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- Click the following link to download PDF on CHANGE's letter to the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC): Download CHANGE Letter to DTSC
- Click the following link to download PDF on CHANGE's Green Chemistry Fact Sheet: Download CHANGE Green Chemistry Fact Sheet FINAL
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- Click the following link to download PDF on concerns for Maziar and DTSC: Download Concerns for Maziar 8-18-09
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Write a Letter to the Editor or Op Ed!
Are you passionate about helping CHANGE protect every Californian from toxic chemicals? If so, please consider writing and placing an Op Ed/Letter to the Editor in your local newspaper, magazine or alternative weekly.
To help you, you can download our fact-sheet on the subject: Download How to Write Op Eds and Letters to the Editor
Possible Op Ed/Letter to the Editor topics:
- Suggest DTSC, OEHHA and the governor implement strong regulations for AB 1879 and SB 509 that use CHANGE's principles
- Encourage the governor to sign SB 757 Read more...
Op Ed: California's new chemical laws: They fail to protect us.
In this point/counterpoint on Environmental Health News, CHANGE members Martha Dina Argüello and Kathy Attar from Physician's for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles offer a perspective on California's 2008 chemical laws.
The need to fundamentally change how California addresses toxic chemicals is clear. But the two new laws recently signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger do not even include the most basic elements needed to achieve this goal. There is widespread agreement that the way to achieve true reform is to shift the burden of proof to chemical manufacturers to provide chemical hazard trait information to the public and to show that chemicals are safe. These bills do not do anything of the kind.
Read more...Op Ed: California's new chemical laws: Good start, need work
In this point/counterpoint on Environmental Health News, Megan R. Schwarzman and Michael P. Wilson from the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of California, Berkeley offer a perspective on California's 2008 chemical laws.
California’s new laws represent a concerted step forward and signal the state’s willingness to tackle the complexities of chemicals policy. No other state has taken this step, and 30 years of federal policy have failed to adequately protect human health or motivate investment in safer alternatives.
Read more...California Needs More ‘Green Chemistry’ Action Heroes
Editor's Note: California's new "green chemistry" legislation will
set up online databases to inform consumers of dangerous products, but
won't take the products off the shelves. Ansje Miller, policy director
of the Center for Environmental Health and coordinator of Californians
for a Healthy and Green Economy (CHANGE) welcomes the initiatives but
has some reservations.
Marilyn Furer isn't a household name. Yet within weeks, this grandmother from Illinois did what our government seems unable to do: She got toxic baby products off store shelves.
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