Stop Toxic Imports Blog

Join us to confront these toxic traders and the corporate lobbyists at the Bush-administration-backed Import Safety Summit. Rally and Street Theater 12 Noon, July 9th Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H St. NW

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) based in Washington, DC and Oakland, California, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, at a hearing on the “Discussion Draft of the ‘Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act’ Legislation: Device and Cosmetic Safety” on May 14, 2008. In alliance with the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics the EWG seeks to tighten product safety standards in the personal care/cosmetics industry.

The Toxic Trader showed its evil face in downtown Pittsburgh on Friday. The Toxic Avengers from the United Steelworkers were quick to stop the Trader in it's tracks. The Toxic Trader street performance has been seen in cities all over the country in an effort to expose unfair trade and dangerous products imposed on our communities.

A defect on tires has links to China

Chemical Safety Workgroup video

Americans must look at gas prices, foreclosures and unemployment figures all rising — particularly the spike in May’s jobless rate which was the largest since the mid-1980s — and ask themselves which of the two candidates for president is best qualified to spiral those statistics back down.