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| My mom is an inspirational, strong and adventurous woman who taught me many important life lessons and now shares them, and many adventures, with my daughters |
Take a Page Out of My Mom's Book and You Just Might Get Inspired to Take Action for Safer Chemicals
When I was growing up, my mom taught me many of her "little life lessons" that I have used as guiding principals throughout my life. Three of her little life lessons, in particular, have gotten me through more than one heart-ache, many a finals week, the first three colicky months of my oldest daughter's life, a health scare from an artificial sweetener and in the last few years, they have even helped to push me into action to support the fight for safer chemicals. In fact, I think my mom's 3 little life lessons can inspire us all to take action for safer chemicals.
You see although many Americans believe that they are being protected from harmful chemicals in consumer products, they are mistaken. The reality is, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976 is not working to protect us from harmful chemicals. We are living in an era of illness that is not only touching the oldest among us, it is also
making the youngest among us sick. Study after study points to the chemicals in our lives as culprits in the rise of diseases among us.
"The rise in childhood and young adult cancer is simply unacceptable.
Learning and developmental disabilities are on the rise in alarming
rates. Some are calling puberty at the age of ten “normal.”" - Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families
