The Cancer Free Economy Network is a dynamic collaborative network with diverse teams, allies, experts and stakeholders to end the use and production of toxics.
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NEW post on the CHE Blog from Science Communications Intern, Kristen Kim:
"Food production can play a significant role in environmental exposures, as conventional farming methods often use chemicals that have been linked to increased risk of cancer."
healthandenvironment.org/joi…
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🌱 ICYMI, ASBN seeks an experienced leader to serve as its next #ExecutiveDirector. Are you passionate about driving change and creating a more #sustainable #economy?
🚨Priority deadline August 12th! 👉 asbnetwork.org/career-opport…
#SustainableBusiness #SocialImpact #LikeaBoss
Cancer Free Economy retweeted
It's #WorldEnvironmentDay! Dive into the latest #CleanWater is Good for #Business newsletter for updates on initiatives driving positive change for #water & a #sustainable #economy. There's no shortage of inspiring work. Stay informed and get involved! 💧 asbnetwork.org/clean-water-n…
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We are so close to passing 3 bills helping keep PFAS out of our environment, homes, and bodies & a bill protecting NY children from lead. NY leaders have only one week left to pass these bills, we can’t win this fight without YOU. Tell state leaders to keep PFAS & LEAD out of NY!
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Amazing day of advocacy yesterday for #regenag and #NativeFoodSovereignty with Liza LaManna, ASBN Manager of Regen Ag, elder 'Chili' Yazzie, and Navajo (Diné) youth outside @congressmangt office!
Let's keep fighting for a more sustainable future together! 🌾🌎✊
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EPA finally bans asbestos. C+H ED Bobbi Wilding told @CapitalTonight 'We are behind 50 other countries that have already completely banned asbestos... Most of the world has already come to grips with this being an extremely toxic chemical." spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ca…
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Accidental releases of toxic vinyl chloride have occurred in the US once every five days, on average, according to a new report released by @PlasticsBeyond and @Earthjustice.
@Dana_Drugmand unpacks the alarming report, revealing its implications. ⬇️
thenewlede.org/2024/03/toxic…
Cancer Free Economy retweeted
RSVP for Earth Day Advocacy Day on 4/16 to discuss environmental priorities w/legislators bit.ly/earth_day_2024
What are you passionate about?
Environmental Justice and Health
Lead Poisoning Prevention
Water Resource Protection
Waste Reduction
Clean Energy and Climate Justice
Cancer Free Economy retweeted
Join the EDC Strategies Partnership April 18 for a conversation with Dr. Leo Trasande.
Dr. Trasande will focus in on costs of health harms linked to chemicals in plastics - a key issue in upcoming negotiations of the Global Plastics Treaty.
RSVP below!
healthandenvironment.org/che…
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"The experts also rebuked ... regulators, alleging lax enforcement and arguing that regulatory bodies, including the EPA, had been 'captured' by the plant’s ... owners, implying the regulators were inappropriately doing the companies’ bidding." #PFAS
motherjones.com/politics/202…
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BREAKING: Environmental health scientists have been saying this for a while. It's time for our regulatory process to catch up.
thehill.com/policy/energy-en…
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“This public health victory shows what happens when scientists contribute their expertise to the policymaking process. The whittled-down definition of PFAS proposed was not only scientifically inaccurate, but it would have set a harmful precedent.” ehn.org/indiana-pfas-2667374…
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“DuPont and Chemours appear to have impermissibly captured the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and delayed its efforts to properly regulate #PFAS chemicals,” the experts said. #EPA
ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
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The UN's critique, led by Orellana, underscores a global call to action, urging for stringent regulations and corporate accountability in the face of environmental health hazards.
bnnbreaking.com/world/us/un-…
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#BlackHistoryMonth: Father of Environmental Justice and @SierraClub Leaders to Visit Elba, Alabama to Tour Black #Shiloh Community to Assist with Finding Solutions to Highway #Flooding and Fossil #GasPipeline Near Residents' Homes. bullardcenter.org/blog/black…
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The U.S. Senate has the chance to ban #PFAS in firefighting foam used at airports. Foam with PFAS contaminates drinking water and is linked to serious health problems.
Tell your senator to require PFAS-free firefighting foam at U.S. airports!
toxicfreefuture.org/take-act…
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The @EPA announces proposed rules designating #PFAS as hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The updates will strengthen protections for communities located near the 1,740 hazardous waste facilities across the US.
thenewlede.org/2024/02/epa-p…
Cancer Free Economy retweeted
#BLACKHISTORYMONTH:
The Father of Environmental Justice Exposes the Geography of Inequity | Scientific American scientificamerican.com/artic… @SciAm @Bullardcenter #Shilohflood #gaspipeline #infrastructure #highwayrobbery #USDOT #PHMSA #ALDOT #BIL #IRA
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A recent study published in Environmental Science & Technology found that exposure to PFAS in mothers is linked to a reduction in the nutritional quality of their breast milk.
ehn.org/breast-milk-nutritio…
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A disappointing court decision could lead to 3x the levels of carcinogenic pollutants in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley".
"This area is already heavily overburdened by cancer-causing and lung-harming pollutants," said Earthjustice's Michael Brown. theguardian.com/us-news/2024…