Mercury Policy Project
To promote coordinated state, national and international efforts to restrict exports of mercury from the US to developing countries and place surplus mercury into safe storage.
To promote coordinated state, national and international efforts to restrict exports of mercury from the US to developing countries and place surplus mercury into safe storage.
To expand the availability of abortion and family planning services in states across the country.
To make small grants to member funds to enable them to increase knowledge of and access to emergency contraception in their states, with an emphasis on reaching women of color and low-income women.
To promote coordinated state, national and international efforts to restrict exports of mercury from the US to developing countries and place surplus mercury into safe storage.
To substantially reduce mercury releases to the environment by convincing chlorine manufacturers to shift to mercury-free technologies.
To launch and win a critical mass of comprehensive policy reform measures in key states to tip the balance for achieving chemicals policy reform at the federal level.
To support coordinated efforts in the Great Lakes states to phase out mercury in products and curtail its release into the environment.
To place ex-offender training graduates, both from the Roxbury program and the Suffolk House of Corrections, in jobs; and to perfect the training and job placement service for ex-offenders so that it becomes a national model.
To provide concrete recommendations for developing a healthy Massachusetts economy based on cleaner technologies that reduce the use of primary or non-renewable materials and resources and/or toxic substances in products, processes and services.
To provide women with trade skills so that when they are released from prison they can earn a livable wage; and to build affordable homes for low-income families.