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Earlier this year the World Health Organization’s
International
Roundup® — was a “probable carcinogen” and linked to
cancer in humans. Now, as a result, the California
glyphosate as a chemical “known to cause cancer” in the
cancer-causing chemical under California law would be a
in our food supply to make sure that consumers can protect
their health, that of their families and our environment.
**LIB TALKS: Clever Consumer Campaign,
Real Scary Stuff, Take Heart - There's Hope!
Local Stores to Oust Neonics
**OTHER ACTIONS: (Scary Stuff) Fire Retardants,
Fracking Waste, Toxic Chems Policy
**GOOD NEWS: School District Limits Wi-Fi Exposure
New EWG Cancer Prevention Guide
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LIB TALKS
**CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN: As it takes more
via legislative process (especially with corporate
resistance),
thousands of toxic or likely toxic chemicals stream into the
market for food, household and personal care products.
to keep up with this torrent of toxicity. TIP believes
that one
alternative way to work for a healthier environment can be
the enhancement of consumer ability to influence suppliers
of food and other products.
For 2015-2016, TIP will focus on empowering consumers
to recognize their ability to effect change through their
choices
(Avoiding the most common and unhealthy “bad guys”, even
without labeling or government action – regulatory or legislative)
– IF they make those clearly known to retailers,& their
sources.
We’re convinced that individual consumer contact can be more
effective than merely signing petitions. We will help
simplify this
– focus on a few substances and provide basic tools for
quick
consumer action. Slogan possibilities might be such as
“Know-How
successful consumer actions – then enable for more.
We’ll begin by selecting several main products/ingredients
of
concern recognized by knowledgeable organizations &
researchers
(Examples: Pesticides/GMOs, flame retardants,
antibiotics &
hormones, BPA & BPS food can liners). Then, we’ll
provide brief
and basic info on each to enable busy consumers to quickly
act to
influence those selling products of concern. Our plan
is to use our
brief flyers, our monthly E-Mail newsletter& website to
direct people
to contacting specific companies directly with a simple
message
– change your ways if you want my business.This is a
strategy that
has been shown to work in quite a few instances.
**REAL SCARY STUFF (For Halloween?):
Fire retardants don’t “protect us” – their toxic fumes
are actually as deadly as the flames. And fracking
waste is actually radioactive! See Action Alerts
**TAKE HEART - THERE'S HOPE!: Good people are
working to make this a safer planet – see the Good News
and Resource sections for encouraging success by two
Moms & helpful info from the great folks at EWG.
Blessings, Liberty G
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CLEVER CONSUMER CAMPAIGN ACTION!
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**SAVE THE BEES – PETITION LOCAL ACE &
TRUE VALUE STORES TO SCRAP NEONICS!
(Hint from Lib – you could also just tell the manager
there that you won’t buy
the neonics!)
We’ve already pressured Lowe's and Home Depot to take
steps to stop selling the world’s most popular pesticides.
Together, we made thousands of calls to local hardware
stores, spoke to store managers and sent letters -- and
it worked! Over 60,000 SumOfUs members have already
asked Ace and True Value Hardware to stop selling neonics,
a class of pesticides linked to the massive worldwide
decline
in bee populations. Now we need to make sure they
listen
by asking local branches to do the right thing for the
bees.
It's easy -- enter your address, find your nearest Ace and
True Value store and follow the steps. Start your
petition
to your local branch of Ace or True Value Stores here:
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ACTION ALERTS
(SCARY STUFF!)
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**TOXIC FIRE RETARDANT CHEMICALS BAN
(Time-Sensitive - The “Comment Period ended yesterday
– but if a flood of additional signatures knocks on the
door,
they will need to take notice of the importance of the
issue)
Every day, most of us sit on chairs & sofas that contain
pounds of toxic flame retardants. These chemicals migrate
out of our furniture and other household products and are
of U.S. residents have measurable quantities of toxic flame
retardants in their blood. To bring an end to this
toxic nightmare,
Earthjustice & Consumer Federation of America--on behalf
of a diverse coalition of organizations, including
firefighters,
pediatricians, consumer advocates & scientists—is asking
sale of any children's product, piece of furniture or
mattress
if it contains a toxic flame retardant. They also call for a
ban
on the sale of any electronic product with toxic flame
retardants
in its plastic enclosure. This is urgent--we have our
first-ever
chance to ban the sale of products containing these toxic
chemicals! Please let the commissioners know you
strongly
support this action, at:
http://action.earthjustice.org/site/R?i=ySfLzdw7EWs0Xy5ylFVP-Q
**FRACKING WASTE IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD
BE REGULATED AS TOXIC & RADIOACTIVE WASTES
Several groups and individuals filed a notice of intent to
sue on
August 26, 2015 including the Center for Health, Environment
&
Justice, Environmental Integrity Project, Natural Resources
Defense
Council, Earthworks, Responsible Drilling Alliance, San Juan
Citizens Alliance, and West Virginia Surface Owners Rights
Organization. They are calling on EPA to comply with
its long-
overdue obligations to update waste disposal rules that
should
have been revised more than a quarter century ago. The
oil and
gas industry is growing by leaps and bounds. EPA must
do its
job and update and enforce these vital regulations. Our
water
and air are threatened by toxic waste from the improper
storage
of fracking wastes while corporate polluters are allowed to
run wild.
