Toxic-Free Future
Safer States Coalition (a KEF partner) Releases Annual
Analysis of State Legislatures Considering Bills to
Limit Toxic Chemical Exposures
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Here in Kentucky, as noted in the analysis, we are interested in HB 236, a bill introduced by Reps. Marzian, Palumbo and Jenkins that would ban bisphenol-A (BPA) from baby bottles, sippy cups and infant formula cans. Click Here to Access |
A report released today by the Breast Cancer Fund shows the presence of BPA in canned foods marketed to children.
KY Moms: Toxic Chemicals Don’t Belong in Kids Canned Foods
09.21.11 Press Release
The Report: BPA in Kids' Canned Food:
A product-testing report by the Breast Cancer Fund
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Environmental Justice Fair Sponsored by Rubbertown Emergency Action (REACT) and the Carl Braden Memorial Center, the EJ Fair brought together folks for good food, good conversation and good information on how to make their families safer. The event's press conference at Chickasaw Lake brought attention not only to the dioxin that pollutes that lake, but to the many environmental causes of illness in the community. The workshop that followed provided information on how folks can advocate on their own behalf.
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KY Moms organized Stroller Brigade to demand protection from Toxic chemicals Lexington, August 10--In Woodland Park, KY moms (& dads) and kids rallied in support of a Senate bill that would take meaningful steps to protect the American public from toxic chemicals. The Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 (S.847) would increase chemical safety, inform consumers on chemical hazards and protect vulnerable populations. |
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Stroller Brigade participants wrote letters to KY Senators Mitch McConnell & Rand Paul, urging them to support the Safe Chemicals Act.
See 08.10.11 Press Release |
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Another Chemical Spill in Louisville
Wednesday night an unknown chemical spilled into the Ohio River near Rubbertown. The fire department says there was absolutely no danger to the public.
How could they know that? They don't know what the chemical was. They don't know how much was spilled. They don't know what kind of danger there might be to those who eat any fish that were exposed, however slightly, to the chemical.
Louisville Courier Journal
06/16/11 "Officials testing dead fish to determine chemical spill in Ohio River"
New Study Finds Toxic, Untested Flame
Retardants in Products Made for Infants & Children
KEF & KY Moms call on product makers to
reject unnecessary chemicals
05.19.11 Press Release
Danielle Kitchen from Bowling Green with her husband Nick |
Caitlin McClanahan from Berea |
Emily Russell from Berea
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More information can be found at the
Alliance for Toxic Free Fire Safety website.
EPA Proposes Stronger Air Toxic Emissions Standards for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Production Facilities PVC is used to make a range of plastic products such as vinyl siding, plumbing & raincoats. Each year PVC plants pump some 500,000 pounds of vinyl chloride -- a human carcinogen -- and many other toxins into the atmosphere. Westlake Chemical in Calvert City KY manufactures PVC. EPA's 04.18.11 Press Release |
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Sen. Lautenberg Introduces "Safe Chemicals Act of 2011"
Groundbreaking bill would help protect families from toxic chemicals linked to reproductive disorders, cancer, learning and developmental disabilities and other serious health problems
04.14.11 Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Press Release
04.14.11 Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg's Press Release
KEF's Executive Director, Elizabeth Crowe--"KEF applauds Sen. Lautenberg and those
senators who sponsored this important bill, which puts the burden on chemical companies
to prove that their chemicals are safe before putting them on the market."
Safe Chemicals Act has provisions on some long-standing
Environmental Justice concerns
04.14.11 Environmental Justice & Health Alliance Press Release
Eboni Cochran, Co-coordinator of REACT (Rubbertown Emergency Action) --"We are optimistic
about the introduction of a bill that highlights Environmental Justice issues and calls for safer chemicals, which is crucial for people living near chemical facilities like those in Rubbertown."
Town of Tonawanda NY learns from Louisville
04.04.11 Eboni Cochran, Louisville environmental justice activist and Co-coordinator of REACT, shares with Clean Air Coalition of WNY members what she learned from a program that helped reduce toxic air emissions in her community. Click here to read Tonawanda News article. |
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KEF supports legislation tightening chemical security regs
More than 100 million Americans live in the danger zone of a chemical disaster.
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KEF is one of 106 signees to a letter calling on U.S. Senators to support legislation to be introduced by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, which would close dangerous gaps in current chemical plant security laws. Click here to read letter. The recent explosion at the Carbide plant in Louisville, in which two persons were killed, highlights the importance of Lautenberg's legislation for Kentucky. |
03/28 Courier-Journal "Louisville vows fixes for Rubbertown alerts"
03/28 WFPL 89.3fm "Rubbertown Residents Sound Off About Plant Explosion"
over lack of warning after explosion at Carbide plant
 (Photo: Michael Hayman, Courier-Journal) |
At the meeting, Eboni Cochran, Co-coordinator |
Protecting our Health from BPA Check out this fact sheet and act now to support a BPA-free future for Kentucky's babies by supporting House Bill 223! |
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Is Your Baby's Bottle Potentially Harmful?
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Baby's Toxic Bottle: Bisphenol A Leaching from Popular Baby Bottles
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More than 25 years after the worst chemical disaster in history
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