Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families

A national effort to protect families from toxic chemicals.

Jen Dickman

Jen Dickman

Senior Program Associate

Jennifer Dickman is a senior program associate for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families. Before joining the campaign, she interned for the Democratic Staff of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, where she mainly assisted with projects related to federal chemical policy reform. Jennifer first worked on chemical policy several years ago as an intern 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.

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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.

HBCD will threaten health and environment for decades unless EPA acts

Toxic flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) has been used in foam building insulation for years. A new estimate finds about 99 million pounds of it have been used in the U.S. It’s time for EPA to decide whether HBCD poses an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment.