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I could hardly tear my oldest daughter away from the solar system exhibit when we last visited a popular science center. Not only were the planets perfectly suspended and illuminated to awe visitors, but the interactive touch screens drew kids in to learn fun facts and cool concepts. The shiny metal scale challenged our family […]

By Lindsay Dahl What can I say? It’s been an incredible year, and we have you to thank. Whether you made it to Washington for the Stroller Brigade, called your Senators, organized a local rally, or shared our message online, you took our fight one step closer to victory.    Help us cross the finish […]

Chemical industry sponsors website trying to calm worried parents By Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director It’s really pretty gross. And transparent. A new website was launched called “Kids + Chemical Safety,” hosted by a non-profit organization, yet sponsored by the largest coalition of chemical manufacturers in the country. Their stated goal? To provide “balanced information” for […]

What do Geneva, Alaska and a small town in Ohio have in common? These three cities are united by my work on toxic chemicals in the international review process to determine their health hazards.

It’s an old paradigm – the idea that protecting public health, the environment and a thriving businesses economy are somehow at odds. But as you might imagine, old sayings die hard in Washington. In response, today the American Sustainable Business Council are bringing some business leaders to Washington to let Congress know that protecting our health and […]

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Passing the Safe Chemicals Act: Time to Woman Up

When Herbert H. Dow tapped the bromine salt deposits beneath Midland, Michigan, he launched a major chemical company and the chemistry that, more than a century later, still haunts our homes and bodies with toxic flame retardants. Scientists shed new light on this growing chemical threat just last week, with two research teams reporting results […]

Group Urges CEO to 'Cut off Supply Chain for Chlorinated Tris in Toxic Couches'.

Vince Capaldi is not your average 25 year-old. Vince and his professional skateboarder brother Mike Mo Capaldi are co-owners and founders of Glassy Sunhaters, a new sunglasses company.  The two of them live together in California in a house any young man wishes he could have; it has a pool table, mini basketball hoop inside […]