Last month, the Senate Environmental and Public Works committee held a hearing about toxic chemicals. Business owners, health advocates, and citizens outlined the lack of regulation of toxic chemicals
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TSCA Reform: Too Toxic!
(I helped write this post and action for MomsRising, and I’m passionate about improving this toxics bill. PLEASE take a moment to sign this action— we need strong protections for children’s health, and this is our moment! It may not come around again for many, many years. Please sign, share, and pass along.) When a […]
Retailers: Mind the Store and Protect Your Customers from Toxic Chemicals
As a blogger, I regularly write about options for safer, less toxic consumer products for our homes. But while it’s important to arm consumers with good information, we have very limited access to where toxic chemicals are showing up, what their health effects are and how we can avoid them.Due to our lax federal laws […]
Senator Bernie Sanders Co-Sponsors the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011
I was thrilled this week to see that Senator Bernie Sanders from my home state of Vermont signed on to co-sponsor the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011. It must have been the last email I sent him! Yes, I am proud that one of our senators has signed on to support this important bill that […]
This Father’s Day: 10 Things Men Can Do to Protect their Reproductive Health
(Here’s a father’s day guest post from our friends at Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families. I think these tips apply to everyone, not just dads! Happy Father’s Day, dad readers, we appreciate you. Have a great day!)Listen up, men! Believe it or not, every day you are exposed to a host of harmful or untested chemicals. […]
Safer Chemicals Act of 2011 Introduced Today!
(Here is an exciting post from our friends at Safer Chemicals Healthy Families. We have the opportunity right now to lessen our children’s exposures to toxic chemicals in everyday products and in our environment. If not now, then when? I know many of us have been calling for this for years. The time is NOW, […]
