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MA Scientist Pushes for Transparency about Toxic Chemicals
In Massachusetts, Clean Water Action and the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow are fighting to get toxic chemicals out of our environment, our homes and - yes, unfortunately - children's products. In this work, we often partner with public health professionals, doctors, nurses and researchers who bring their academic expertise and field experience to bear in educational forums and testimony at public hearings. Below is one medical professional's testimony as she stands up for kids and workers' health at a recent public hearing at the Massachusetts State House. Thank you, Dr. Gardner, for your
Not Your Usual Detox: What It Was Like Learning I Am Toxic
This fall, I signed up for a detox. It wasn’t what you’d expect, I haven’t been juicing, spending time in the sauna, exercising, or changing my diet. Instead I signed up for the Silent Spring Institute’s Detox Me Action Kit.
The Detox Me Action Kit is a urine test that detects the presence of 10 common household toxics in your body. As a part of the results you get a personalized digital report that compares your results with the aggregate data collected from all Detox Me participants and gives you concrete actions you can take to reduce your body’s chemical load. I am an Environmental Health
Who's Minding the Store Day of Action
It was a chilly fall day in Connecticut but that didn’t stop Clean Water Action staff and other members of the Coalition for a Safe and Healthy CT from visiting four major retailers on November 14 th to help co-release the second Mind the Store Retailer Report Card Who’s Minding the Store? — A Report Card on Retailer Actions to Eliminate Toxic Chemicals.