An online activism success! After nearly 4,000 parents signed Sara Snow’s petition to Graco, asking it to eliminate flame retardants from its children’s products, the company has committed to a flame retardant ban.
This is especially significant because Graco sells nearly 1 out of every 3 baby gear products in the United States. [...]
We’ve recently seen how online advocacy leads to change — think of Pink Slime or BPA. What if we could get manufacturers to stop using cancer-causing chemicals in products like strollers and car seats? Take a few seconds to sign this petition to Graco telling its president that you oppose the use of flame retardants [...]
From the Chicago Tribune: “Social media turn up heat on food industry; Battle against ‘pink slime’ demonstrates growing power of online consumer activism.” “Pink slime” is inexpensive, ammonia-treated beef. Change.org hosted a petition urging the USDA to stop buying the substance for school-lunches. Within days, the National School Lunch Program, McDonald’s, Kroger, Safeway, and others [...]
I'm a writer and the mother of William and Fergus. Before dedicating my work to children's environmental health, I earned an MA in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from New York University and was a photography editor at The New Yorker. My family is preparing to move to New Orleans, where my husband, an architect, is building us a non-toxic home.© 2013 My Sweet William. All Rights Reserved.
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