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Jury: Lead Paint Makers Not Liable for Boy's Brain Damage
    A Wisconsin jury sides with the makers of lead paint, not a boy with brain damage, in a case watched across the country.

Home Depot, Lowe's Stocks Plummet
    Home improvement stocks in Home Depot and Lowe's have plummeted, amid housing market woes. What does the depressed real estate market mean for greens?

The Daily Green: Safe Toy Watch: Toy Recalls and Lead-Free Toys
    A Special Daily Green Report: The latest recall news and hundreds of choices that are lead-free and/or made in America.

5 Perfectly Painless Home Eco-Fixes
    You don't need to go off the grid to make big money and earth-saving changes to your home. Install CFLs (compact fluorescent lightbulbs), turn down the temperature on your water heater and unplug unused chargers to defeat the phantom load.

260,000 More Children's Products Recalled
    Chinese-Made Puppet Theaters, Bookmarks and Halloween Skull Pails Have Lead Paint

J.C. Penney Toy Recall Among Latest Lead Violations
    More than 90,000 Products In Latest Lead Paint Recall

Water Bottles Recalled Due to Lead Paint Risk
    Aluminum Water Bottles Made in China Have Lead Paint

Baby Einstein Recall: Lead Paint on Blue Blocks
    Baby Einstein Discover & Play Color Blocks Recalled Due to Hazard

Another Thomas Recall Due to Lead Paint
    Another 500,000 Products Recalled -- Because Toymakers Actually Started Looking For Defects

Target Recalls Gardening Toys Due to Lead
    Happy Giddy Gardening Tools and Children's Sunny Patch Chairs Recalled

Kolcraft Play Yard Recall in Effect
    Consumer Product Safety Commission Aids Recall after Death of 10-month-old

Thomas the Train and Friends Recall: List of Products
    22 Specific Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Products Recalled

Ban Chinese Toys? Good Luck
    Give Up Chinese Toys and You Give Up Most Toys: Author of A Year Without "Made in China"

Concerns Rise Over Safety of Wireless Internet
    Europeans are even restricting WiFi services until health studies are done

Massive Crib Recall: Two Babies, 1 Toddler Reported Dead According to CPSC
    1 Million Cribs Made in China Involved in 7 Entrapments, 55 "Incidents"

Recalled Cribs Made in China: CPSC
    1 Million Cribs With Trusted Brand Names Recalled

Crib Recall: "Don't Take a Chance"
    After At Least Two Deaths, Simplicity and Graco Cribs Made in China are Recalled

Behind Mattel's Apology to China
    Mattel is Right to Take Responsibility, But There's Plenty to Go Around

Chinese-made Cribs in Massive Recall
    Deaths of 3 Children Implicated in Latest Chinese Manufacturing Scandal

State Handed Out Lead-Tainted Lunch Boxes
    California Recalls Chinese-Made Giveaways, in Latest Child Lead Scare

Smog's Diesel Fumes Increase Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Death
    New studies show poor air quality encourages blood clots. Smog pollution from diesel fumes can lead to increased risk for heart attack, strokes and death.

Some Toys Were 100% Lead
    Mattel Toys Had as Much as 180-Times Legal Limit of Lead Paint

Made in USA: The Hot New Label for Toys
    Toy Makers Rush New Labels to Market to Help Parents and Sales

Agency Lacks Authority to Stop Toxic Toy Imports
    At Senate Hearing, CPSC Official Says it Can't Turn Back Shipments With Lead Paint

Product Recalls Up 50% Over Past 6 Years
    Not Just Toys, But A Vast Array Of Items Recalled For Health And Safety, Amid Weak Regulation

Another Toy Recall: Mattel ID's More Toys With Lead Paint
    Lead Paint on Toys Made in China Prompts Third Recall in Little More Than a Month

Janitors Sick From School's Cleaning Chemical Fumes
    In a Texas School already cited for mold, 7 staffers are poisoned.

Long Island Parents Sue Over T-comm Towers in a Residential Area, Near a School
    Debate over health risks of electromagnetic radiation from power lines and antennas rages on, in this case on Long Island, where parents are opposing telecommunications towers in their neighborhood, near a school.

Government Refuses To Spot Check Toys For Lead
    Consumer Product Safety Commission Refuses Repeated Requests By Senators

Fire Hazard Grows as Sprawl Exceeds Number of Hydrants
    Nearly A Fourth Of U.S. Families Now Live In Suburbs Or Exurbs Without Fire Hydrants

Carbon Monoxide, the Silent Killer, Stalks College Campuses
    The Recent Poisoning At Virginia Tech Highlights Lack Of Awareness, Risks

Mattel Toxic Toy Recall Expected To Expand
    Lead Paint, And A Magnet That Poses A Swallow Hazard Are On New List: Report

Company Has Known for 5 Years About Lead at 40 Times Legal Limit in Toys Made In China
    After Newspaper Investigation, U.S. Company Issued A Recall Of A Chinese-Made Spinning Top

Fisher Price Recalls Toys Tainted By Chinese Paint
    Toys for Toddlers Said to be Involved




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