Author: Nika Beauchamp
Honoring an Outstanding Health Professional
Dr. Leonardo Trasande, M.D., M.P.P., is an internationally renowned leader in children’s environmental health. His research focuses on identifying the role of environmental exposures in childhood obesity and cardiovascular risks, and documenting the economic costs for policy makers of failing to prevent diseases of environmental origin in children proactively. Dr. Trasande holds appointments at New York… Read more »
Honoring Grassroots Leadership
In the early 1990s, Milbridge, Maine, experienced a rapid influx of migrant farmworkers who decided to leave the “migrant stream” and settle in Downeast Maine. In response to the needs of the Milbridge community’s newest members, the Milbridge Public Library, Town Office, and schools began to offer educational programs, basic resources, and potlucks open to… Read more »
Honoring Business Leadership
Kai Smith is a small business owner and entrepreneur based in Falmouth, Maine. In 2012 Kai co-founded Buoy Local, a buy-local gift card platform for local businesses throughout Maine. The program offers a single, “open loop” gift card that enables consumers to buy locally from their favorite independent businesses. The program was purchased by Bangor… Read more »
Join Us for “The Devil We Know” in Rockport, Maine
On October 21, please join us at The Riley School in Rockport for a screening of the shocking new film “The Devil We Know.” Join our host committee to support this event. Register to be with us. Nominated for the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and hailed by Variety as “a riveting tale of long-term irresponsibility and… Read more »
Save the Date for Our Annual Celebration
Join us to celebrate work that brings together diverse people creating common-sense solutions toward a healthy and toxic-free future, with justice for all! Celebration for Our Healthy Future Thursday, November 29 6-8pm Beautiful new venue, with free parking! Congregation Bet Ha’am 81 Westbrook Street South Portland, Maine RSVP (Discounts for students, candidates, elected office holders)… Read more »
Tips for a Toxic-Free School Year
It’s back-to-school week for kids across the country, and for parents, that means stocking up on school supplies, packing school lunches, and making sure that children have all they need to learn and thrive in the new school year. What’s an important way to keep children healthy and ready to learn? Reduce kids’ exposure to… Read more »
Defending Public Health against the EPA
Almost exactly one year ago, we filed our lawsuit in federal court against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), demanding that it fulfill its mandate to protect public health—instead of illegally refusing to properly enact the 2016 chemical safety reform we fought for a decade to pass. While our legal action is making its way through the courts, the Trump… Read more »
EPA Must Protect Kids’ Health, Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide
In a major victory for kid’s health, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must finalize a ban on a deadly pesticide shown to damage children’s brains, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. The court found the agency broke the law by refusing to enact a ban proposed by the Obama administration that would have stopped… Read more »
Toxic-Free Tips for Summer Treats
What’s the perfect summer meal? It has to be a dinner with friends and family, grilled outside, accompanied by yummy sides and followed with delicious desserts—along with long, meandering conversations as the hot day cools into evening. There’s only one problem with this classic summer scene: as with food in every season, this beautiful summer meal… Read more »
Don’t Let Trump’s EPA Censor Science
The current leadership of the EPA is trying to censor science. They’d like to ignore thousands of rigorous, peer-reviewed health studies, making it harder for EPA staff to protect us from toxic chemicals—and easier for the Trump administration to roll back regulations. Will you join us in telling the EPA not to censor science? If… Read more »