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<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. […]

More work to be done in the fight against toxic chemicals By Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director This blog was featured on The Big Green Purse blog carnival. Check out what other bloggers had to write about Rachel Carson’s Legacy! As a high school student, I had the opportunity to read Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. […]

By Baskut Tuncak, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Recently, the global community kicked it up a notch by issuing a simple statement on hormone disrupting chemicals during negotiations on a process intended to achieve the sound management of chemicals globally by 2020 (called “SAICM”).  Despite seeming like an innocuous statement, it lays the groundwork […]

By Micaela Preston This was originally posted on Micaela’s blog, Mindful Momma This may sound weird, but my friend Beth comes with me whenever I go shopping, whether it’s at the grocery, or Target or wherever I happen to be. She’s not with me physically, but in my mind. You see Beth lives her life […]

Cancer and chemical contamination in Kentucky  By Harold McDaniel My name is Harold McDaniel, and I’m a former employee of the chemical industry. I’ve called western Kentucky my home for over thirty years, and like many people who live in middle America, I’m a self-identified conservative. This belief is one of the reasons I strongly […]

In an effort to put an end to a summer of bad publicity, the makers of toxic flame retardants recently announced that they have severed ties with the now infamous front group of their own creation, Citizens For Fire Safety.  But even though they’ve abandoned their front group, don’t be fooled! This latest move is […]

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 this time of year many Americans do everything they can to avoid watching politicians make stump speeches, I find it a good litmus test on what issues politicians think resonate […]

Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director Many of you have “met” Polly through our online network and some of you had the privledge to meet her when she spoke at our National Stroller Brigade. At Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, we’ve been touched by her family’s story and she reminds us why we need to keep advocating for […]