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Postcards for the Senators
WABITV5 - 10/19/2009. The State of Maine is leading the way on clean chemicals and a safe environment for kids. That is why a group showed up at the office of Senator Olympia Snowe in Bangor this morning.
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Postcards for change?
WGME 13 TV - 10/19/2009. A coalition of environmental and consumer groups gathered in Portland Monday with a message for Maine's senators - keep toxic chemicals out of our bodies.
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'Sea Change' On Inerts Disclosure
Inside EPA - 10/15/2009. EPA has sent for White House review a pre-rule notice for its planned rulemaking to increase public disclosure of inert ingredients in pesticides in an effort “to effect a sea change” in how the information is made public. |
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OMB endocrine directive draws industry cheers, enviro jeers
E&E Publishing - 10/15/2009. The Office of Management and Budget has instructed U.S. EPA to use existing toxicity data rather than require companies to conduct new tests to determine whether chemicals can damage the human endocrine system. |
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Farm Workers and Allies Ask Gov't to Protect Kids From Toxic Pesticide Drift
Common Dreams - 10/14/2009. The public interest law firms Earthjustice and Farmworker Justice filed a petition today (PDF) asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set safety standards protecting children who grow up near farms from the harmful effects of pesticide ‘drift' - the toxic spray or vapor that travels from treated fields. The groups are also asking the agency to immediately adopt no-spray buffer zones around homes, schools, parks and daycare centers for the most dangerous and drift-prone pesticides.
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