Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Demand Chemical Reform

There will be a historic vote on chemical reform tomorrow in Congress. Above, organic bananas from Hatch's, along with four boxes of organic cereal, purchased yesterday for our guests. Nature's Path, the brand with no GMOs. I invite you to begin your day with a haiku from Rachel Dickinson. Read the latest conclusions from Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families on how toxic chemicals in the environment affect our health. Please make sure your legislators side with us - we, the people - not with the chemical industry. Yesterday I called MA Senator Brown and gave his office assistant a long explanation on how these toxic chemicals affect not only his health, but his reproductive life, in the hope of drumming up some internal lobbying. These days it's easy to let Congress know your opinion. No need to call, the way I did. Send an email to off-committee Senators now to urge their support of this important legislation.

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Living Large · 661 weeks ago

This is such an important issue, thanks for covering it. Do you think it will pass?
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1 reply · active 661 weeks ago
I wish I could say yes. Seems like a no-brainer. But the chemical industry is dead set against it, and pouring money into campaigns to make sure the vote is in their best interest. That's why I urge everyone to make noise. Look what happened with BPA. There was great resistance until recently. Read about that here: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/17/bpa-ban-...
It really is politics as usual where big-money equals big-influence. We've seen a similar reaction to the rush to frack in New York State.
2 replies · active 661 weeks ago
Yes. But that is why I am listening to this hearing right now. I believe in people-power. We must turn this around. I'm fighting this war for my grandkids. This is also important, the Safe Chemicals Act that is, to stopping the rush to frack New York.
I, too, believe in people power, which is why I have been active in local politics for decades. There are times, though, when fighting big industry is so depressing. If I ever find a pot of gold it's all going toward fighting the good fight.

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