Archive for May, 2010
What The SPF!
26 May 2010It is hot out there, real hot. With temperatures toping 90 yesterday it is hard not to think about the beach, vacation, and that ice cream truck that has been circling your block… Chances are, the last thing on your mind is chemical safety and the need for real government regulation of the cosmetic industry. [...]
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Introduced in April, the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 would amend the federal Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA). The current TSCA law is widely understood to be ineffective. When TSCA passed, it ‘grandfathered’ in 62,000 chemicals in use without restriction or testing. In more than 30 years since then, the U.S. EPA has [...]
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Snowe and Collins on Kagan
In: Maine Women's Lobby|Press Link|Supreme Court|Susan Collins|Uncategorized
24 May 2010With the confirmation hearings scheduled for June 28, Elena Kagan is making her rounds on the hill and meeting with key Senate votes. Last week she met with Senator Snowe; after the meeting, Snowe commented that, Kagan “certainly has the qualifications, and certainly has, I think, the balance in her approach — at least so [...]
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Good thing # 2.It states the obvious by recognizing maternity coverage as an essential health benefit.
21 May 2010Shocking but true. Maternity health was not previously required of providers, so individual health care plan could deny coverage for Maternity health or charge more! With the new law requires health plans to cover maternity care as well as prescription drugs (which should include contraceptive drugs and devices)! This goes for gynecological visits as well, [...]
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Once this new law is implemented, 4.5 million women will be newly eligible for coverage through medicaid and approximately 11 million women will receive health insurance subsides! Additionally, women are more likely than men to work for small businesses that don’t offer health insurance, but new tax credits will make it easier for small businesses [...]
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What’s for dinner?
20 May 2010“The canned foods tested were brand name fish, fruits, vegetables, beans, soups, tomato products, sodas, and milks, which together represent “real-life” meal options for many consumers. The cans were purchased from retail stores and gathered from the pantry shelves of coalition partners. They were then sent to an independent laboratory for testing. One can of [...]
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A Brief Case for Women on the Bench
18 May 2010In light of Elena Kagan’s recent nomination to the Supreme Court, let us take a moment to applaud the President in recognizing the dearth and importance of women’s representation on the bench. Since 1973, when the first female attorney was admitted to the bar, only five women have been nominated to the Supreme Court and [...]
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Spoiler Alert!
17 May 2010Now you’re going to find out what a Jedi of feminist power (see last week’s tweet for Star Wars Day) has for breakfast. Stop reading now if you want these details to remain a mystery. Actually, I really don’t want to keep my breakfast a secret any more. And, neither do the ten organic dairy [...]
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For those of you who followed along at home, you may remember that a major sticking point in the campaign for paid sick days in Maine was the assumed cost for businesses. Despite testimony and reports that contradicted this concern and actually proved that businesses would SAVE money with paid sick day, this myth stuck. [...]
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(Augusta) Maine groups applauded the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, citing her record of consensus-building among people of different background and beliefs. Solicitor General Kagan has decades of experience and service as a practicing attorney, a law school professor, and trailblazer, serving as the first woman Dean [...]
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