Agency pushes for nonflammable furniture
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A government safety agency is pushing to require all home furnishings sold in the U.S. to be nonflammable.
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By ALEX NUSSBAUM, STAFF WRITER  The federal government wants to let companies in North Jersey and around the nation quadruple the amount of toxic chemicals they can use without reporting details.  The change could save businesses millions, the government said.
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Ministers hint new controls needed to prevent children being exposed to harmful material.
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The federal agency faces tough questions over trailers it supplied to Katrina survivors that turned out to be hazardous
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A 72-year-old furniture company is sustainable to its roots.
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Electronics vendors are working to push through a legislative mandate that will make it easier for consumers to recycle consumer electronics.
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By Douglas Fischer  A measure banning a broad class of flame retardants from furniture and bedding cleared the Assembly late Wednesday night, while a controversial effort to ban one of the most widely used chemical flame retardants from all consumer products fell short Thursday.
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Staying ahead of the Halloween-decorating competition isn't cheap.
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By Douglas Fischer  Flame retardants are generating some heat of their own as concerned researchers and lawmakers note rising levels in the environment and step up efforts to ban them from everyday household products.
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Mattresses made and imported this summer must meet a new flammability standard starting July 1, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA), the national trade  association that serves kitchen, bath and other residential cabinet  manufacturers and suppliers, recently introduced the Environmental  Stewardship Program (ESP).
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Residents in government-funded housing in Bristol are up in arms over a decision by their local city council to ban doormats because they pose a &quot;tripping hazard&quot; for anyone escaping a fire.
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Office furniture maker Herman Miller  Inc.  wants to let cooler heads prevail when it comes  to the often-heated issue of how hot or cold offices should be.
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An estimated 1.6 million deaths a year are attributed to toxic indoor air. A new clean-burning wood stove could help decrease that number.
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With oil prices rising people are turning to wood heat, raising concerns about the environmental impact of some older devices that are being used.
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By Andrea L. Stape, The Providence Journal, R.I.  Sep. 20--PROVIDENCE -- A sign on the door of Cowan Plastics Inc.
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The UFCW applauds Congressional efforts to force the Occupational Safety  and Health Administration (OSHA) to regulate Diacetyl--a  dangerous chemical that has killed at least three workers and injured  hundreds of others. Today, U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) introduced H.R.