Posted on Jun 09 2010 by Plastic Pollution Coalition
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) commended the work of Dianna Cohen and Plastic Pollution Coalition during a speech at the United States House of Representatives. In his words, “(Dianna Cohen) is teaching students … about the dangers of plastics, the threat to our ocean life and to our marine future. I commend Diana Cohen for her work (…) looking out for the next generation and for Mother...
Posted on Apr 15 2010 by Plastic Pollution Coalition
A Special Report from a League of Women Voters of Santa Monica Educational Forum held April 3, 2010 on the Costs of Managing Plastic Pollution in the Environment and Solutions.
Just blocks from the Santa Monica shore on a beautiful beach day, sat a very serious panel of experts in suits. The panelists were California, Los Angeles, and Santa Monica government officials tasked with managing the plastic...
Posted on Feb 05 2010 by Daniella Dimitrova Russo
We are proud to welcome the Breast Cancer Fund to our growing coalition. Based in San Francisco, this nonprofit has a mission quite different from most cancer organizations. Instead of focusing on finding cures, the Breast Cancer Fund identifies – and advocates for elimination of – the environmental and other preventable causes of the disease. Plastics are one such cause.
The mission of the...
Posted on Oct 31 2009 by Manuel Maqueda
An article in Sierra Club Green Home highlights a recent study by the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill linking behavioral problems in children from women that were exposed to plastics containing bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy.
The study, published Oct. 6, (download full report PDF) suggests that if a woman is exposed to plastics that leach BPA during her pregnancy, the baby’s nervous...
