Maine Roadmap for Safer Children’s Products Sent to Washington, DC NRCM and its Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine partners (Augusta) Congresswoman Chellie Pingree got an early Mother’s Day gift from her daughter Hannah Pingree today on behalf of all the children of Maine. Hannah Pingree is Maine’s Speaker of the House and the Read More
Toxic Free Living
NRCM Award Goes to Scarborough Mom for Her Work to Stop Toxic Pollution
Augusta, ME — A Scarborough mom has been honored for her work to pass legislation safeguarding the health of Maine’s children from the threat of toxic chemicals in consumer products. Elisa Boxer-Cook was presented with the 2008 Natural Resources Council of Maine Environmental Award. In accepting the award, Boxer-Cook shared the emotional story of how, Read More
Maine Lawmakers Urged to Strengthen Chemical Safety System
Responding to the Ecology Center’s Healthy Car Report by Matt Prindiville on behalf of the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine If you’re thinking fondly about that “new car smell”, think again. That distinctive aroma is due in part to the smell of dangerous chemicals off-gassing into the air and putting your health and Read More
Maine Congressional Delegation Urged to Work for Safer Chemicals in Everyday Products
Federal Chemical Safety Legislation Introduced Today by the Alliance for A Clean and Healthy Maine Public health and environmental advocates in Maine sent a letter today urging Maine’s Congressional delegation to strengthen proposed federal legislation by adding provisions from a new Maine law that requires substitution of unnecessary toxic chemicals with safer alternatives. Following passage Read More
Maine Parents Demand Action on Toxins in Baby Bottles
New Study Shows Bottles Leach Dangerous Chemical When Heated Press Release from the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine On Thursday, Maine health and environmental organizations released a national study of baby bottles tested for the toxic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA). Bottles from across the United States and Canada, including one bottle purchased in Topsham, Read More
12 States Sue Over EPA Rule on Toxins
Maine is one of the states that oppose a new rule easing requirements on public disclosure. by the Associated Press Portland Press Herald news story ALBANY, N.Y. — Twelve states, including Maine, sued the Bush administration Wednesday to force greater public disclosure of data on toxic chemicals in communities. The state officials oppose a new Read More
Mercury Study Overdue
Bangor Daily News editorial While mercury-contaminated soil is being removed from the former HoltraChem plant in Orrington, a former owner of the plant has long fought studying, let alone cleaning up, possible mercury contamination of the Penobscot River. The longer the mercury is in the river, the more it can spread through ecosystems stretching to Read More
Vt. Researchers Rebut EPA Theory on Mercury Pollution Fallout
By the Associated Press Sun Journal news story UNDERHILL, Vt. (AP) – Environmental Protection Agency computer models, developed as the federal agency prepared emission rules for coal-fired power plants, showed that no mercury from their stacks would fall on Vermont. But it does, say scientists working at the Proctor Maple Research Center in Underhill. Eric Read More
