Archive for the ‘Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine’ Category
BPA Hearing – Today!
19 Aug 2010The Maine DEP has proposed to designate bisphenol A as the first Priority Chemical under the Kid-Safe Products Act and take other actions to protect the health of Maine children. The proposed rule would: Designate BPA as a Priority Chemical under the KSPA; Ban the use of BPA in reusable food and beverage containers, effective [...]
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Let’s ban BPA in Maine!
12 Aug 2010Our state has an impressive record of leadership when it comes to protecting our health. In 2008, the Maine State Legislature passed the “Kids Safe Products Act” – and now, after a lot of hard work by people like you, the law is finally ready to be fully implemented with the State set to ban [...]
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Chellie Pingree on the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010
In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine|BPA|Congresswoman Pingree|safe cosmetics
29 Jul 2010Congresswoman Pingree speaks about TSCA reform on the floor – check it out!
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- Tags: safe chemicals act of 2010, TSCA, you tube
The Story of Cosmetics
In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine|BPA|Maine Women's Policy Center|Reproductive Health|Women's Leadership|safe cosmetics
27 Jul 2010Yesterday a crowd of nearly 50 gathered at the Maine Women’s Policy Center and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England’s showing of the “Story of Cosmetics.” The film covered the prevalence of toxic chemicals in personal care products and touched on our need to reform the chemical safety system. Check it out right now – [...]
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- Tags: Annie Leonard, movie, Shampoo
What lies ahead for the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010? Check out this exclusive “leaked” footage for insight into what would happen if the Toxic Chemical Lobby got it their way!
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- Tags: maine women, safe chemicals act of 2010, video
The Ugly Truth About Beauty – Movie & Panel
In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine|Maine Women's Policy Center|Reproductive Health|safe cosmetics
21 Jul 2010What are all those chemicals in your shampoo? Your lipstick? Your aftershave? And, what do they have to do with asthma, breast cancer, and learning disabilities? Are harmful chemicals in your cosmetics getting you down? Join the Maine Women’s Policy Center and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England for the screening of “The Story of Cosmetics” and [...]
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Curious…About What’s in That Bottle
In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine|Charlotte Warren|safe cosmetics
15 Jun 2010Britney Spears Curious Perfume contains some curious chemicals. Old Spice, “crisp and clean”? Far from it. And the most mysterious thing about Bath and Body Works’ “seductive and mysterious” Japanese Cherry Blossom is its secret list of dangerous ingredients. These were among the popular products put on trial last Wednesday at a fun Portland event [...]
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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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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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- Linda Mitchell: Make Lilly Right is a campaign, started by two women in Seattle, to get one million women to each se [...]
- Lynne: Thank you for a terrific, inspiring event that showed us once again that one strong woman can make a [...]
- Jason Sabo: If this issue is important to you, please take several minutes to join SafePhaseOut.org, a website d [...]
- Kathleen Skillings: I would like to take this opportunity to address the editorial I read in yesterdays news. As a smal [...]
- Donna Maria Coles Johnson: Interesting comment from Emily Caswell. I am not a resident of Maine, but I do buy natural personal [...]
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