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CSHC leads the way with 3 bills to protect health

HB 6526 Toxics Disclosure and Innovation for Healthy Children. This bill will:

• Require DPH to identify chemicals of concern to children and prioritize 2 every 2 years for action.
• Require manufacturers to disclose the presence of the prioritized chemicals in children’s products.
• Require the development of a plan to shift to safer alternative.
• Assist CT businesses that manufacture children’s products to work with green chemistry experts in CT to shift to a safe alternative.
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Emo Over Nor’easter Nemo?

The media described Nor’easter Nemo as the worst blizzard in New England since the winter storm of 1978 and it sure was wild! With the effects of Nemo and Hurricane Sandy still being addressed, it is hard not to feel that the intensity and frequency of destructive storms in New England have been increasing.

New England likes to pride itself on innovation, on sparking new ideas and inventions.

Basketball? Invented in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts. The first American subway system hit the rails in Boston, 1898. First printed newspaper? Hartford Courant, published in 1764. First frisbee? Thrown on New Haven Green, 1920. The first circus launched in Newport, Rhode Island in 1774.

Clean Water Action’s New England team is promoting a suite of innovative measures to protect health, stimulate the green economy and advance environmental justice. Together with Clean Water Action members, community partners and allies, we’re making a big push to make progress throughout the region in 2013. This overview covers the latest from your state. Please join Clean Water Action and speak out in support of clean air, clean water and healthier communities.

Connecticut

Campaign drives are under way to support clean energy and chemical safety advances.

Toxics: Clean Water Action supports bills to protect children’s health by eliminating toxic chemicals from consumer goods in daily use.

Clean energy in Connecticut is under attack. Northeast Utilities is pressuring DEEP and our legislature to water down Connecticut's clean energy commitments. Instead of supporting clean energy like wind and solar in this region it will send Connecticut dollars and jobs to Canada. Our legislators need to hear from you today to stop this corporate giveaway to Northeast Utilities and Hydro-Quebec. 

You can make the difference - take action today!

I remember very clearly the day I first learned that the vast majority of chemicals used in consumer products are unregulated by the government. Until that point I believed (as many people mistakenly do) that if I could buy it in a store it must have passed safety testing. Boy was I wrong. Out of the nearly 80,000 synthetic chemicals in commerce, less that 5% have ever undergone testing. Needless to say, that very day I cleared out my shampoo, body lotion and makeup for safer alternatives I found using the Skin Deep database. Read more…

HARTFORD -- A coalition of lawmakers and child advocates said Tuesday toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases must be banned from children's products and canned goods.

"A decade ago, I pretty much poisoned my kids on a daily basis with their car seats and jewelry that they put in their mouths," said state Rep. Kim Fawcett, D-Fairfield. "I never knew that the federal government would allow these products to be exposed to my children."

Fawcett joined a group of legislators and advocates to urge the General Assembly to support a trio of bills designed to remove harmful chemicals from food and children's products, or at least let parents know the substances are there.