Category: Toxic-Free Products
Webinar on Fourth Annual Retailer Report Card
Please join our executive director, Mike Belliveau, and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families’ Mind the Store campaign director Mike Schade for an informative webinar on the findings of the latest annual report Who’s Minding the Store? A Report Card on Retailer Actions to Eliminate Toxic Chemicals. What: Webinar on 2019 Retailer Report Card findings When: Thursday Jan 23rd – 02:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM… Read more »
What We’ll Do in 2020
Imagine a world with decreasing rates of infertility, learning disabilities, and cancer and other illnesses. In 2020, we’ll protect you, your children, and your grandchildren by fighting to: Hold polluters accountable for harm from toxic PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) inflicted on families and farmers. Push for a strong, health-protective drinking water standard to protect Maine children… Read more »
Our Top Five Results in 2019
Your support for our work resulted in tremendous wins for the health of children and families this year. Here’s what you did: 1. We won! Maine now has the strongest law in the nation for keeping harmful chemicals out of food packaging. As one mom said, “I would much prefer to have a less convenient pizza box… Read more »
More Action Needed to Keep Forever Chemicals Out of Maine’s Milk
Our recent work tackling toxic PFAS chemicals (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) has taken us from farm fields in rural Maine to the nation’s capital. Here’s a peek into our efforts on the state and national fronts to tackle the growing crisis of PFAS contamination in our food, water, and soil. (Read the previous installments… Read more »
Who Wants Farm-to-Table Forever Chemicals?
Our recent work tackling toxic PFAS chemicals (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) has taken us from farm fields in rural Maine to the nation’s capital. Here’s a peek into our efforts on the state and national fronts to tackle the growing crisis of PFAS contamination in our food, water, and soil. (Read the first installment… Read more »