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The following is an opinion article submitted by Susan Tullai-McGuinness, PhD, RN. Susan is an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, past chair of the American Nurses Association Congress of Nursing Practice & Economics and sits on the Ohio Nurses Association Health Policy Committee. She lives in Painesville, Ohio […]

It was a busy week for toxic chemical reform, most notably due to the report to the President on chemicals and cancer, some lively rubber duck rallies in Texas, and Mother’s Day. President’s cancer report garners national media attention The President’s report, Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now (PDF), received quite a […]

Parents rally for safe consumer products as bill is introduced in Congress

Today the President's Cancer Panel issued a ground-breaking report to President Obama focusing on the role of the environment in cancer.

by Margie Kelly, campaign communications director and mom Let’s face it: becoming a mother does not put you on the fast track to attaining political power. Whether because society expects us to or because we want it that way (feel free to debate amongst yourselves), moms tend to focus on the needs of their children […]

Pending “Safe Chemicals Act” Needs More Public Health Protections to Reduce Carcinogens in Products, Communities

This report provides important validation to the scientists, families, and advocates who have been urging lawmakers to acknowledge the link between chemical exposure and cancer. Please read the coalition’s press release here. The following is an insightful blog written by Richard Denison, Senior Scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund. Yes, Virginia (and all 49 other […]

Oprah.com doles out some Mother’s Day love to TSCA reform in this interview with Christine Cordero from the Center for Environmental Health. She opens by talking about the fight against lead and brings it into a conversation about chemicals policy, TSCA reform, and the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition. It’s a 21 minute long interview and rocks the TSCA reform issue […]

Cindy Luppi, Clean Water Action Mother’s Day is this Sunday and this year, we’re asking for a special gift for moms across the nation: a healthier future, free of toxic chemicals. Moms, dads, sons, daughters, and grandparents from coast to coast are raising their voices – and their cameras – in support of new legislation […]

If you’ve been following our campaign — or the debate over chemical policy — you know that we reached a milestone on April 15, when both the U.S. House and Senate unveiled strong legislation to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). As the House is planning action on the legislation very soon, I thought […]