Policies Championed by CHE Partners

    •     LD 1790, An Act to Reduce Contamination of Breast Milk and the Environment  from the Release of Brominated Chemicals in Consumer Products.

    •     Ordinances and resolutions banning the manufacture, sale, and distribution of mercury-containing devices.

    •     Legislative alerts regarding Toxic Flame Retardants (PBDEs) and other persistent chemicals.

    •     State and local school pesticide policies across the United States.

    •      Federal and State Legislation related to Health Tracking.

    •     Senate Bill 1168 (SB1168) would create the first-ever statewide, permanent and community-based biomonitoring program in the nation.

    •      Precautionary Principle Ordinance, City and County of San Francisco, California.

    •      Environmental Resolutions Approved by the American Nurses Association.

    •      City of Santa Monica, California Sustainable City Plan -- Goals and targets for Environmental and Public Health.

    •     The Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program and related legislative updates.

    •     Kaiser Permanente’s Environmental Initiatives.

    •     Consorta’s Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Position Statement.

    •     The Compact with America - A pledge for beauty product manufacturers to provide safer health and beauty products to its customers.

    •      European Union: Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals  (REACH).

    •     The Louisville Charter for Safer Chemicals -- A Platform for Creating a Safe and Healthy Environment through Innovation.

    •     Consensus Statement on Methylmercury and Public Health, this is a collaborative effort underway by many CHE Partner and non-partner organizations, including Physicians for Social Responsibility, American Public Health Association, Children’s Environmental Health Network, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Nurses Association, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals and the National Association of City and County Health Officials, who are concerned about mercury policy in the United States. They have developed a Consensus Statement on Methylmercury and Public Health that calls for immediate actions to  protect the general public and vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and children, through stronger regulations to curb mercury emissions at their source, and through improved fish consumption guidance to reduce exposures.