Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families

A national effort to protect families from toxic chemicals.

Jen Dickman

Jen Dickman

Senior Research and Policy Analyst

Jennifer Dickman is a senior research and policy analyst for Safer Chemicals Healthy Families and Mind the Store. Prior to joining the programs, she interned for the Democratic Staff of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, where she assisted with projects related to federal chemical policy reform, and before that with the Environmental Working Group. She has also worked for a small consulting firm researching energy issues and monitoring electricity auctions. Jennifer holds a law degree with a concentration in environmental law from the University of Maryland School of Law and a bachelor of science in chemistry from the University of Delaware.

Posts by Jen Dickman

EPA ordered to act on lead to protect children’s health

Last week, thanks to our coalition partners WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Sierra Club, and Earthjustice, and others, a federal court ordered the U.S. EPA to update standards for lead in paint and dust to protect children’s health. The agency must propose the revised standards in 90 days, and finalize them a year after that, despite EPA’s arguments for a further delay.