Grant Program Health and Environment

To use HealthyStuff.org as a tool to drive large-scale, market-based change, boost corporate incentives for policy reforms, and increase industrys motivation to use improved chemical design tools.

To advance public understanding of emerging environmental health science, bridge the large disconnects between public policies relevant to these issues and what current science tells us about their implications, and increase public pressure to modernize those policies.

To reduce the use of carcinogens, endocrine disrupters and other unhealthy chemicals in building products.

To protect Minnesotans from toxic chemicals in everyday products through a health-based campaign that achieves near-term chemicals policy victories while building toward comprehensive state and national reform.

To broaden and deepen accurate media coverage of environmental health studies by increasing effective interaction between scientists and journalists; offering journalists early access to soon-to-be-published science; and providing scientists the tools they need to interact more effectively with the media.

To conduct a media outreach campaign to challenge the American Chemistry Council’s attacks on the US Green Building Council.

To conduct research, raise consumer awareness and advocate for faster government action to restrict the “chemicals of concern” in common household products listed in the Canadian Chemicals Management Plan; and to leverage progress in Canada by helping advance chemicals policy…

To eliminate environmental and other preventable causes of breast cancer.

To build significant support for federal chemicals policy reform by educating and engaging citizens, the media, and key decisionmakers.

To prevent learning disabilities in the developing fetus, infants, and children by: providing state affiliates with information and resources; building stronger networks and partnerships among affiliates; participating in research projects on the environmental toxins-developmental disabilities link; and working with peers…