Month: August 2017
New Report Highlights Hidden Costs of Lead Exposure
The devastating tragedies of Flint, Michigan, and East Chicago, Indiana, demonstrate that lead exposure remains an urgent public health crisis in this country. Effective and affordable solutions exist, however—if we choose to implement them. Those are the central messages of an authoritative report, “10 Policies to Prevent and Respond to Childhood Lead Exposure,” released this morning… Read more »
Growing Connections for a Sustainable Economy
At the Strategy Center, our work highlights the urgent need to end our reliance on petroleum-based plastics. Not only can these materials pose a threat to human health and our climate, they’re also unsustainably sourced from fossil fuels (particularly from fracked natural gas) and create overwhelming pollution. This is a problem with a solution.… Read more »
Help Us Take the Trump EPA to Court
We’re suing the Trump EPA. It’s time to hold the agency to the letter of the law and ensure it fulfills its mandate to protect the public. Will you help us pay for our added staff time and research? You helped win the desperately needed landmark legislation that Congress approved last year. It strengthens federal regulation of… Read more »
3 Key Steps to Protecting Your Child from Asbestos at School
A guest post by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Association. It’s back-to-school season again, and like most parents you’re probably elbow-deep in shopping lists and prep checklists. We spend these last golden days of summer scouring store shelves for the perfect lunchbox and meticulously styling cool first-day outfits, hoping to set our kids up for success. … Read more »
We’re Suing the Trump Administration Over Chemical Safety
It was just over a year ago that a landmark step in chemical-safety regulation came, when Congress approved legislation to strengthen federal regulation of toxic chemicals. But although proposed rules for implementing the new requirements were issued for comment, they weren’t finalized before President Obama left office. Then came the Trump Administration. Trump’s “new”… Read more »
Two Incredible, Hard-Fought Victories
Incredible things happened this week. By decisive bipartisan votes to override Governor LePage’s vetoes, Maine Legislators prioritized the health and safety of Maine children, families, and firefighters–and established a precedent-setting standard for the nation. First in the Nation Firefighters and families worked alongside a powerful coalition of labor and environmental groups, including the Environmental Health… Read more »
Maine Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto To Pass Unprecedented Law Phasing Out Flame Retardants
Passed via dramatic veto override, new law will protect firefighters and families from toxic chemicals in household furniture Decisively overriding the Governor’s veto, Maine legislators have passed the first law in the nation to phase out all toxic flame retardants in upholstered furniture, protecting the health of families and firefighters.