The catch is that landfill gas is dirty gas; it contains methane as well as other nasty VOCs and potential contaminants that can form supertoxic dioxin when burned.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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Mattresses, pillows, couches, or other furniture treated with polybrominated diphenyl ethers PBDE, a supertoxic chemical linked to liver, thyroid, and neurodevelopmental toxicity.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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