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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Safe Products Would Be Just Ducky!

Strategy Center supporters joined "Quack" the toxic-free rubber ducky and dozens of other activists from across the state at Kid-Safe Products Day at the Maine Capitol on March 4.

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Baby's Toxic Bottle

On February 7, the Environmental Health Strategy Center and our partners in the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine released a new national study of plastic baby bottles tested for the toxic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA). Bottles from across the United States, including one bottle purchased in Topsham, Maine were tested and shown to leach BPA when heated.

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- Maine Public Radio story (audio)

- Bangor Daily News story (print)

Learn more:

- Baby's Toxic Bottle report and resources

Body of Evidence:

Pollution Maine People

On Tuesday, June 12, the Environmental Health Strategy Center and our partners in the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine release 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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