Rhode Island Blog Posts

When the 2019 General Assembly session began in early January, we had high hopes that this would be a banner year for the environment and public health.

Internet challenges come and go, and generally I don’t pay much attention to them.

My spouse and I are expecting our first child in the spring. Needless to say, our friends and families are very excited, and we are receiving a lot of advice and insight. One of the most frequent nuggets we have been getting goes something like this: “It really starts to get fun and exciting when you get to put together your baby registry!”

With Americans' busy lifestyles, often the last thing on people's minds is how much garbage they produce.

A new Retailer Report Card from Mind the Store, a project of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition, grades major retailers on actions they have taken to remove toxic products from their shelves.

Yesterday, the Rhode Island House of Representatives voted to pass H5082, which will phase out the use of organohalogens, a dangerous chemical used in flame retardants that is associated with cance