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Meet Lois Gibbs: May 9th at the Ecology Center

Lois GibbsJoin us on May 9th as we welcome Lois Gibbs for an evening of...

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Making safer products for consumers brings leading companies to Ann Arbor

Representatives of more than 40 leading national and global companies will be meeting in Ann Arbor from May 9-11 to discuss how they can do more to reduce exposure to toxics and other chemical...

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Details of Dow gift to U-Michigan made public

Environmental groups are urging the University of Michigan to set clear parameters for a Dow Chemical employee to be embedded at the university's Graham Sustainability Center, an arrangement that...

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Ecology Center salutes release of new tool to help hospitals and other medical facilities choose more environmentally sensitive products

Tracey Easthope, director of environmental health programs at the Ecology Center, is among the national leaders saluting the release of a tool to help hospitals identify, request and procure...

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“Green chemistry” signed into law

In the closing days of the last session, the Michigan legislature passed landmark "green chemistry" legislation, a long-standing policy priority of the Ecology Center. The bill was signed into...

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Greening Health Care

The health care sector is nearly one fifth of the nation’s economy, and has an equally large environmental footprint. Transforming that sector, and enlisting health professionals to articulate the health benefits of the transformation to safer materials is our mission. [READ MORE]

Advocating for Safer Chemicals

While leaders in industry can and must lead a transformation to a safer material economy, government policy change can make it easier, more efficient, and mandatory. That’s why we work for policy change to make doing the right thing easier and the wrong thing harder. [READ MORE]

Advancing Green Chemistry

The Ecology Center helped create the nation’s first state-level Gubernatorial Green Chemistry Awards, and the first state-supported Green Chemistry Program. The program promotes research, development, demonstration, education and technology transfer to advance Green Chemistry in the state. [READ MORE]

Holding Industry Accountable

Keeping the chemical industry honest and accountable for past and present pollution helps create the right incentives for a greener future. [READ MORE]