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The Climate Neutral Challenge - Global warming, until recently the lonely province of tree-huggers and wonks, is fast becoming a mainstream issue – and one, as some executives are learning, with profit potential...In the U.S., one can now book hotel rooms and flights and buy products – from household cleaning solutions to carpets – that are certified as having no net climate impact. (Katherine Ellison, on Business for Social Responsibility website, 1 July 2002)

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Hormone pollution wrecks sperm - Chemicals found in the environment pose a threat to human fertility, scientists say. Men and women may have been exposed to these chemicals from paints, pesticides and cleaning products, as well as beer, vegetables and soya. It is likely to be female exposure which carries the most threat, say researchers. (BBC News, 2 July 2002)

The Climate Neutral Challenge - Global warming, until recently the lonely province of tree-huggers and wonks, is fast becoming a mainstream issue – and one, as some executives are learning, with profit potential...In the U.S., one can now book hotel rooms and flights and buy products – from household cleaning solutions to carpets – that are certified as having no net climate impact. (Katherine Ellison, on Business for Social Responsibility website, 1 July 2002)

SC Johnson Commits to Cutting GHG Emissions - SC Johnson – a manufacturer of household products including Windex, Pledge, and Ziploc -- has announced a commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 5% per year through 2005, as part of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change’s Business Environmental Leadership Council. (GreenBiz.com, 27 June 2002)

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HALONS: UNEP Publication Aims To Help Phase-Out In Developing Countries - The U.N. Environment Program and the Boston-based Fire Protection Research Foundation have jointly published a handbook which advises countries, particularly in the developing world, on how to phase out halons and come into compliance with the Montreal Protocol. (UN Wire, 9 Oct. 2001)

More Action Needed to Guarantee Recovery of Ozone Layer: A range of new chemicals, used in everything from fire extinguishers to cleaning fluids, are appearing on the market to the concern of scientists studying the ozone layer. The new substances, with names such as n-propyl bromide and halon-1202, are not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, the 1987 international treaty that lists ozone-depleting substances that are to be phased out. Studies indicate that some of the new substances, which are being used as replacements for banned ones, may have the potential to damage the ozone layer. (United Nations Environment Programme, 14 Sep. 2001)