"Respond to this Crawl to Action! It promises to be a real bawl!"
The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, partnering with Seventh Generation, has launched the Million Baby Crawl, a whimsical, virtual rally in which cyber babies descend on Washington, D.C. to make a stink about all the toxic chemicals invading their bodies.
Go to www.millionbabycrawl.org to create your very own crawler, watch videos of babies pontificating atop soap-boxes, and spread the word. The sponsors want to attract a million or more crawlers to dramatize the wide public support for overhauling the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Every crawler represents a virtual signature on a petition, which will be delivered to Washington, D.C. in January, 2010.
Nahant SWIMis a long-time member of Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT), a broad coalition in Massachusetts working to pass laws and policies that prevent harm to our health from toxic chemicals. A top priority is to create a groundbreaking program in Massachusetts to systematically replace toxic chemicals with safer alternatives that are better for children, workers and the environment.
"We should be able to walk into a store and know that we're buying the safest product available or go to work and know that our workplace is as free from toxic chemicals as it can be," said Elizabeth Saunders of AHT. "But companies have not taken the initiative to make their products healthy, so now we need the state and federal government to take the way overdue step of requiring companies to use the safest available options.
" Polly Bradley of SWIM, along with many AHT groups, testified in November at a Massachusetts State House hearing of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture. She said, "As a member of Safer Waters in Massachusetts, care about the ocean, which is where all these toxic chemicals end up poisoning the ecology of the ocean and its creatures after they have first poisoned the people. And as a grandmother, I care about my grandchildren and your children and grandchildren, who are much more susceptible to toxics than adults. I urge that the bill to require safer alternatives to toxic chemicals be given a favorable report and be passed this session. The bill has been slowly wending its way through these halls since my three-year-old twin granddaughters were born, and we mustn't let another set of babies be without it." Polly also planned to attend the Crawl to Action rally Wednesday, November 18 at Burlington Mall's Kids Play Area.
Now the Alliance is working on a national level.The Million Baby Crawl sponsors say, "We cannot stand, but we stand for something! Babies everywhere are crawling to Washington to say 'no' to toxic chemicals found in our homes. Join the crawl and help Seventh Generation, maker of naturally safe and effective household products, demand toxic chemical policy reform from Congress."
Click here for flyer and more details (PDF Format)
Note: Thanks for visiting us!!!!
