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by Anna Davis Field Organizer, Washintgon Toxics Coalition I was tired, my fiancé was overwhelmed, and we both regretted that we had just spent a sunny spring day indoors. We had just returned from a marathon wedding registry session at one of those big box stores that carries anything you could ever possibly want and […]

By Erika Schreder, Staff Scientist, Washington Toxics Coalition Nine out of ten. According to a study released today, those are your chances of having some bisphenol A (BPA) with tonight’s dinner, if canned food is on your menu. New testing for BPA sampled 50 cans of food and drinks, and found that the hormone-disrupting chemical […]

Urgent Need to Update Toxic Substances Control Act Greater Than Ever Before

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 […]