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Back-to-School List: Notebooks, Pens, Endocrine-Disrupter-Free Hand Soap

Districts in Areas Such as Brooklyn's Park Slope Become Picky About Brands' Green Credentials in the Classroom

By: Jack Neff
Published: September 06, 2010

BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- When students arrived at PS 107 in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood this year, their parents were asked to provide a "triclosan-free" liquid hand soap. While it's a relatively new trend for students to be asked to contribute cleaning supplies in addition to the usual notebooks and pencils, it's an even newer trend for districts to be picky about the brands' green credentials. ...

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