To research, produce, publish and plan for release of a new report entitled Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging, which will focus on adult neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases, following the landmark In Harm’s Way: Toxic Threats to Child…
To move automobile manufacturers to use safer, less toxic plastics and other materials by educating consumers about potential hazards associated with chemicals inside automobiles, demonstrating the effectiveness of a market-based campaign, and encouraging policymakers and consumers to demand safer cars…
To protect Maine communities from aerial pesticide spraying over blueberry barrens; to curb herbicide spraying on rights-of-way in Massachusetts; to reduce aquatic pesticide treatments in Massachusetts; and to continue the Rhode Island Neighborhood Assistance Project.
To increase enrollment in New England GreenStart, which enables consumers to buy clean energy through their electric utility.
To advocate for investments, policies and practices that promote growth in and around community centers rather than developing farms and forest lands.
To use body burden testing and other data to promote federal and state chemicals policy reforms and changes in corporate manufacturing practices that are adequate to protect even vulnerable populations from the effects of toxic exposures.
As part of an ongoing strategy to address the impacts of mercury contamination from coal-fired power plants, to file a lawsuit in Canadian federal court to force a US utility to implement strict controls that reduce its mercury emissions by…
In cooperation with Pesticide Action Network North America, to promote policy change and regulatory action in seven states that lead to toxic pesticide phaseouts and use reductions by increasing involvement of health professionals, organizations and health-affected people; and to integrate…
To assist state agencies and organizations in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island in promoting and adopting large-scale energy efficiency measures and policies; and to manage state-level diesel campaigns in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island where measures aimed at reducing emissions…
In cooperation with Pesticide Action Network North America, to promote policy change and regulatory action in seven states that lead to toxic pesticide phaseouts and use reductions by increasing involvement of health professionals, organizations and health-affected people.