This holiday season we want
Congress to give us the gift of
common sense limits
on toxic chemicals.




Ask Senators Snowe and Collins
for the Gift of
The Safe Chemicals Act
.
This holiday season we want
Congress to give us the gift of
common sense limits
on toxic chemicals.




Ask Senators Snowe and Collins
for the Gift of
The Safe Chemicals Act
.

 
Maine Small Businesses
Call On Snowe And Collins
To Fix Broken Chemical Law



New Report Highlights
Business Concerns
About Dangerous Chemicals

Maine Small Businesses
Call On Snowe And Collins
To Fix Broken Chemical Law



New Report Highlights
Business Concerns
About Dangerous Chemicals


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We believe that all Maine people have a right to a healthy environment where we live, work and play.
We envision a future free of exposure to harmful chemicals in our air, water or food.
We want our children to grow up healthy with every opportunity to thrive.
We seek to build a healthy economy that provides good jobs producing clean products and services.
We are proud of all that’s been accomplished so far toward a clean and healthy Maine.

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The Alliance For A Clean And Healthy Maine delivers 5,000 postcards to Senators Snowe and Collins, urging them to support the Safe Chemicals Act. Details.

The Alliance For A Clean And Healthy Maine delivers 5,000 postcards to Senators Snowe and Collins, urging them to support the Safe Chemicals Act. Details.

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Obesogens: An Environmental Link to Obesity
Environmental Health Perspectives - 2/3/2012. 
Obesity is rising steadily around the world. Convincing evidence suggests that diet and activity level are not the only factors in this trend—chemical “obesogens” may alter human metabolism and predispose some people to gain weight. Fetal and early-life exposures to certain obesogens may alter some individuals’ metabolism and fat-cell makeup for life. Other obesogenic effects are linked to adulthood exposures.
Protecting Against BPA - CPR Offers Federal Action Plan
Center For Progressive Reform - 1/30/2012. 
It’s in baby bottles and water bottles, and is commonly used in the resin lining of food and beverage cans. It’s Bisphenol A, better known as BPA. It’s also what’s called an endocrine disruptor, because it mimics the effects of critical hormones in the body, causing a variety of negative health effects in research. The Center for Progressive Reform has just released the report, Protecting the Public from BPA: An Action Plan for Federal Agencies (CPR White Paper 1202). The paper offers up a series of recommendations for federal action on BPA, directing recommendations at specific agencies.
What's Gotten Into Us?
Maine Public Broadcasting Network - 1/27/2012. 
McKay Jenkins, author and professor of English and Director of Journalism at the University of Delaware focuses on the connections between the chemicals we are exposed to and health. Jenkins discusses how synthetic chemicals, such as BPA, that are used in common products make their way into our bodies. In his book, What’s Gotten Into Us, he writes a lot about Maine's Body of Evidence study in which 13 Maine people were tested for dozens of chemicals used in common products.
State Legislatures To Tackle Toxic Chemicals In 2012
Safer States - 1/26/2012. 
In 2012, at least 28 state legislatures will consider legislation to address concerns over toxic chemicals in consumer products, according to a new analysis by Safer States, a national coalition of state-based environmental organizations. Bills to be introduced this year will cover a broad list of topics, including bans on toxic chlorinated Tris flame retardants and cadmium, and requirements that makers of consumer products publicly disclose chemicals in products.
Chemicals in carpeting, food packaging may harm kids’ immune systems
Bangor Daily News - 1/25/2012. 
Chemicals used in consumer products, including rain gear, stain-resistant carpeting, microwave popcorn bags and fast-food packaging, appear to limit children’s disease-fighting immune responses, a study found.
Any Lead Is Too Much Lead
The Atlantic - 1/12/2012. 
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention has proposed radical changes to the way we identify, prevent, and treat this toxic substance in our kids.
Safer policies about toxic chemicals necessary
Lewiston Sun Journal - 12/18/2011. 
Opinion Editorial by Bettyann Sheats. Small businesses support the phaseout of dangerous chemicals when safer alternatives are available. No one wants to be exposed to harmful chemicals. Maine small business owners share the concern about toxic chemicals. We don’t want to use them, we don’t want to sell them and we don’t want to expose our customers to them.
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