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Is Your Stain-Resistant Carpet Clogging Your Arteries?
We all know it’s hard enough to make sure we eat right and exercise to stay healthy. But what if you did all that . . . and still had high cholesterol? The latest research suggests that something besides bum genes may be making that happen.
Rub a Dub Dub, Be Safe at Meals and in the Tub
Did you know that place mats, bibs, and bath toys can contain lead and other harmful chemicals? Never fear! Follow these simple tips to keep your family safe and healthy.
From The Field: Polluted waterways getting you down?
We have the opportunity to do something big for Puget Sound, and other polluted waterways around the state - right now. It’s called the Working for Clean Water bill (HB 3181/SB 6851.) This bill provides much needed funding for storm water infrastructure projects around the state, and green collar jobs implementing those projects, by making polluters pay for the mess they are making.
Rub a Dub Dub, Be Safe at Meals and in the Tub
It's dinnertime... your toddler just smeared pasta sauce onto the wood table, and then used his shirt as a napkin. Now it's definitely time for a bath! Before you get the tub water running, do you know if your mealtime and bathtime accessories are safe for your kids?
Congratulations Washington!
It was hard work standing up to the chemical industry and demanding safer baby bottles, food containers and sports bottles made without bisphenol A (BPA.) But, we did it! The Safe Baby Bottle Act is FINALLY on its way to the governor’s desk to be signed into law!
UPDATE: WA State Senate Sends BPA Ban To Governor
It's official! The Safe Baby Bottle Act is on its way to the Governor after the Washington State Senate overwhelmingly concurred with the House today on a vote of 38-9. The Governor is expected to sign the bill.
States Write The Playbook On Chemicals, Now Congress Should Join The Team
States have been doing more than their share of the heavy lifting on toxic chemicals, and now it’s time for the feds to step up—that was the message from a key Washington state leader to Congress this morning.
Breaking News: Victory on BPA!
Parents and kids should raise a BPA-free sippy cup today to the Washington State House of Representatives for passing the Safe Baby Bottle Act on a vote of 96-1! Passage of the bill means parents can celebrate store shelves stocked with dishware and sports bottles free of toxic bisphenol A.
Count Your Healthy Sheep
Growing Up Green - February 2010 - Many parents ask us what the healthiest options are for children's mattresses and futons, so we've compiled these tips to help you when you shop. The good news is that mattresses containing the toxic flame retardants PBDEs have been prohibited from sale in Washington stores since January 2008.
Will future generations be less contaminated? Lawmakers are deciding now.
I truly hope my grandchildren come into the world carrying fewer chemicals than my children did when they were born. My oldest just started high school, so any grandchildren are many years off. But members of Congress are deciding right now what chemicals my daughter will pass along to her children. My vote? As few as possible.
Take action to help ban the worst toxic chemicals!
Email to your members of Congress letting them know you stand with Seattle mom, Molly Gray, and want them to take immediate action to phase out the worst of the worst chemicals.
It's Time For Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families
What would happen if national environmental health leaders, thousands of nurses and doctors, top-notch state groups like Washington Toxics Coalition, and key labor unions all joined forces to tackle one of our country’s biggest health problems? We’re about to find out!
Job Announcement: Development Coordinator
Washington Toxics Coalition seeks a full time, onsite, Fund Development Coordinator to join our successful team. The Development Coordinator will serve a key role in helping plan and execute the organization’s annual fund development plan in a membership environment, which includes donor management and general fundraising appeals (such as mailings and online campaigns), and special events.
Don't Just Get Mad, Testify!
When Seattle mom Katalin Marky found out she had unknowingly exposed her daughter to bisphenol A, she didn’t just get mad, she went to Olympia to testify in favor of The Safe Baby Bottle Act.
BPA Closer To Being Persona Non Grata in California
Bisphenol a (BPA) just can’t catch a break these days. The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) announced today it plans to formally list the chemical as a reproductive toxicant on the state’s Prop 65 list.
20-Foot Tall Inflatable Baby Bottle Sighted in West Seattle!
I had so much fun helping parents swap out their toxic baby bottles for BPA-free ones with Catholic Charities in Spokane that I just had to do it again.
The Princess and the Poison
Fairy tales and cancer-causing chemicals don’t usually go together. But recent news brought a whole new story line to Disney’s latest movie when high levels of toxic cadmium were found in movie-related kids’ jewelry. WTC's staff scientist explains why cadmium standards for children's products are lax and what Washington state could do about it.
Dr. Gray Goes To Washington
Dr. Molly Gray, a participant in WTC's recent Earliest Exposures study on toxic chemicals in pregnant mothers, testified today before a US Senate committee on the need for stronger standards for toxic chemicals. She told Senators of her shock at finding out she had chemicals like phthalates, bisphenol A, and mercury, in her body, despite her best efforts to avoid products containing the chemicals.
Sweet Success!
Thanks to everyone who came out to Environmental Lobby Day two weeks ago, especially our awesome volunteers (you know who you are!) It was a fun, empowering experience, but don’t take my word for it. Watch our lobby day video and see for yourself.
Swapping Stories and Bottles in Pajamas
Have you ever talked about toxic chemicals while you were at pajama party? I did last week. Now, before you assume I’m a complete toxics nerd (true) and a party pooper (not true), let me explain.
