Our Toxic Stuff Event in Grosse Pointe
What's the connection between our health and our stuff, like our furniture, electronics,and children's products?
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Ecology Center and LocalMotionGreen merger will create one of the region’s leading environmental health organizations
The Ecology Center and LocalMotionGreen, an environmental organization based in Grosse Pointe, will join together to form one of the region’s leading environmental health organizations, representatives of both groups announced at a gathering in Grosse Pointe on May 8.
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Meet Lois Gibbs: May 9th at the Ecology Center
Join us on May 9th as we welcome Lois Gibbs for an evening of
conversation and reflection on the environmental health issues facing
our society today.
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Safe Chemicals Act would protect children and the Great Lakes
In a major step forward for the Great Lakes and children's health, the Safe Chemicals Act of 2013 was introduced by Senator Frank Lautenberg, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and 27 other senators today (April 10).
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Toxic chemicals with links to cancer found in couches in Michigan
The couch where Berkley (Mich.) mother Lisa Turner cuddles with her kids?
She was recently surprised to find out that the couch contained toxic flame retardants.
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Registration open for Michigan Green Health Care annual conference--includes clinician education and engagement sessions
The Michigan Green Health Care Committee works to support and encourage sustainability initiatives that improve human and environmental health, protect the unique resources of the state and strengthen Michigan’s healthcare sector. The committee invites you to attend the Annual Conference to learn more about best practices, key issues and the efforts in our state.
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Michigan moms push strollers in push for chemical policy reform
A group of Michigan moms pushing strollers joined hundreds of other concerned citizens to deliver more than 125,000 petition signatures demanding action on toxic chemicals in Washington last week.
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Michigan moms roll to the U.S. Capitol for a “National Stroller Brigade”
Today a group of Michigan moms joined hundreds of people from across the country to demand action on toxic chemicals. The group rallied in support of Senator Frank Lautenberg’s (D-NJ) Safe Chemicals Act, a bill to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the antiquated law governing industrial chemicals.
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'Good Jobs, Green Jobs' conference will feature Ecology Center presenters
Ecology Center
staff members are playing key roles in leading workshops and convening panels at
the Good Jobs, Green Jobs Midwest Conference to be held in Detroit May 10-11.
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'An early holiday gift for Michigan families'
“This holiday season, we all want to give
gifts that are safe,” Michigan state Sen. Rebekah Warren said Dec. 13 as she
introduced legislation that will allow families to learn if children’s products
sold in Michigan contain harmful chemicals.
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