The topic of links between chemicals found in household products and cancer was brought to the world stage this week.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) released a joint report "State of the Science of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals." The report is a comprehensive...

Starting next January, new Canadian regulations will kick in removing incandescent light bulbs from store shelves and replacing them with more energy-efficient compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) and light emitting diodes (LEDs). As environmentalists, we applaud this move to reduce energy consumption and the use of fossil fuels such...

The holiday season is a veritable carnival of consumption. While some of us might avoid the festive shopping, hiding from malls and the financial stress they can bring, if you do plan to hit the stores between now and New Years, remember to practice safe shopping.

Many products on...

The fight to remove toxins from personal care products saw a major victory recently. For two and a half years, with the support of 25 environmental groups including ours, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics campaigned to have Johnson & Johnson remove formaldehyde-releasing ingredients from their...