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BPA in Dollar Bills and Receipts A study by Washington Toxics Coalition and Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical of concern mainly associated with baby bottles and food containers. However, our research has discovered a new source of BPA exposure from items people handle every day- cash register receipts and money. […]

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 […]

A new study released yesterday in the journal Pediatrics found that girls are developing breasts earlier than ever, elevating their risk of breast cancer and other health problems.

By Mia Davis National Grassroots Coordinator of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Cancer-causing chemicals in the baby’s bubble bath? Lead in lipstick? Time to get the real story on chemicals in cosmetics! Today’s a beautiful day for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. For starters, we’re launching The Story of Cosmetics, a 7-minute film from the […]

Want to know more about the toxic characters that have leached and off-gassed into every aspect of our lives? Check out our new video to glimpse their diabolical back-room scheming, then read our web pages to discover their tragic pasts and favorite hangouts, the little-known quirks that make them so special, and how to avoid […]

Public Health vs. Industry Debate Takes Center Stage in Pending Bill to Overhaul Toxic Substances Control Act

Originally published in The Huffington Post. By Andy Igrejas, Director of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, a coalition of 250 environmental and public health organizations working to overhaul our federal chemicals policy. www.saferchemicals.org This week the American Chemical Society is holding a meeting on Green Chemistry— a subject that holds much promise for the future. Chemicals […]

Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Campaign Director It’s hard to pronounce, and even harder to find on a product label, yet the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) has become a household word. BPA comes up in casual conversation: Have you switched out your water bottles yet? Do I really have to live without canned green beans? So how […]

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 […]