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One out of three schoolchildren are at risk and this is why

An alarming statistic was released this month by the Center for Effective Government about the vulnerability schoolchildren face from a major chemical release or explosion. One in three children in the United States are at risk of being exposed to a catastrophic release based on the location of their school.

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: action, anhydrous ammonia, cancer, Center for Effective Government, chemical disaster, chemical facility, chemicals, chlorine, environmental, Environmental Justice and Health Alliance, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Executive Order (EO) #13650, exposure, families, health, hydrofluoric acid, phthalates, policy, president obama, products, retailers, Risk Management Program, RMP, Schoolchildren, toxic, vulnerability zone, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

Obama to Nominate Gina McCarthy to Head EPA

Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Lauds President’s Choice

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Andy Igrejas, director of Safer Chemicals, EPA, Gina McCarthy, healthy families, Lisa Jackson, president obama, safer chemicals, TSCA, TSCA reform, Healthy Families Lauds President's Choice, numerous programs, regulating toxic chemical products, long overdue legislative reforms, protect Americans from hidden dangers in consumer products

Delivering your cancer prevention message to the White House

Incredible! 73,635 of you signed petitions asking President Obama to make it a priority for his Administration to stop the use of cancer-causing chemicals in products used in America every day. Today, we brought your signatures to the White House, tied up in a pretty bow, to make it clear that people want to stop […]

Filed Under: Health Science, Policy & Regulation Tagged With: cancer, carcinogens, greenpeace, NRDC, president obama, President’s cancer panel, toxic chemicals, TSCA reform

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