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Healthy Building News Archive
- Growin' Up: The US Green Building Council at 15 (December 12, 2008)
- International Authorities Turn Up the Heat on Toxic Flame Retardants in Building Materials (November 6, 2008)
- LEED Revisions Would Leave Indigenous Peoples "Open to Exploitation" (October 23, 2008)
- LEED Revisions Would "Greatly Diminish" Forests Around the World (October 9, 2008)
- A New Healthcare Initiative Promises Leadership in Green Building (July 24, 2008)
- The "New Shower Curtain Smell" May Be Toxic to Your Health (July 1, 2008)
- Transforming Green Marketing: Forbo Flooring Systems
(May 15, 2008)
- Read This Book (May 7, 2008)
- Certification Manipulation (January 11, 2008)
- Looking Forward to 2008 (December 19, 2007)
- GREENBUILD 2007, FROM A to Z (November 30, 2007)
- Schwarzenegger Bans PVC Additive In Toys
(October 25, 2007)
- The Transformation In Buying (October 11, 2007)
- Transforming Markets, or Transforming Marketing?
(September 27, 2007)
- Blessed Unrest in the Green Building Movement
(September 12, 2007)
- Formaldehyde & Kids: Sleep Well (May 30, 2007)
- LEEDing on Formaldehyde In California (May 11, 2007)
- Jason of Cascadia: Green Warrior (April 24, 2007)
- LEEDing With Precaution: Dr. Ted Schettler On Green Building & The Precautionary Principle
(April 12, 2007)
- Investigation Finds PVC for Vinyl Flooring Killed Workers
(March 23, 2007)
- USGBC: PVC IS NOT A HEALTHY BUILDING MATERIAL
(March 9, 2007)
- Vinyl Institute Defends Lead In Children's Lunchboxes (February 23, 2007)
- Delivering On the Promise of Green Building (February 2, 2007)
- A Climate Change In The Green Building Movement
(January 19, 2007)
- The Pharos Effect - Pass It On!
(December 7, 2006)
- The Future of Materials Selection: Project Pharos
(November 9, 2006)
- GreenSpec Says: "Avoid PVC" (October 27, 2006)
- Wall Street Journal: PVC Elimination Prominent In Green Hospitals (October 11, 2006)
- Green Chemistry at Greenbuild (September 29, 2006)
- Our Generation's Urban Renewal? (September 13, 2006)
- Glimpse The Future of Green Building: A Webinar On Healthy Hospitals (July 24, 2006)
- Reading Between The Lies: Deconstructing One Industry's Attack On LEED (July 12, 2006)
- The Label Game (June 29, 2006)
- That's LEEDership: California Targets Zero Formaldehyde
(June 14, 2006)
- As USGBC Tackles Wood Issue, Are Any Forests Out of Bounds For Green Buildings? (May 31, 2006)
- Architect of the Environmental Justice Movement
(May 17, 2006)
- The Great Debate Over Certified Wood: FSC, SFI, Green Globes and the USGBC (April 27, 2006)
- PVC Critic Publishes Groundbreaking Study On Molecular Evolution (April 11, 2006)
- Care About Forests? Don't Use The Green Globes Building Rating Tool (March 24, 2006)
- The New York Times On How (and why) to Build a Low-PVC, Reduced-Plastic, Polar-Bear-Sensitive House
(March 9, 2006)
- A Precautionary Tale for the Green Building Movement
(February 24, 2006)
- PVC Softeners Used In Building Products Cited As Health Concern In Autos (February 7, 2006)
- Manufactured Housing: Blessing or Curse For Katrina Survivors? (January 23, 2006)
- Transitions In The Green Building World: Rick Maas & Nigel Howard (January 5, 2006)
- 2005 In Review: The Year PVC Phase-Out Went Mainstream (December 21, 2005)
- GREENBUILD 2005: Perspectives from Tabletop 12
(November 17, 2005)
- GREENBUILD 2005: Let The Good Times Roll
(November 3, 2005)
- Andres Duany On Rebuilding After Hurricane Katrina:
Part I - The Gulf Coast (October 10, 2005)
- Rick Fedrizzi, USGBC President, CEO & Founding Chairman Discusses Trade Associations and the USGBC
(September 21, 2005)
- Katrina: In Black and White and Green (September 13, 2005)
