IN THIS ISSUE:
*Wal-Mart spent $2.2 million lobbying consumer product safety legislation
*California seeking input on its green chemistry initiative
*Canadian government begins process to ban everyday chemicals
*California investigators staking out landfills and issuing tickets to violators who dump hazardous waste in landfills
*Walt Disney Stores are voluntarily recalling products due to high volumes of lead
*Los Angeles company fined $10-million for selling 100,000 lead-tainted lunchboxes to the state health department
*Green products manufacturer receives $29 million equity investment
*Green product labels increase likelihood of consumer purchasing
*SOCMA tells Senate committee REACH would hamper U.S. innovation
*US sales of natural and organic cosmetics projected to reach $7 billion in 2008
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