ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL BLOGS

Health Plague extensive, military considering stopping all use of lead-free ammunition (Norway)

(Dagbladet): One and a half years after the newspaper Dagbladet revealed major problems with the Armed Forces' new environmental ammunition, considering the military to stop the use of lead-free ammunition and reintroduce traditional lead balls.

Defence Management admits that they now have a significant challenge in dealing with problems with the new ammunition, and that the extent of physical health problems among soldiers who use it only on the increase.

Doctors in the Armed Forces are more and more reports of soldiers who are sick for days after the shooting with lead-free ammunition

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CONSUMER GUIDE TO TOXIC TOYS

     From WXYZ.com (Channel 7, ABC, Detroit):

On Wednesday, December 5 the Michigan-based Ecology Center - the same group that released the first-ever consumer guides to toxic chemicals in cars and child car seats - will be releasing new research on over 1,200 toys in collaboration with the Washington Toxics Coalition and other leading environmental health groups across the country. At www.healthytoys.org parents will be able to easily check how products rank from highest to lowest in terms of lead, cadmium and other chemicals that are associated with reproductive problems, developmental and learning disabilities, hormone problems and cancer.

Toys made with PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, were also tested because they often contain phthalates and other hazardous chemical additives.

     Note:  At of this Post, the link to www.healthytoys.org did not work.  Neither did a link to the Ecology Center main url, www.ecologycenter.org/ .