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With the elections behind us, it’s time to take stock of their meaning for our chemical reform effort. In short: things are looking bright. There will certainly be a debate in the full U.S. Senate and in statehouses around the country next year. We are in a good position to win that debate.

Exposure to PCBs in Schools can Impact Your Child’s Ability to Learn By Lois Gibbs, Executive Director of the Center for Health, Environment & Justice Was your child’s school built before 1979?  It’s worth it to take a moment and find out!  If so, a group of chemicals called PCBs may be lurking in the […]

By Carolyn Fine Friedman With the recent resurgence of publicity around Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in September, I am reminded of my own journey to discover, accept, and increase public awareness of the frightening number and toxicity of chemicals in our environment and our bodies. When I received the results […]

Losing my friend to cancer: Time to focus on breast cancer prevention By Katy Farber, author and founder of Non-Toxic Kids Meet Kristen. We met in childbirth class. Since we were pregnant at the same time, we talked all the time of chemicals in plastic, hormones in food, the clean 15, non-toxic sunscreen. Kristen made […]

By Beka Apostolidis Beka a nurse and clinical instructor in Connecticut. <img class=”asset asset-image at-xid-6a01157055c190970c017ee4702c2e970d” style=”border: solid 4px #BF6440;margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px” title=”Beka” src=”https://saferchemicals.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/typepad/6a01157055c190970c017ee4702c2e970d-32Time makes it easier to talk about it. The “it” in this case is breast cancer. When I was 35, I decided to go in for my first mammogram. I admit, […]

By Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director It is days like yesterday that keep me inspired to work towards a safer chemicals future. Thousands of individuals, and hundreds of organizations and businesses participated in our Healthy Families Day of Action. Events took place in dozens of states including a giant postcard signing in New York City and […]

"Today's report by Common Cause, Toxic Spending, is a powerful reminder of what we're up against in our pursuit of common sense limits on toxic chemicals," says Andy Igrejas, Campaign Director at Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families.

<img alt=”Voter-timeline-small” border=”0″ class=”asset asset-image at-xid-6a01157055c190970c017d3ce77a4f970c” src=”https://saferchemicals.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/typepad/6a01157055c190970c017d3ce77a4f970c-800wi” title=”Voter-timeline-small” A message to all Congressional candidates I have always felt that getting a handle on toxic chemicals is an urgent matter. But some news headlines in the last few weeks have underscored that urgency. Boys are now facing early puberty, just like their girl counterparts, breast cancer […]

By Lindsay Dahl I had the opportunity to interview Dana Nachmann, one of the directors of an upcoming documentary called The Human Experiment. Below are Dana’s candid answers on the upcoming film about toxic chemicals in our homes and products. Q: Can you tell us the premise of the film?  The Human Experiment is about […]

By Linda Reinstein, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Co-Founder Picture: Linda with her daughter and husband Alan. The time is now for the Senate to unanimously support the passage of the Safe Chemicals Act (S.847). We need to do more to protect our children from BPAs, fire retardants and other dangerous toxins in our world. […]