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Hello, Senator? Safer Chemicals Please!
July 20, 2011
Today is an exciting day. People across the country are calling their
Senators asking them to put common sense limits on toxic chemicals. Will you join thousands of people in making a call today?
A bill addressing the shortcomings of current chemicals policy, the Safe
Chemicals Act of 2011, has been introduced in the Senate. The bill aims to
protect people from harmful chemicals by overhauling the outdated Toxic
Substances Control Act. Today we are joining with health, environmental, and
community groups across the country to ask our Senators to co-sponsor the
bill.
Will you join us today to tell the Senate that there is broad support for the
Safe Chemicals Act?
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Resources
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Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit
The Toolkit is a combination of easy-to-use reference guides for health providers and user-friendly health education materials on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health. Read more »
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Coal Ash: The Toxic Threat to Our Health and Environment
Coal ash, one of the dirtiest secrets in American energy production, burst into the U.S. consciousness three days before Christmas, 2008 when an earthen wall holding back a huge coal ash disposal pond failed at the coal-fired power plant in Kingston, Tennessee. Read more »
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Prenatal Exposures
How is the developing fetus vulnerable to toxic chemical exposures, and how can our regulatory system more effectively protect our health in the prenatal period? From PSR's Environmental Health Policy Institute. Read more »