- Green Building Movement Shows Its True Colors: Highlights From The AIA Sustainability Summit (August 9, 2005)
- Conflicts of Interest at the American Institute of Architects: Trade Associations Set The Greenwash Agenda (July 19, 2005)
- The Time Is Now To Mold A Sustainable Plastic Lumber Industry (June 29, 2005)
- Bad News for Babies: Research Links PVC Plasticizer to Genital Deformities (June 17, 2005)
- More Lies From The Vinyl Institute: Foiled Again By The Makers of BLUE VINYL
(June 2, 2005)
- Dioxin, Lead, and Mercury Emissions Rise According to Latest EPA Toxics Release Data
(May 19, 2005)
- Vinyl Chloride Data Suppression: An Interview with NRDC Scientist Jennnifer Sass
(May 4, 2005)
- Imagine, Cancer Treatment Centers Built Without Carcinogens: Green Guide For Health Care Co-Director Robin Guenther, AIA
(April 20, 2005)
- Interview: Michael Gorey, President of Firestone Building Products Company, Talks About "Making It Right" and Phasing Out PVC
(March 31, 2005)
- New Study Finds Vinyl Plasticizers a Major Contaminant in Household Dust
(March 22, 2005)
- Is There A Human Right To A Healthy Environment? Communities Near Louisiana Vinyl Plants File Historic Complaint With Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
(March 10, 2005)
- Sharing Perspectives With Rick Fedrizzi: President & CEO, US Green Building Council
(February 22, 2005)
- A Conversation with Michael Braungart: On Science, Creativity, Pride & PVC
(February 7, 2005)
- As Good As Mother's Milk: The US Green Building Movement
(January 27, 2005)
- The World Turned Upside Down: The Australian Green Building Council Rewards PVC Reduction
(January 20, 2005)
- Where Is The US Green Building Council LEEDing Us? Trade Associations Draw The Map
(January 10, 2005)
- Will the Green Building Movement Go Organic? The USDA ORGANIC Label Provides Food for Thought
(December 9, 2004)
- GREENBUILD 2004 FROM A to Z: Perspectives from Tabletop 14
(November 22, 2004)
- Two Independent Critiques Of Vinyl Building Materials Link Flooring & Asthma, Reproductive Problems & PVC Combustion
(November 1, 2004)
- The Healthy and High Performing School
(October 15, 2004)
- Big News From BigToys: "Moral Responsibility To Children" Leads Playground Maker To Eliminate PVC Use
(September 30, 2004)
- Life Cycle Analysis & Green Building: Credibility at The Crossroads
(September 16, 2004)
- Building As If Breathing Mattered: PVC'S Contribution To Asthma
(August 11, 2004)
- The Philosophy of Sustainable Design: A New Book Predicts An End To PVC Use
(July 26, 2004)
- The Sounds Of Science: Thousands of Scientists Protest Manipulation In Environmental Policy Making
(July 14, 2004)
- Message In A Bottle: Lessons for The Green Building Movement about the Myth of PVC Recycling
(June 29, 2004)
- The New Summer Blockbuster: European PVC Lifecycle Analysis
(June 16, 2004)
- Trade Associations: The Good News & The Same Old Story
(June 1, 2004)
- Its Vinyl Burned, Armstrong Can Make Green Flooring Become A Reality
(May 17, 2004)
- Fireballs in the Night Sky, Death by a Thousand Cuts: Lessons From The Formosa PVC Plant, Illiopolis, Illinois
(May 3, 2004)
- The Unbearable Lightness Of Being Green: Earth Day & Green Building 2004
(April 19, 2004)
- Code Green: PVC Elimination May Be The Most Significant Contribution You Can Make to Homeland Security
(April 5, 2004)
- Montreal, Kyoto, now Stockholm: International Treaty Calls for Use of Alternative Materials
(March 22, 2004)
- Trade Associations are Interested in Green Building: And why you should be interested in them
(March 7, 2004)
- Report from the USGBC PVC Hearing
(Feb. 25, 2004)
- New Studies Raise Concerns about PVC Additives
(Summer 2002 - PDF)
- Perspectives on the Future of Healthy Building
(Fall 2002 - PDF)
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