It’s about time we strengthen our chemical safety laws! Thanks to your activism, we have had major victories in Maine, in implementing common-sense laws to get toxic chemicals out of our consumer goods. With so much success at home – let’s take this show on the road! Next up: Washington D.C. The Safe Chemicals Act of [...]

Hello, my name is Meryl Kus. I am a  student at Gardiner Area High School and am volunteering with the Maine Women’s Lobby this summer. Here are some thoughts about harmful consumer products and the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011. There is a definite relation between toxic chemicals and the rise of serious health problems [...]

This just in: Newly introduced, LD 1129, sponsored by Rep. Jim Hamper (R-Oxford), would substantially weaken Maine’s Kid Safe Products Act – peeling back vital health protections for Maine children! Let’s not gut the Kids Safe Products Act! The best way to register your concern is to join us for the Alliance for a Clean [...]

I’m sure you’ve already heard about Governor LePage’s dismissal of the dangers of the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA). Governor LePage said: “The only thing that I’ve heard is if you take a plastic bottle and put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen. So the worst [...]