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Safer Chemicals twitter chat: Part I

This morning was a whirlwind of fun on Twitter! During the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on toxic chemicals, we led a twitter chat highlighting some of the key points made throughout the hearing and answered questions. 

I was inspired to see how many people took time out of their busy day to tune in to the hearing and join our online conversation. We had several experts tweeting including our coalition partners at the Breast Cancer Fund, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, League of Conservation Voters and more. 

To add to the excitement actors Jennifer Beals and Elizabeth Berkley joined the conversation as well.

Posted Jul 31, 2013 by Lindsay Dahl in Policy & Regulation

SC Johnson’s secrets

Have you seen that SC Johnson commercial that’s on 24/7? The one about how they’re a family company committed to “honesty” and “transparency,” and that’s why they disclose all ingredients right down to fragrance? (Except that they don’t actually tell you which fragrance ingredients are in products…)

We spoofed it.

Posted Jul 24, 2013 by Cassidy Randall of Women’s Voices for the Earth in Policy & Regulation

A piece of the pie

childhood obesity

Tackling part of the obesity epidemic through better chemical regulation We are hearing a lot about obesity these days. More people are obese than ever—one-third of American children and two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese. The American Medical Association has declared that obesity is now a disease. While some disagree with the designation of […]

Posted Jul 22, 2013 by Kathleen Schuler of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in Health Science, Policy & Regulation

Asbestos victims speak out

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization

“Out of the hottest fire comes the strongest steel.” Chinese Proverb The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), the largest independent asbestos victims’ organization in the U.S., is pleased to join other NGOs in the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Family coalition’s mission to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the principal federal law governing the use […]

Posted Jul 19, 2013 by Linda Reinstein of Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization in Health Science, Policy & Regulation

Safer outdoor gear on the way

little-girl-shopping

Find Out Which Brands are Leading on PFCs (Photo credit: Kim Howell Photography) About fifteen years ago, I remember marveling at a pair of khakis being sold at Old Navy as “stain and water resistant.” How cool, I thought, I can be impervious to rain and pizza sauce forever! I think I bought three pair […]

Posted Jul 19, 2013 by Tony Iallonardo in Find Safer Products, Mind the Store

Actors advocate for safer chemicals on Twitter

So what happens when powerful women (and men), who also happen to be actors, get involved in the issue of safer chemicals? Twitter responds.

Posted Jul 18, 2013 by Lindsay Dahl in Policy & Regulation

Protecting the Public from Toxic Chemicals

A-thing-that-can-get-done

It’s no secret that Congress is having a hard time accomplishing things recently. Budgets. Nominees. Funding the government. If you can name it, it’s probably not getting done. But here’s a thing this Congress can get done…

Posted Jul 16, 2013 by Andy Igrejas in Policy & Regulation

Pepsi Loses the (Safer) Pepsi Challenge

Pepsi Sign

Photo Credit: Don O’brien Pepsi’s 2013 challenge In the 1970’s the Pepsi Challenge was all the rage. The soda maker’s ad campaign took on competitor Coca Cola directly with person-on-the-street taste testing, highlighting of course only those tasters who chose the company’s products over Coke’s. But now it looks like Pepsi has lost a real […]

Posted Jul 15, 2013 by Charles Margulis of the Center for Environmental Health in Find Safer Products

I’ll keep my wrinkles, thanks

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It’s no secret that most people don’t like ironing. It takes time, you have to schlep the ironing board across the house, and the minute you put on your pressed shirt, it seems to magically wrinkle again. But ironing is a small hassle if the trade-off means wearing a shirt that was treated with formaldehyde […]

Posted Jul 12, 2013 by Lindsay Dahl in Mind the Store

Non-toxic pest control

Non-toxic pest control

It’s that time of year. Fruit flies, mosquitoes and other summer-time pests seem to take over our yards. When I went to home for the fourth of July, I provided a tasty feast for northern Wisconsin’s mosquitoes. When I returned back to D.C. my kitchen is slowing being taken over by fruit flies. And on […]

Posted Jul 11, 2013 by Lindsay Dahl in Find Safer Products

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