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Bill to protect kids and firefighters from toxic flame retardants takes a step towards passage
Today the Joint Committee on Public Health of the Massachusetts legislature took swift and decisive action to protect the health of kids and firefighters.
TJX must move away from harmful chemicals, say advocates at annual shareholder meeting
Clean Water Action joined advocates and consumers at the TJX annual shareholder meeting to ask the retailer to improve its efforts to tackle toxic chemicals.
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
Join the Pollinator Protection Squad!
Three years ago, we were part of a coalition to ban consumer pesticides containing bee-killing neonicotinoids (neonics) in Maryland. This law went into effect on January 1, 2018.
Unfortunately, many of our neighborhood stores are illegally selling these products. Store managers may be unaware that they are breaking the law by stocking these products. This is where people like you can help!
We need super volunteers to check out their local neighborhood stores and make sure that they are not selling these products. Here's what you can do to help:
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