Industry Precautionary Policies
Consorta Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program
Jean Livingston of Consorta, Inc. outlines the company's draft chemical policy and the health care group purchasing company's precautionary practices.
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Safe Cosmetics: Precautionary Industry Agreements
Lisa Archer of Friends of the Earth describes their campaign calling on body care products industry to phase out use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other health harms which 350 companies have endorsed.
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Health Care Industry Precautionary Programs
Barbara Sattler of Health Care Without Harm describes the goals and activities of the international campaign to transform the health care industry, highlighting sustainable practices on plastics, mercury, waste reduction and the Hospitals for a Healthy Environment initiative.
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Industry PVC Phase Out Initiatives
Mike Schade of the Center for Health, Environment & Justice describes the PVC poison plastic campaign, and precautionary actions to phase out PVC by automobile manufacturers, shoemakers, retailers and the electronic industry.
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Warning Consumers About Mercury in Fish
Jackie Savitz of Oceana describes Wild Oats and Safeway's point of sale advisories and a green list guide to grocery stores that provide consumers with mercury warnings.
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