Homes, small businesses, low income & indigenous
communities
are being laid to waste by an industry that is virtually
unregulated.
ell EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to update waste disposal
regulations on fracking waste NOW!
http://org.salsalabs.com/o/852/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=18368
**WE NEED STRONGER REFORM OF
OUR\\
TOXIC CHEMICALS POLICY
The US Senate is considering legislation (S.697) by Senators
Udall
(D-NM) & Vitter (R-LA) that claims to be comprehensive
reform of
our nation's chemical policy. But the bill is too weak to
address a
serious public health crisis. EPA would only review the
safety of
25 chemicals over the next 8 years. And the price of that meager
schedule is that states would be blocked from taking timely
action
during the EPA review. The EPA should take more action
on chemicals.
The worst chemicals should be identified and acted on
first. And
states should be free to take appropriate action to protect
their
citizens in a timely manner. Tell your Senators that
reform should
go forward, not backwards. Contact them today and urge
them to
oppose the Udall-Vitter bill!
http://org.salsalabs.com/o/1421/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=18258
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GOOD NEWS
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**FIRST US PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT LIMITS WI-FI
RADIATION EXPOSURE TO STUDENTS AND STAFF
(SBWIRE) -- 09/28/2015 Ashland, Massachusetts Public
Schools
have implemented Wi-Fi Device "Best Practices"
which include
turning the Wi-Fi off when not in use and keeping devices on
a table.
Based on its own review of the matter, the Ashland Public
School
District is reducing wireless radiation exposures to
children by
instituting district wide " best practices for mobile
devices".
Spurred by parent Cecelia Doucette's concerns about the lack
of safety data on Wi-Fi and children, the district
investigated the
issue and developed a policy to substantially reduce
wireless
exposures to students and staff. Doucette not only brought
the
issue to the district's attention, but then also worked with
state
legislatures who introduced two bills concerning
electromagnetic
radiation this session. The Environmental Health Trust
submitted
written testimony on MA Senate Bill 1222 after expert
scientists
presented information on wireless health risks at a briefing
at the
Massachusetts State House in June 2015. For more info,
including
the instructions for "Best Practices" that are
posted in every
classroom, and actions elsewhere, go to:
www.sbwire.com/press-releases/first-us-public-school-district-limits-wi-fi-radiation-exposure-to-students-and-staff-628735.htm
AMERICAN ACADEMY
OF PEDIATRICS
CUTS TIES WITH MONSANTO
www.organicconsumers.org/news/american-academy-pediatrics-cuts-ties-monsanto
Never underestimate the power of a mom. Or a blogger. Or,
worse
yet, a mommy blogger. Leah Segedie was “completely
shocked”
when she learned that Monsanto and the American Academy of
Pediatrics were bedfellows, joined by a “sponsor
partnership.”
So the mom, blogger & founder of the popular blogger
network,
Mamavation, reached out to the Academy’s public affairs
team,
via a personal friend. The result? The American
Academy of
Pediatrics will sever ties with Monsanto at the end of this
year.
It’s good to see that an organization entrusted with the
final word
on the health of kids is finally joining other physicians in
taking a
stand against one of the chief poisoners of a whole
generation
of our children. We devote a lot of time to fighting
the anti-GMO
war in state and federal legislatures, because we have to.
It’s important work, and we’ll keep doing it. But it’s
important to
remember the power we all have to influence those outside of
the State Houses and the U.S. Capitol. And the good that can
come of that power.
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EWG'S DIRTY DOZEN:CANCER PREVENTION EDITION
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. When
it
comes to cancer, this old adage couldn’t be more true, and
here
reduce your risk of cancer. From BPA to lead and
mercury, there
are many potentially carcinogenic chemicals EWG has long
recommended you avoid. Now, thanks to the groundbreaking
work
of the Halifax Project, we’re learning that certain
combinations of
these and other chemicals could cause cancer by disrupting
multiple pathways and overwhelming the body’s
defenses.
You may be surprised by some of the chemicals that made
EWG’s latest list. Take atrazine – a chemical so potent that
male
frogs exposed to low levels of it can turn into female
frogs.
It is also one of the most widely used herbicides in the
U.S.
EWG’s new guide: The EWG Dirty Dozen: Cancer
Prevention
Edition highlights 12 of the worst chemicals that are known
to disrupt
cancer-related pathways and gives you tips on how to avoid
them.
See:
www.ewg.org/research/ewgs-dirty-dozen-cancer-prevention-edition?inlist=Y
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Liberty Goodwin, Director, Toxics Information Project (TIP)
P.O. Box 40572, Providence, RI 02940
Tel. 401-351-9193, E-Mail: liberty@toxicsinfo.org
Website:
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