Is Elmo hazardous to your health? One million character toys—including Big Bird, Dora the Explorer, and Cookie Monster—were recalled this month because they might be coated in toxic lead paint - a poisonous substance that can cause learning disabilities, seizures, and even death when ingested. Before Elmo and Dora, it was hazardous pet food, seafood, and toothpaste. What’s next?
Let’s tell Congress we are sick of putting ourselves, our children and our pets at risk from hazardous products crossing our borders. This is the 26th toy recall THIS year—all toys produced in China.
Enough is enough. We need to make sure food and products that cross our borders are safe. It is not enough to recall the toxic food and products that are already in our children’s hands, we need to prevent them from ever being sold! Please take a moment to tell that to Congress.
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Did you know that there are no safeguards in place for children in the aftermath of disasters? After Hurricane Katrina, that meant far too many children were left homeless or separated from their families.
Hurricane season is bearing down again, and Congress has the opportunity to help children and their families find safe, decent housing after disasters. But they won’t make it their priority unless you tell them it’s yours.
Voice your support for a law to protect children in the wake of disasters.
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Supporters of liquid coal claim it is a cure-all to our nation’s energy problems. The truth is that it’s plagued with economical and environmental downsides from the time coal is mined until long after the liquid is burned.
Liquid coal releases almost double the global warming emissions per gallon as regular gasoline, making a hybrid filled with liquid coal as dirty as a Hummer H3 running on regular gas.
Liquid coal also requires huge amounts of water, and would lead to an over 40% increase in coal mining just to replace a mere 10% of our nation’s transportation fuels. Proponents of liquid coal also want the government to funnel billions in subsidies and tax breaks to artificially create an entirely new industry. Liquid coal is arguably the dirtiest, most expensive energy gamble we could take.
Liquid Coal is a Bad Deal for Global Warming - Tell Congress to find clean solutions to our energy needs!
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The Energy Bill passed by the Senate last month made important progress - but it needs to be stronger.
Thankfully, we still have a chance to strengthen this baby now that the action moves to the House. Please let your representative know that you want an Energy Bill that locks in strong fuel economy standards, guarantees more clean energy for consumers, and ensures that biofuels are part of the global warming solution, not part of the problem.
Send an alert to your representative right……now!
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