NJPIRG's Toxics-Free Future News

NJPIRG and Other Groups Join Assemblywoman Greenstein to Call for Passage of Toxic-Free Childrenâ€™s Products Act	4/08/2008
Trenton- In the shade of a giant rubber duck in Mill Hill Park, Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein joined New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG), and groups representing parents and the learning disabled, to call for action on the Toxic-Free Childrenâ€™s Products Act (A2332/S1428).
Greenstein and Weinberg Announce Bill to Ban Toxic Chemicals From Toys and Child Care Products	2/25/2008
Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein and Senator Loretta Weinberg have teamed up to introduce legislation (A2332) that would stop dangerous toxins from being added to toys and child care products.
30 Lawmakers Pledge to Cleanup NJ's Toxic Environment	11/15/2007
30 of New Jersey's lawmakers took NJPIRG's Toxic-Free Future Pledge, to make toxic clean-up and toxics use reduction a focus in the 2008 legislative session.
Baby Bottles Leach Toxic Chemical, according to New U.S. and Canadian Study	02/07/2008
Along with dozens of state and national environmental health organizations in the U.S. and Canada, NJPIRG is calling for action to eliminate the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from use in baby bottles and other consumer products, based on the results of a new study that demonstrates BPA leaches from popular plastic baby bottles when heated.

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