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Jul. 27, 2010 American families are the subject of a dangerous experiment
Tell Congress it’s time to pass legislation to protect our families from toxic chemicals. On July 28, the Safer Chemicals coalition joined its partner organization... Read more...
Jun. 24, 2010 Green Chemistry: Innovation or GreenWashing?
Originally published in The Huffington Post. By Andy Igrejas, Director of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, a coalition of 250 environmental and public health organizations working... Read more...
Jun. 14, 2010 Tired of toxics? Give Congress a jingle
Shrek glasses with cadmium?! Canned food contaminated with the sex hormone bisphenol A?! Cancer-causing formaldehyde in furniture?! If you’ve followed the stories in the media... Read more...
Jun. 10, 2010 Gulf oil dispersants: A high-profile example of what's going on under your kitchen sink
Our coalition held a press call today to announce a proposal and to help reporters make the connection between Corexit, the worrisome chemical dispersant being... Read more...
Jun. 03, 2010 Tired of playing 'chemical detective,' businesses are asking for TSCA reform
By Mark Rossi, Business-NGO Working Group for Safer Chemicals and Sustainable Materials What do businesses like Kaiser Permanente, Catholic Healthcare West, Seventh Generation, Construction Specialties,... Read more...
May. 11, 2010 President's report on cancer and toxic chemicals leads the pre-Mother’s Day news
It was a busy week for toxic chemical reform, most notably due to the report to the President on chemicals and cancer, some lively rubber... Read more...
May. 05, 2010 Hellooooooooo! We're on Oprah.
Oprah.com doles out some Mother’s Day love to TSCA reform in this interview with Christine Cordero from the Center for Environmental Health. She opens by... Read more...
May. 05, 2010 I Want to Be Toxic Free!
Cindy Luppi, Clean Water Action Mother’s Day is this Sunday and this year, we’re asking for a special gift for moms across the nation: a... Read more...
Apr. 29, 2010 The House TSCA Reform Bill: What Gets Lost in the Sauce?
By Andy Igrejas, campaign director If you've been following our campaign — or the debate over chemical policy — you know that we reached a... Read more...
Apr. 27, 2010 Safe Chemicals Act of 2010: The Tweet-Up
Big thanks to our coalition partners Healthy Child, Healthy World for organizing a Twitter party designed to help our movement get informed and mobilized for... Read more...