CHEJ’s PVC Campaign Honored with a BENNY Award
CHEJ’s PVC Campaign won an award this year at the 2008 BENNY awards given by the Business Ethics Network (BEN). This is the second year in a row CHEJ’s PVC Campaign has been honored at the BEN conference. BEN organizes the awards to celebrate the victories and achievements of top corporate campaign activists.
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PVC Fenceline Communities Fight Back!
Community members affected by cancer-causing pollution from PVC manufacturers went to court again to ask the federal government to regulate the host of toxins released from these plants. Each year, PVC plants pump some 500,000 pounds of vinyl chloride – a known human carcinogen - and many other toxins into the atmosphere.
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Apple Cutting Out PVC in New Laptops
Apple just got a bit greener, with the launch of new laptops with internal cables free of PVC. These new MacBooks are currently on a similar level of toxics reduction to the Sony Viao laptop series on PVC, and the Lenovo Think Vision in monitors. The good news is Apple also announced they are on track to meet their 2008 year-end goal to eliminate PVC!
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Victory! U.S. Government Cutting Toxic Phthalates Out of Kids' Toys!
We Did It! Thanks to your help, the U.S. government passed landmark legislation to ban phthalates and lead in kids’ toys! These chemicals are often found in PVC kids’ toys – in fact between 80-90% of all phthalates are used in PVC products such as toys. CHEJ’s PVC campaign played an important role in this effort -- in June, CHEJ testified before Congress and Betty the Be Safe Ducky visited Chicago at a news conference.

We Still Need You! We hope you'll join us in thanking leaders in Congress for passing this critical legislation that will safeguard our children's health.

Time Magazine: It’s Curtains for Vinyl
The writing is on the wall for vinyl shower curtains - PVC is out and safer products are in! The latest to join the growing chorus is a writer from Time Magazine, who recommends consumers should, "avoid plastic bottles and toys labeled with the numbers 3 or 7, which often contain BPA or phthalates, and steer clear of vinyl shower curtains." Read the article for yourself here.

Levi's Phasing Out PVC and Phthalates
CHEJ's PVC campaign momentum keeps on going! Levi's, the #5 apparel manufacturer in the country, is the latest major corporation to commit to phasing out PVC, the poison plastic. Over the past year, after relentless campaigning by CHEJ, other major corporations including Target, Sears and Kmart, JCPenneys, and Toys"R"Us have all announced major initiatives to phase out this unnecessary toxic plastic. To learn more, read the article in Ecotextile News.