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Thank you Lowe’s: Toxic paint strippers going, going….!
From May 6 th through May 11th, 2018, consumers from around the country visited their local Lowe’s home improvement stores as a part of the “Mind the Store’s” Week of Action to urge Lowe’s to remove harmful chemicals from its products – in particular, methylene chloride commonly found in paint strippers. Massachusetts’ Clean Water Action staff Kadineyse Paz, Laura Spark, and myself went to Lowe’s in Braintree, MA to partake in this campaign on May 10 th (pictured above).
In the Lowe's in Dedham we had Clean Water Action New England Director Cindy Luppi join a longtime activist and her
A Busy First Week: Zero Waste, Grassroots Leaders Harmed by Fracking, and an Environmental Town Hall
Last week, I started at Clean Water Action Massachusetts as the new Clean Energy Organizer, and it has been jam-packed with events and meetings.
43 Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Disposable Waste
How do you reduce your plastic waste? Here is a list of ideas presented by ReThink Disposable to either get you started or expand upon your current low-plastic lifestyle. Some of these are obvious, while others are a bit more obscure. See how many you can check off the list!
Yoga For Clean Water!
This past weekend, Clean Water Action joined Younique Yoga, Asbury Park Bazaar, and The Anchor's Bend in hosting a Yoga Benefit for Clean Water!
Special thanks to all of the atteendees, as well as yoga instructor Rosanna Canale for dedicating her time for such a great cause!
The Yoga Benefit for Clean Water took place at beautiful and historic Convention Hall, which overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and North Beach in Asbury Park, NJ. After the class, attendees enjoyed a healthy breakfast at The Anchor's Bend and shopping at the Asbury Park Bazaar, a seasonal pop-up marketplace featuring
Sounding the Alarm on... Nap Mats?
ATTENTION! Thanks to researchers in Seattle, WA, a recently released study demonstrated that eliminating a single source of toxic flame retardants—nap mats—from a day care center can drastically reduce children’s exposure to the hazardous chemicals. The results show that foam nap mats in childcare centers are home to numerous flame-retardants – and provides more evidence to encourage the phase out of these hazardous chemicals in children’s products. Childcare centers that use foam nap mats can have higher levels of cancer-causing flame retardants in their dust than those without it.
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