Study raises health concerns about shower curtains
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on June 16, 2008
The Canadian Environmental Law Association and Canadian organization Environmental Defence jointly conducted a report that was released to the public on Thursday, saying that chemicals released by new vinyl curtains may pose a significant health risk.
The study noted that many shower curtains contain more than 100 volate organic compounds (VOCs), phthalates and organotins, some of [...]
Pvc Shower Curtains Harmful To Your Health
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on June 16, 2008
The PVC shower curtains are not just sold in one or two small corner stores in your neighbourhood. These products retail from many if not all national major outlets such as Wal-Mart, Target and Sears and could affect millions of people in the United States.
The 44-page report summarizes a two-part study carried out on plastic [...]
Shower curtains harbour over 100 toxic chemicals
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on June 16, 2008
The study was conducted by the US-based Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) and in Canada by Environmental Defence and the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA).
Though ubiquitous in homes around the world, PVC shower curtains contain many harmful chemicals, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), phthalates and organotins.
Toxic chemical off-gassing from PVC shower curtains may [...]
News & Features Ban on tobacco displays ‘puts health first’
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 21, 2008
Ontario smokers will soon have to thumb through a binder to pick the brand of their choice at convenience stores as the province ushers in a ban on cigarette displays that the government says is necessary to save lives despite growing concern among store owners. While half of Ontario’s 10,000 convenience stores say they [...]
Ontario Cigarette display ban to go ahead despite uproar
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on April 20, 2008
Ontario smokers will soon have to thumb through a binder to pick the brand of their choice at convenience stores as the province ushers in a ban on cigarette displays which the government says is necessary to save lives despite growing concern among [...]
living Before you list a home
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on March 29, 2008
Ready, set, sell!Finally, it’s spring, a time when many people’s fancy turns to real estate. If you’re planning to put your home on the market this year, a good strategy can save you a lot of anxiety and money. With these 10 suggestions and an agent who knows how to properly price your property the [...]
living Cold room? Hot threads a solution
Filed Under Kitchen Curtain | Posted on February 16, 2008
The Heath Ledger shrine stopped me dead in my tracks.A framed photo of the actor recumbent on a roll of hunky cowboy fabric was in the window of Mac Fab Home at 600 Queen St. W., the creation of Cameron Carr, the shop’s assistant manager.When I heard Heath Ledger was dead in New York, I [...]
Your Shower Curtain Source
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
Read through our shower curtains handbook for information on the different types and styles of shower curtains along with designing your bathroom with shower curtains.
As our world gets more and more hectic and everyone’s lives become busier and busier, we all need someplace that we can relax and unwind at the end of a hard [...]
Give me a shower curtain or give me shame
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
Recently I increased the amount of time I spend at the gym from “sporadically†to almost every day.
I have also been watching what I eat and haven’t had booze in 11 days — 11 god-awful, annoyance-filled, sweet-death-please-come-and-take-me days.
I am doing it not to better myself, which most would call a “lost cause,†but because in [...]