US Lags Behind in Chemical Olympics

Check out this fun video made by the Alliance for a Clean & Healthy Maine which highlights the fact that while the US is competitive on a world stage in athletics when it comes to protecting the health of our families we aren't keeping up.

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Consumer Product Safety Reform Bill Signed Into Law

A new Federal law sparked by the lead toy recalls of the past year will ban the sale of toys containing lead and phthalates!!!  This is a major victory for kids health. 

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Senator Collins Urged to Protect Communities From Chemical Security Threats

We helped deliver nearly 10,000 petition signatures to Senator Collins asking her to support the "Chemical Facilty Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008".  The legislation aims to reduce or eliminate the consequences of an attack on U.S. chemical facilities by requiring the use of safer chemicals and technologies.

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KID-SAFE PRODUCTS BILL PASSES

The Maine Legislature passed LD 2048 (the Kid-Safe Products bill) by overwhwelming margins: 35-0 in the Senate and 129-9 in the House. The nearly unanimous support reflects broad and deep public support for the bill.

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Toxic phthalates found in Maine toys and baby products

A new study released on Monday found toxic phthalate chemicals in 20 of 24 baby and children's products bought in Maine. Three of the products tested were composed of 33% or more phthalates.

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Body of Evidence:

Pollution In Maine People

The Environmental Health Strategy Center and our partners in the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine conducted the first-ever study of toxic chemicals in the bodies of Maine People.

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Chemical Roulette

Scientists are finding that chemical exposures at critical points in development can cause lifelong health problems, even at very low doses.

"Every assumption — every single assumption — that goes into determining whether the level of an endocrine-disrupting chemical is safe is false."

- Frederick vom Saal, University of Missouri Division of Biological Sciences

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