By Susie Frank Writer for the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families campaign You are not alone. Take comfort (and discomfort) in the fact that you share this problem with the vast majority of Americans. I’m not talking about your passive aggressive sister-in-law, or the charming so-and-so who swept you off your feet and then left town […]

By Bobbi Chase Wilding, Organizer at Clean New York. Can I tell you my secret? I have toxic products in my home. As an environmental health advocate for more than a decade, I know more than the average mom about where toxic chemicals might lurk and what kinds of impacts they could have on my […]

By Dr. Vanessa Cullins Vice President for Medical Affairs Planned Parenthood Federation of America “Going Green” means more than recycling your bottles and riding your bike to work. Here at Planned Parenthood, we understand that our environment and our bodies are inextricably connected. When our environments are polluted, so are our bodies. When we wash […]

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 […]

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 […]