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Four styrene laden products to ditch Planning a summer barbecue this weekend or stocking up for Labor Day? Well there’s a new development around the health effects of styrene, that’s been hotly contested for years. Just this week, the National Research Council (NRC) signed off on the National Toxicology Program’s decision to list styrene as “reasonably anticipated to be […]

Ok, so you know about the potential health implications of BPA in plastic and you do your best to avoid it. But what about PVC in plastics and other products? Plastic drinking straws. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock PVC—polyvinyl chloride, or vinyl—is found in a range of products, from children’s toys to building materials to food […]