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Stand up for us, not the chemical industry
Marley Kimmelman is an Environmental Health and Justice Intern with our Massachusetts office
It was an unseasonably warm November day when I sat down in my political ecology class at Northeastern University. My professor, Danny Faber, an environmental justice champion in the Boston area, was showing us a film called “Toxic Hot Seat.” The topic seemed mundane: flame-retardants. But after sitting through the compelling and borderline shocking documentary, I was outraged. I had just watched a step-by-step breakdown about how flame-retardants, chemicals that are supposed to protect us from
Green Procurement
Most of us don't think much about the impact of our purchases on the marketplace but when we make conscious choices to purchase furniture without toxic chemical flame retardants, cookware without harmful perflourinated chemicals or children's products without bisphenol A, we're sending a message to retailers that we want safe products and they pay attention. Our Mind the Store campaign has made a huge impact with the world's largest retailers and succeeded in getting Walmart, Target, CVS, Home Depot and Lowe's to work with their suppliers and shift away from some of the most harmful chemicals
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Clean Water Action is the nation's leading grassroots environmental organization and our strength and effectiveness come directly from people like you, our members.
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Clean Water Action's strength and effectiveness come directly from people like you, our members.
One million members strong, and growing, Clean Water Action is the nation's leading grassroots environmental organization.
The financial support provided by individual Clean Water Action members - whether contributed at the door, by phone, online, or by mail - sustains the organization's programs. Clean Water Action receives the majority of its funding in this form.
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Fighting for Safer Chemicals: Minnesota's Healthy Legacy Coalition
Clean Water Action co-founded the Minnesota public health coalition, Healthy Legacy, in response to the growing body of scientific evidence linking rising rates of disease and exposure to toxic chemicals in our consumer products and environment.