To educate and engage state-level policymakers from all parties about the human and environmental health hazards of toxic chemicals, and to inform state policymakers about federal policies and regulations that affect states’ abilities to regulate toxic chemicals.
To achieve a marketplace of safer products free of toxic chemicals.
To educate and engage the public, the media, and key decisionmakers about the dangers of toxic chemicals; to build public support for chemicals policy reform at all levels; and to (eventually) help implement a new federal chemicals regulatory regime.
To reduce the public’s exposure to toxic chemicals by participating in federal regulatory rulemaking, promoting state-level chemicals policies, motivating retailers and product manufacturers to adopt better internal chemical management policies, and building internal technical capacity to identify safer alternatives.
To design and implement projects that reduce babies’ exposure to toxic chemicals during the most vulnerable and significant periods of development: in utero, and from birth to age two.
To assist in the implementation of the updated Boston fire code pertaining to toxic flame retardants, continue research on toxic flame retardant exposures among college students, and disseminate the research findings.
To identify safer alternatives to toxic flame retardants and to promote their use, and support Coming Clean’s function as a network and communications hub for a diverse set of stakeholders in the environmental health and justice movement.
To lower the bar for engagement among companies seeking safer substitutes for hazardous chemicals.
To implement the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council’s Agenda to Mainstream Green Chemistry, which includes building policy and funding leadership for green chemistry, growing innovation and collaboration communities, and engaging chemical suppliers and major purchasers in removing barriers to scaling…
To advocate for the strongest possible protection from neurotoxic chemical exposure for infants, children, and pregnant women in order to prevent learning disabilities.