Political Update Category
| May. 23, 2013 | Reactions to the bi-partisan Chemical Safety Improvement Act Yesterday Senators Lautenberg and Vitter, along with 14 other Senators from both parties, introduced the Chemical Safety Improvement Act. The Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Coalition... Read more... |
| May. 20, 2013 | Parents secure big wins in Minnesota Kim LaBo, Organizer, Clean Water Action Minnesota/Healthy Legacy Coalition Time is a precious commodity for moms. Whenever I try to schedule a get together with... Read more... |
| May. 08, 2013 | Arsenic In Your Undershorts New report finds over 5,000 children's products contain hazardous chemicals By Laurie Valeriano, Executive Director of Washington Toxics Coalition Last week, the Washington Toxics Coalition... Read more... |
| Apr. 19, 2013 | In just a week, major momentum is built for safer chemicals By Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director In just a matter of a week there have been significant advances on our quest to kick toxic chemicals to... Read more... |
| Apr. 02, 2013 | Pediatricians vs. Dow Chemical Who does your Senator turn to for children’s health advice? By Andy Igrejas, Campaign Director It’s Spring Break right now in the U.S. Senate. And... Read more... |
| Mar. 31, 2013 | EPA moves forward on flame retardant chemicals Broader Reforms Needed to Protect Public Health (photo credit: Jason Spaceman) The U.S. EPA recently announced that it would assess twenty chemicals under the Toxic... Read more... |
| Mar. 27, 2013 | The things I learn while on the job By Liz Hitchcock, Legislative Director Cruising the halls of Congress can be fun when you’re side by side with leading physicians and scientists. I think... Read more... |
| Mar. 22, 2013 | States drive momentum to get toxics out of consumer products By Tony Iallonardo, Communications Director The Vermont state Senate could approve legislation as soon as today limiting exposure to a toxic flame retardant (the same... Read more... |
| Feb. 21, 2013 | Toxics in Nap Mats Draws Ire of Senators By Tony Iallonardo Communications Director Twenty three U.S. Senators wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency this week expressing dismay that nap mats commonly used by... Read more... |
| Feb. 15, 2013 | Senator Lautenberg announces two year mission to pass toxics reform By Tony Iallonardo, Communications Director People who thought New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg would quietly ease into retirement as he approaches the final two years... Read more... |
| Feb. 08, 2013 | Toxic-free furniture on the horizon Newly Proposed California Regulations Will Improve National Health and Fire Safety By Sarah Janssen, MD, PhD - Senior Scientist for the Natural Resources Defense Council... Read more... |
| Dec. 19, 2012 | My quest to advance international pollution standards By Pam Miller, Executive Director of Alaska Community Action on Toxics What do Geneva, Alaska and a small town in Ohio have in common? These... Read more... |
| Oct. 23, 2012 | Stand up for kids, not Big Chemical! A message to all Congressional candidates By Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director I have always felt that getting a handle on toxic chemicals is an urgent... Read more... |
| Sep. 06, 2012 | Noticeably Absent from Convention Speeches: Public Health and the Environment By Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director Like many of you, I’ve spent time watching political speeches at both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. And while... Read more... |
| Aug. 08, 2012 | Storyboard of the Safe Chemicals Act Hearing and Vote Did you miss the hearing and vote two weeks ago? Fret not, below is a storyboard of the "best of" tweets and videos from the... Read more... |
| Aug. 01, 2012 | We did it! So now what? By Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director Last week we made history. For the first time in 36 years Congress voted to update our out of date... Read more... |
| Jul. 27, 2012 | Forward on Safer Chemicals, One Way or the Other By Andy Igrejas, Campaign Director Wednesday’s successful Senate vote on the Safe Chemicals Act was an important milestone by any measure. It was the first... Read more... |
| Jul. 24, 2012 | Historic Week for Safer Chemicals and Healthy Families By Andy Igrejas, Campaign Director As you may have heard, the first vote on overhauling our outdated chemical policies in 36 years is now scheduled... Read more... |
| Jul. 19, 2012 | Turning up the heat in Washington New polling confirms toxics issue shares broad bi-partisan support By Liz Hitchcock, Legislative Director The weather isn’t the only thing heating up in Washington this... Read more... |
| Jul. 05, 2012 | Joe Chemical is what's extreme By Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director You know what’s extreme? Daring to use the same dirty tricks Big Tobacco did decades ago. The audacity it takes... Read more... |
| May. 10, 2012 | Stop Playing with Fire by Mike Belliveau, Senior Advisor Read our press statement here. Several years ago I had a front row seat to the deceptions and distorted science... Read more... |
| Jan. 19, 2012 | Seeking Protection from Toxic Chemicals CONGRESS CONSIDERING NEW LAW - Seeking protection from toxic chemicals By Linda Modenbach, president of the Learning Disabilities Association of Oklahoma, which provides support and... Read more... |
| Nov. 28, 2011 | Will the Chemical Industry Step Up to the Plate? By Andy Igrejas, Campaign Director, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families I want to start by thanking everyone who called, emailed and watched your Senators before and... Read more... |
| Nov. 15, 2011 | American Moms Call on Senators to Support Safe Chemicals Act by Hannah Pingree, Mom and former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives I am a new mom who will show you pictures of my... Read more... |
| Nov. 09, 2011 | For Our Children's Future Anne Brock is a mom, and blogger from Knoxville, Tennessee. She writes a simple-living blog www.floursackmama.com with the theme "Yesterday's thriftiness inspires today's better living."... Read more... |
| Oct. 26, 2011 | Stroller Brigades: A Recipe for Change Stroller Brigades are a great way for the entire family to tell Congress to Pass the Safe Chemicals Act. Stroller Brigades allow moms and kids to have fun, while they stand up for their health rights. Read more... |
| Oct. 18, 2011 | When will chemical makers stop poisoning us? Toxic phthalates continue to wreak hormone havoc. Birth defects of the penis. Undescended testicles leading to cancer. Decreased sperm count. Infertility. This harm results when... Read more... |
| Aug. 04, 2011 | 2011 State Victories for Environmental Health Sarah Doll is the National Director at SAFER States. In Safer States’ August blog post, we take a look at recent toxics legislation. As legislative... Read more... |
| Jul. 07, 2011 | Leading by Example: Safe Chemicals Act would enable U.S. leadership on chemicals of international concern Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik, we had no idea how we... Read more... |
| Jun. 28, 2011 | Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011 introduced in Congress All of our hard work is paying off! The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families supporters have been building the momentum for... Read more... |
