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Maine doctor & nurse participate in recent Pollution in People study

EHSC worked with Physicians for Social Responsibility and other national allies to test health care workers for 24 toxic chemicals. The two Maine participants in the study are profiled in this Bangor Daily News story>>

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Momentum Is Building for Federal Chemical Policy Reform

EPA Head, Lisa Jackson has announced that reform of the badly broken federal chemical policy, The Toxic Substances Control Act is one of her top priorities. Read more about it in this article from the Portland Press Herald.

This summer Maine took the first formal step required under the Kid-Safe Product Law passed in 2008 to protect Maine children from toxic chemicals in everyday products.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection and Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention released a list of over 1,700 "Chemicals of High Concern" already found to be hazardous by an authoritative government body.

Environmental Health Strategy Center Executive Director Michael Belliveau commented on this historic step:

“We applaud the Maine Legislature and Governor Baldacci for blazing the path for safer chemicals and healthy families! Today’s listing of over 1,700 Chemicals of High Concern should send a signal to manufacturers and the market that these chemicals should not be used in products.

... Parents demand assurance that the products we buy for our families are safe. Maine should act swiftly to replace these Chemicals of High Concern with safer alternatives, but states cannot be expected to solve this major public health threat alone. We need Congress to act now to fix our broken federal chemical safety system.”

>> Download details and background about the Chemicals of High Concern list

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