International Business News - Toxic http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Nine toy companies, including Mattel Inc., agreed to pay a total of nearly $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit over Chinese-made toys tainted with lead, California state and local officials said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/toy-companies-settle-lead-tainted-toy-suit.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:31:30 EST An environmental group that put out a list of chemical-laden toys is reevaluating one component of the Nintendo Wii which tested positive for bromine, the group said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/group-will-reevaluate-nintendo-wii-component.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:45:51 EST After the high-profile recalls of millions of lead-contaminated toys last year, a watchdog group said Wednesday that its tests found fewer toys with high levels of chemicals in them this year. But about a third of the toys tested still contained a worrisome level of chemicals. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/188089-toxic-toys-study.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/group-finds-fewer-toys-with-high-lead-levels.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/group-finds-fewer-toys-with-high-lead-levels.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:55:14 EST A new survey finds that about a third of popular toys on sale this holiday season have significant levels of toxic chemicals. Researchers for the JustGreen Partnership--a coalition of children's safety, public health and environmental groups--tested more than 1,500 toys and found one in three contained medium or high levels of chemicals such as lead, cadmium and arsenic. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/survey-finds-1-in-3-toys-have-toxic-chemicals.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:46:40 EST Plaintiffs' lawyers asked a judge Tuesday to certify a class action lawsuit against the federal government and dozens of trailer manufacturers for allegedly exposing Gulf Coast hurricane victims to potentially dangerous fumes while living in emergency shelters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/storm-victims-seek-class-action-over-trailer-fumes.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:01:27 EST The government is selling travel trailers to the public that were banned from use as emergency housing in disasters because many had toxic levels of formaldehyde. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/femas-toxic-trailers-sold-to-public-as-scrap.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:11:29 EST The government is selling travel trailers to the public that were banned from use as emergency housing in disasters because many had toxic levels of formaldehyde. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/toxic-trailers-sold-to-public-as-scrap.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:35:04 EST A popular French clothing chain has stopped selling Chinese-made boots and shoes containing an anti-fungal sachet previously blamed for causing rashes, the store said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/store-pulling-footwear-from-china-after-rash.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:37:01 EST The government of Kazakhstan says it will buy up assets from distressed banks in an effort to galvanize the Central Asian nation's lending sector. Prime Minister Karim Masimov says relieving banks of bad loans will help them free up liquidity and inject it into the economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/kazakhstan-to-buy-up-toxic-banking-assets.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:31:09 EST An Ivory Coast court has ordered two men jailed for their roles in a toxic waste dumping scandal that the government claims killed at least 16 people. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/158291-ivory-coast-toxic-trade.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/ivory-coast-court-jails-2-over-toxic-waste-dumping.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/ivory-coast-court-jails-2-over-toxic-waste-dumping.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:28:12 EDT The federal government is not immune from lawsuits claiming many Gulf Coast hurricane victims were exposed to potentially dangerous fumes while living in trailers it provided, a federal judge ruled Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/judge-fema-not-immune-from-toxic-trailer-suits.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:06:18 EDT After tainted baby milk, now toxic chairs from China. Customers in France who bought Chinese-made recliners are complaining of stinging allergic rashes and infections. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/134389-france-china-toxic-chairs.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/french-retailer-in-hot-seat-over-chinese-chairs.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/french-retailer-in-hot-seat-over-chinese-chairs.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:43:04 EDT A French court has opened a judicial inquiry into allegations that steel giant Arcelor and three other companies trafficked in toxic waste, a prosecutor said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/france-court-probes-toxic-waste-trafficking.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:37:23 EDT A French court has opened a judicial inquiry into allegations that steel giant Arcelor and three other companies trafficked in toxic waste, a prosecutor said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/france-court-probes-toxic-waste-trafficking.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:14:43 EDT Nearly a year after federal epidemiologists first sounded the alarm over a cluster of rare blood cancers in northeastern Pennsylvania, their research has zeroed in on a hardscrabble region 80 miles northwest of Philadelphia that is home to several Superfund sites and a power plant fired by waste coal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/cancer-cluster-confirmed-in-northeast-pennsylvania.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:45:07 EDT The Federal Emergency Management Agency asked a federal judge Wednesday for immunity from lawsuits over potentially dangerous fumes in government-issued trailers that have housed tens of thousands of Gulf Coast hurricane victims. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/fema-seeks-immunity-from-suits-over-trailer-fumes.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:44:25 EDT The Federal Emergency Management Agency is requesting immunity from lawsuits filed on behalf of Gulf Coast hurricane victims who claim they were exposed to dangerous fumes while living in government-issued trailers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/fema-seeks-immunity-from-suits-over-trailer-fumes.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:23:29 EDT House Democrats accused the manufacturers of FEMA trailers of not doing anything to address health concerns among victims of Hurricane Katrina who were living in the government-purchased trailers. But trailer maker Gulf Stream Coach said FEMA directed the company not to address these complaints. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/trailer-maker-offered-to-address-health-complaints.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:48:30 EDT Trailer manufacturers defended themselves Wednesday on Capitol Hill, insisting they're not responsible for FEMA trailers that had toxic levels of formaldehyde, despite Democrats' claims the companies knew the dangers yet didn't do anything about it. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/gop-dont-blame-manufacturers-for-toxic-trailers.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:59:28 EDT Companies that make recreational vehicles should not be blamed for high levels of formaldehyde in FEMA trailers, according to a report by House Republicans. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/gop-dont-blame-manufacturers-for-toxic-trailers.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:07:26 EDT