BREAKING NEWS:

It's Official! Gov. Rell Signs BPA Legislation

Scientists, Public Officials, Citizens Send Legislators a Message in a Bottle

Advocates and public officials gathered at the Legislative Office Building today to send legislators a message in a bottle: toxic bisphenol A does not belong in food and beverage containers, and Connecticut needs to lead the way toward safer solutions to this and other chemicals of high concern. Proposed legislation in Connecticut would address the problem of toxic chemicals in household and other products, and legislators and advocates with the Coalition for a Safe & Healthy Connecticut are calling for action.

Bio-monitoring Shows High Levels of Bisphenol-A, PBDEs and Other Toxins In Children

The Chemical Safety Workgroup hired Sanford Lewis to produce this 16-minute video to help inform communities about the " hidden risks from chemical contaminants found in our homes, workplaces, the products we buy, and even ourbodies."

Click the logo to view a short film on the issue:

Be Part of the Campaign!

The Coalition for a Safe & Healthy Connecticut isa partnership of organizations and individuals working together to reduce toxic chemicals that threaten human health and the environment. Please join us in calling on government andmanufacturers to take hazardous toxins out oftheir products!

Together we canconvince decision-makers to protect the health of children, workers and communities by reducing toxic hazards.

The Coalition for a Safe & Healthy Connecticut is leading statewide and local campaigns to reduce and eliminate toxicchemical exposuresin our everyday lives – in buildings, schools and workplaces, air, water and food, and in consumer products.Our goal is to replace hazardous toxic substances with proven, safer alternatives.

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Coalition Members

as of April, 2009

We are a diverse partnership of Connecticut organizations:

• Administrative and Residual Employees Union # 4200 (A & R 4200)

• Arc of Connecticut

• Bridgeport East End Community Council

• Central Connecticut Labor Council

• Citizens Campaign for the Environment

• Clean Water Action

• Community Health Network of CT

• ConnectiCOSH

• CT Association of Directors of Health (CADH)

• CT Association of Public Health Nurses (CAPHN)

• CT Association of School Nurses

• CT Chapter, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations(AFL-CIO-CT)

• CT Citizen Action Group

• CT Coalition for Environmental Justice (CCEJ)

• CT Commission on Children

• CT Employees Union Independent (CEUI)

• CT Foundation for Environmentally Safe Schools (ConnFESS)

• CT Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA)

• CT NOW (National Organization for Women)
  

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• CT Nurses Association (CNA)

• CT Parish Nurses

• CT Public Health Association (CPHA)

• CT Public Interest Research Group (ConnPIRG)

• CT State African-American Affairs Commission

• CT State Council of Machinists

• Council 4 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees(AFSCME)

• Ecological Health Organization (ECHO)

• Environment Connecticut

• Environmental Health Group of the Yale School of Medicine

• Families for Conscious Living CT *New Member*

• Fairfield County Environmental Justice Network

• Farmington River Watershed Association

• Greater Hartford Central Labor Council
• Greening Our Children
  
• Hartford Firefighter Association (IAFF 760)
• Interreligious Eco-Justice Network
• Milford Environmental Concerns Coalition
• Muhammad Islamic Center's Health Awareness Advisory Council
• New Haven Environmental Justice Network
  
• North Hartford Seniors in Action

• Norwalk Federation of Teachers

• Planned Parenthood of Connecticut
  

• Sierra Club Connecticut Chapter

• Southeastern CT Central Labor Council

• Teamsters 559

• Toxics Action Center

• The Watershed Partnership

• Yale Student Environmental Coalition

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