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Feb 5th 2012, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Join the Jewish Cultural Society, the Ecology Center, and other environmental non-profits in celebrating Tu B'Shevat (the New Year for the Trees)!Have you wondered if your children's products, pet...
Mar 12th 2012, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Please join us for Our Toxic Stuff! This is a free, fun workshop that will offer great tips on how to protect your family from toxic chemicals in everyday products. We'll have our XRF device with...

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Charles Griffith, climate and energy program director at the Ecology Center, expressed the organization’s strong support for the government’s proposal to establish new corporate average fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks at a public hearing convened by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in Detroit on Jan. 17.

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Michigan could have the chance this fall to create thousands of new jobs and improve public health across the state by adopting a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of renewable energy generated in the state.

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Many popular baby products, including nursing pillows and car seats, contain toxic flame-retardants linked to cancer, hormone disruption, and other negative health effects, according to a new report released today in Seattle.

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More than 650 brand-name products have been found to contain two hormone-disrupting toxic chemicals, including numerous children’s products containing BPA (“bisphenol A”). According to the report, some well-known plastic toys, including PLAYMOBIL play figures and Chicco baby rattles, contain BPA.

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Take Action

Phase out the use of hazardous flame retardants in consumer products!

HealthyStuff.org, in coordination with the Alliance for Toxic-Free Fire Safety, is asking the largest car seat retailers, Graco and Evenflo, to take leadership by disclosing and phasing hazardous flame retardants our of their products.

Let’s send a message to Graco and Evenflo: all babies deserve safe, non-toxic car seats!

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Put solar panels on the Big House!

Putting solar panels on the stadium will make an incredible statement on behalf of the University of Michigan, the City of Ann Arbor, and college football. Plus, it will help offset some of the energy guzzled by those new (four-story!) scoreboards. The Big House has the potential to be the biggest athletic venue in North America with solar panels and the power to show the world we're serious about getting off fossil fuels.

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Support the EV Revolution

Click here to urge Governor Rick Snyder and the state Legislature to support the success of Michigan’s emerging electric car industry by: establishing incentives for publicly available charging stations, encouraging fleet purchases and removing barriers to homeowners and small businesses to install charging equipment.

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