Toxic chemicals in the workplace: Putting millions of workers at risk
Nearly each day, four million people in the United States go to work as janitors, cleaners, maids, housekeepers, landscaping and groundskeeping workers, pesticide handlers and other maintenance occupations. Over 3% of the workforce is employed in these jobs, which are...Read More...
Women Heroes in the Safer States
May is a month focused on women—the month started out with Mother's Day, and the week of May 8 is National Women's Health week, established to empower women to make their health a top priority. Toxic chemicals are an increasingly...Read More...
Massachusetts to ban BPA in baby bottles and cups...only
Originally published by The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow. Today the Public Health Council of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health voted unanimously to ban toxic Bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby bottles and cups, making Massachusetts the 8th state to do...Read More...
MA update: Business opposition halts progress on efforts
Originally published at The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow. At midnight on Saturday night, July 31st, the buzzer went off on the "formal session" part of the 2009-2010 legislative session in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, the Safer Alternatives Bill was not among...Read More...
Massachusetts BPA solution falls short
This week, the Massachusetts Public Health Council met to discuss a proposal to phase out certain children's products containing bisphenol-A (BPA). Our partner organization, The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, praised the move toward BPA regulation but urged that the...Read More...
Massachusetts citizens call for strong BPA ban
The state of Massachusetts is considering a limited bisphenol-a (BPA) ban, with the charge being led by Governor Deval Patrick. When making this announcement, Governor Patrick mentioned regulation on baby bottles and sippy cups. However Safer representatives in the state...Read More...
BPA update: Wisconsin, Maryland, Washington
More than 200 scientific studies have linked Bisphenol-A (BPA) to known health effects including impaired brain and reproductive development in unborn babies, miscarriage in pregnant women, diabetes, obesity and cancer. Populations that are particularly vulnerable to BPA are infants, children...Read More...
13 states dictate principles for toxics reform
Officials from thirteen states joined forces today to dictate a set of eight guiding principles to be used for reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act, or TSCA -- a law from 1976 which provides the EPA with the authority...Read More...
Health officials tell parents to avoid BPA
Massachusetts health officials released a statement this week warning parents of small children as well as pregnant and breastfeeding women to avoid using food and drink containers containing bisphenol A (BPA). The Massachusetts Department of Public Health warning was welcomed...Read More...
Study: Plastic bottles deliver BPA to our bodies
A new study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health has confirmed that drinking beverages from polycarbonate plastic water bottles will quickly and dramatically increase a person’s bisphenol A levels. In fact, the study found that students who cleared...Read More...
Companies not doing enough to get BPA out of food packaging
Many leading packaged food companies use bisphenol A (BPA) in their packaging and are taking insufficient steps to move toward alternatives. Popular brands such as Heinz, Nestlé, General Mills, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola all sell food and beverages packaged in BPA...Read More...
Massachusetts officials consider BPA ban
Advocates from the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow delivered nearly 8,500 petitions to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, asking him and the state Department of Public Health to act to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in children's products or...Read More...
Domino effect for BPA
The momentum to ban bisphenol A (BPA) in children’s products continued to grow this week, with one commentator predicting that it would only be “a matter of a few years at most, babies living in the USA will likely be...Read More...
Massachusetts: Send the governor a message on BPA
Tell Governor Patrick that BPA doesn’t belong in baby bottles and other children’s products. Demand better for Massachusetts’ children! Bring a polycarbonate baby bottle or water bottle and put a message inside to the governor. Together we will deliver these...Read More...
Massachusetts environmental health coalition lining up co-sponsors for key legislation
The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT) is mobilizing its supporters to line up co-sponsors for legislation in Massachusetts, which will create a program to replace toxic chemicals with safer alternatives. In this economy, this bill is needed more than...Read More...
Toymaker to pay states $12 million for toxic toys
Toy manufacturer Mattel has settled a lawsuit filed by states after last year’s massive toy recall. Mattel and subsidiary Fisher Price will pay $12 million to 39 states as a part of the settlement, according to an Associated Press story....Read More...
Help Massachusetts make baby products safer
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a toxic chemical found in polycarbonate plastic that is widely used to make baby bottles, sippy cups, teethers, toys, pacifiers, and utensils as well as being in the epoxy resins of cans of baby formula and...Read More...
Consumer guide to toxic chemicals in toys to be released for 2008 holiday shopping season
In response to the overwhelming demand for information about toxic chemicals in toys, the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow is teaming up with the Michigan-based Ecology Center in releasing their second annual guide to help parents make informed decisions this...Read More...
Why is cancer gaining on us?
With all of the effort, research, education and awareness that have focused on the threat of cancer, we are no closer to eliminating cancer from our lives. Why is that? That’s the question posed in an Op-Ed in the Boston...Read More...
Safe Cosmetics: Why can't all Estee Lauder brands be pink ribbon-worthy?
Estee Lauder brands popular with young women – including MAC and Bumble and Bumble products – contain hormone-disrupting chemicals that can put teens at risk for health problems like breast cancer later in life. Estee Lauder’s “green” brands, Aveda and Origins, are free of parabens. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is asking Estee Lauder to make all their products meet the standards set by Aveda and Origins.Read More...
First U.S. state chemicals policy database launched
The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at the University of Massachusetts Lowell launched a new State Chemicals Policy Database for legislators, policy makers, researchers and advocates that houses more than 700 state and local legislative and executive branch policies from...Read More...
Massachusetts: A place for clean technology
In an oped printed in The Boston Globe on Oct.6, it is argued that Massachusetts has a unique opportunity to become a center for clean technologies innovation and a world leader of the green economy of the future. While we...Read More...
The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow
The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT) is a coalition of citizens, scientists, health professionals, workers, and educators seeking preventive action on toxic hazards. Unfortunately, current environment and health policies do not protect us. Our individual rights and our quality...Read More...
