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EWG Research on Chemicals in Environment

10.1.07 Congressional Testimony on Mining Reform ()
9.4.07 Trouble Downstream: Upgrading Conservation Compliance ()
7.12.07 Water pollution caused by cosmetic chemicals, cleaning supplies and plastics ()
10.30.06 Thyroid Threat ()
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Chemicals found in Environment: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), Organochlorine Pesticides (OCs), Metals, Lead compounds, Organic salts, Mercury compounds, Arsenic compounds, Cadmium compounds, Chlorinated dioxins & furans, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Phthalates, Volatile and semivolatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs), Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), Brominated Fire Retardants, Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), Perfluorochemicals (PFCs), Chromium compounds, Bisphenol A & BADGE, Nitro- and polycylic- musks, Substituted benzenes, Phenols, Perchlorate, Inorganic salts, Miscellaneous pesticides, Halogenated benzenes, Short halogenated compounds, Alkanes, Trihalomethanes (THMs), Organophosphate Pesticides (OPs), Unidentified or misc. family, Inorganic compounds, Zinc compounds, Amphibole-group minerals, Vanadium compounds, Molybdenum compounds, Cobalt compounds, Antimony compounds, Silver compounds, Selenium compounds, Potassium compounds, Nitrate compounds, Nickel compounds, Manganese compounds, Inorganic ions, Fluoride compounds, Copper compounds, Radioactive particles, Uranium compounds, Calcium compounds, Iron compounds, Air pollutants, Ionizing radiation

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