To research, produce and distribute a report that evaluates the status and viability of polyvinyl chloride recycling to educate waste management and recycling professionals, and raise public awareness about the insurmountable problems that make it impossible to recycle PVC plastic.
To redirect cleanup priorities at Department of Energy weapons production facilities toward water protection and to prevent the relaxation of radiation protection standards throughout the complex.
To support the Healthy Building Network, which will establish health-based building standards, in both private and public sectors, applicable to health care facilities, faith-based institutions, and affordable housing; work to eliminate the use of building materials that harm environmental health…
To increase women’s access to reproductive health services, including early abortion using manual vacuum aspiration (MVA).
To support First Markets and Beyond: Expanding Markets for Rural Entrepreneurs, which will bring new resources and strategies to small rural business owners in their attempts to establish or expand markets or increase sales, and to overcome their isolation.
To empower cleaning and service workers, many of whom are minorities and recent immigrants, to engage in participatory research and promote government policies and company practices that reduce their exposures to toxic cleaning chemicals and introduce safer alternatives.
To expand health insurance coverage of contraceptives using litigation, research, policy analysis, public education, coalition-building and media relations.
To work with Massachusetts health care institutions to create career ladders for health care workers; expand resources for job training programs for health care workers; and conduct outreach to 3,000 health care workers.
To mobilize the medical and scientific communities to investigate human rights abuses and to promote and protect human rights around the world.
To improve enforcement of environmental laws and regulations at both state and federal levels, and to blunt concerted attempts by the Bush Administration to weaken enforcement of environmental regulations.