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By Lindsay Dahl Deputy Campaign Director Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families It was just a year ago that I moved to Washington D.C. to work for the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition. Before moving to our nation’s capitol, I thought I had a good sense of just how deeply divided and partisan this city is. I […]

Last Updated: October 18, 2010 In July of 2010, Congressmen Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) introduced a groundbreaking bill to overhaul U.S. chemicals policy in the House Energy & Commerce Committee. The “Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010” is intended to overhaul the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which has failed to […]

By Holly S. Lohuis, Jean-Michel Cousteau Ocean Futures Society When I was pregnant with my son, Gavin, I was very careful about my health: I ate only organic food, avoided alcohol, and steered clear of plastic as much as possible. I did everything in my power to ensure the health of my son. Little did […]

Respondents from across the political and demographic spectrum express serious concerns about everyday exposure to toxic chemicals and want to see stronger federal regulation.

By Andy Igrejas, Director of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition Last month the journal Pediatrics published a study confirming that American girls are, on average, reaching puberty earlier than they used to. This is bad news any way you look at it. Early puberty puts girls at risk for a host of mental and […]

by Kathleen Sutcliffe, Campaign Manager, Earthjustice. Fire a couple thousand people, block meaningful chemical safety reform, collect heaps of cash. It’s all part of the job for some chemical company CEOs, as uncovered in a September report by the Institute for Policy Studies that contrasted executive compensations with worker layoffs. According to the study, CEO […]

This blog was originally published by the Environmental Health Strategy Center. By Mike Belliveau, Executive Director for the Environmental Health Strategy Center. I was pleased to see yet another display of bipartisan state leadership aimed at preventing disease, disability and environmental damage from toxic chemicals. Today, the leading coalition of state agency environmental directors, the Environmental […]

TSCA has been widely acknowledged as failing to protect public health and the environment from the tens of thousands of chemicals in everyday products and in commerce.

By Susie Frank. Mother, writer, consultant to the SCHF coalition Most of the time, attempting to protect my child from chemicals that could alter her hormones, blunt her ability to learn, and make her susceptible to cancer is a big fat drag. And then, sometimes, it’s pretty fun! My daughter Hazel has kindly agreed to […]

Originally published on August 11, 2010 in GreenBiz.com Barry Cik is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer, member of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition, and founder of Naturepedic, an organic mattress company based in Cleveland, Ohio. Chemical Regulations and the Modern Mattress: The Stuff of Nightmares I’ve spent the last 30 years as an environmental […]