Results from a two-phase study released by the Center for Health, Environment & Justice, a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing environmental health harms caused by chemical threats, show that shower curtains made with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic contain many harmful chemicals including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), phthalates and organotins; these PVC shower curtains are potentially [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently fined the Bridgford Foods Corporation $36,400 for a 2006 ammonia air release violation at its food packaging plant located at 1308 North Patt Street, in Anaheim, Calif.