The recycling of hazardous industrial wastes into fertilizers introduces several dozen toxic metals and chemicals into the nation's farm, lawn and garden soils, including such well-known toxic substances as lead and mercury. This report documents the highly toxic substances found by testing fertilizers, as well as the strict regulations needed to protect humans and the environment from these toxic hazards. View report Elections, Inc. Despite passage of the 1994 Child Safety Protection Act, hazardous toys can still be found on toy store shelves across the country. This report reveals the influence of the automobile industry in the debate over the Zero-Emission Vehicles program.
New survey finds California's largest school districts using highly toxic pesticides.
Hard surfacing, equipment that is too high, openings in equipment that can entrap children, and swings that are too close together pose serious threats to children at a majority of public playgrounds surveyed across the country, according to a survey report. More than half of the U.S. counties monitoring for smog from 1997-1999 registered levels above what the U.S. EPA considers to be unhealthy. This reports found widespread deceptive and illegal advertising in yellow page advertisements throughout California. This report finds that the regional water boards of California are failing to adequately implement the federal Clean Water Act - one of the nation's most important environmental laws. Rebellion is spreading against ATM surcharges.