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What California’s New Flammability Standard Means for Massachusetts

April 7, 2014March 7, 2014 by Jared Woods

On February 21st, Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition attended a presentation at Harvard University by Executive Director of the Green Science Policy Initiative, Arlene Blum, PhD, to discuss the potential impact of California’s new flammability standards on Massachusetts. Our sister organization, Silent Spring Institute, helped to organize this meeting and Research Scientist Robin Dodson presented findings … Read more

Researchers at Oregon State Use a New Method to Test Exposure

April 7, 2014March 7, 2014 by Jared Woods

Researchers at Oregon State University used silicone wrist bracelets to test the chemical exposures of study participants over a 30 day period. Silicone is porous so it absorbs and traps many types of chemicals, making it a great way to track exposures over a period of time. At the end of the study, researchers detected … Read more

House Chemical Bill Fails to Protect Public from Toxic Chemicals

March 13, 2014March 6, 2014 by Jared Woods

On February 27th Representative Shimkus (R-IL) unveiled the Chemicals in Commerce Act as a “discussion draft” to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This is the latest step in debates over reforming TSCA, which has not been updated since it was passed in 1976. MBCC is a longtime active member of the coalition, Safer … Read more

Cape Cod Times Gives Silent Spring Institute Funding a “Thumbs Up”

March 4, 2014 by Jared Woods

Cape Cod Times, Friday February 28th, 2014: CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND TAKE ACTION

The Scary New Evidence on BPA-Free Plastics

March 4, 2014March 3, 2014 by Jared Woods

Mariah Blake, Reporter for Mother Jones, recently wrote a scary yet informative piece on a very real consequence of our virtually non-existent chemical regulatory system: when one chemical is removed from products, there is no guarantee in place that the replacement is any safer. She uses the recent example of BPA in plastic products to … Read more