Environmental Defence
To secure a ban on the use of Bisphenol A in food and beverage containers, baby bottles in particular, as a precursor to a phaseout of all remaining uses in consumer products of this high-priority, hormone-disrupting chemical.
To secure a ban on the use of Bisphenol A in food and beverage containers, baby bottles in particular, as a precursor to a phaseout of all remaining uses in consumer products of this high-priority, hormone-disrupting chemical.
To improve access to locally grown, fresh food for all low-income Vermonters through a regional distribution system, thereby increasing revenue diversity for local farmers.
To work collaboratively with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation to convince the state and federal governments to use the multiple lines of defense strategy as the basis for implementing any coastal restoration/recovery effort…
To build the foundation for broad chemical policy reform by creating a strong base of grassroots support through transformation of cleaning policy and standards in schools nationwide.
To assist threatened human rights advocates around the world.
To conduct the 2008 summer institute on the biology of development disabilities.
To work collaboratively with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and the Gulf Restoration Network to convince the state and federal governments to use the multiple lines of defense strategy as the basis for implementing any coastal restoration/recovery effort in…
To address the growing problem of mercury in energy efficient lightbulbs by developing and promoting procurement standards that meet both climate and health criteria, and by promoting state and national policies that require lightbulb producers to be responsible for safe…
To clean up mercury-contaminated sediment in the Penobscot River and Bay caused by a chemical manufacturing facility in Orrington, Maine, which was operated by these companies.
To train health care providers in the best practices for addressing the sexual and reproductive health needs of young people.