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The Washington state Legislature has passed some of the country’s strongest legislation to protect residents from hazardous chemicals in cosmetic products.
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A new report from the Washington State Department of Ecology found formaldehyde, lead and arsenic in a study of products marketed to people of color. The findings are fueling renewed efforts to ban a list of hazardous chemicals from cosmetics and personal care items sold in Washington.
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Environmental groups had high hopes going into the special legislative session that ended Thursday in Olympia. But even with Democratic majorities in both…
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Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent over the last few decades to clean up toxic pollution from the region’s industrial past.In Tacoma, a prime…
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Each year, as lawmakers get to work in Olympia, the state’s largest environmental groups agree on legislative priorities. This session, the Washington…
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If it passes, the compromise bill would be the first update to the Toxic Substances Control Act in more than four decades. Supporters say it gives the EPA more power to ensure chemical safety.
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Eating too many fish from Washington state waters can make you sick. That’s the idea behind the updated fish consumption rule that has been formally…
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The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the U.S. Navy to reroute a creek and clean up a decades-old dump in Kitsap County.The EPA says…
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Industrial facilities in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho released more toxic material in 2010 than the year before, according to the federal toxics…