Environmental Health Strategy Center

Tired of trying to protect your family from dangerous chemicals on your own? Tell our future policy makers that you need help!

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Alternatives to BPA on Market now

The Environmental Working Group has published a new fact sheet on existing alternatives to BPA in packaging already on store shelves.

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Plastic from Potatoes Project Funded

Maine is becoming a leader in the production of environmentally friendly plastics through a collaboration to create plastic from potatoes.

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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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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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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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