THE ROADMAP TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP
Our Roadmap identifies roles and actions that can place New York as a leader on definitive action against harmful chemicals, as well as on transparency, innovation, and the integration of chemical considerations into our definitions of sustainability.
1. TRANSPARENCY
Purchasers need to know what ingredients and materials are in the things that they buy. We need legislation that requires full disclosure of chemicals present in all consumer products, as well as their health hazards.
2. ACTION
Legislation must be passed to restrict hazardous chemicals, especially in common consumer products, and particularly when a pregnant woman or child may be exposed. When credible information indicates chemicals are hazardous, government and businesses need to limit their presence.
3. INNOVATION
Invest in safer options that incorporate green chemistry and engineering, and identify solutions based on inherently benign, reusable, repairable, and recyclable materials.
4. INTEGRATION
Detoxify the entire supply chain, by integrating chemical considerations into our definitions of sustainability. We can only fully transition from a linear supply chain to a circular one when we detoxify the materials within it.
ENDORSERS OF THE ROADMAP TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP
Nina Orville
Abundant Efficiency
James Dooley
Adelphi University/Sierra Club
Katie Huffling
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
Holly Anderson
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester
Janet Nudelman
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
Jose Bravo
Campaign for Healthier Solutions
Wes Gillingham
Catskill Mountainkeeper
Camille Cannistraci
CLC Consulting LLC
Frederica Perera, DrPH PhD
Columbia University
Kathleen Nolan, MD, MSL
Concerned Health Professionals of New York
Jess Klos-Shapiro
Early Care and Learning Council
Eve C. Gartner
Earthjustice
Laura Weinberg
Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition
Dani Glaser
Green Team Spirit
Beth Fiteni
Green Inside and Out, Inc.
Claire Barnett
Healthy Schools Network
Karen Joy Miller
Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition
Alexandra Zissu
Moms for a Non-Toxic New York
Rahwa Ghirmatzion
PUSH Buffalo
David Levine
American Sustainable Business Council
Philip J. Landrigan
Boston College
Maida Galvez
American Academy of Pediatrics
Arlene Way
Arbor Hill Development Corporation
Benjamin Anderson
Children's Defense Fund
John Monaghan
The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties
Charlene Obernauer
New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
Christine Appah
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
Josh Klainberg
New York League of Conservation Voters
Elie Ward
New York State American Academy of Pediatrics, Chapters 1, 2 & 3
Bob Rossi
New York State Sustainable Business Council
Michelle O'Leary
New York Water Project
Jennifer Plouffe
New York Water Project Member
Alexandra McPherson
Niagara Share
Andrianna Natsoulas
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York
Larysa Dyrszka, MD
Physicians for Social Responsibility - New York
Caitlin Ferrante
Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter
Jane Fasullo
Sierra Club Long Island Group
Anne Sherman
Staach, Inc.
Ana Isabel Baptista, PhD
Tishman Environment & Design Center/The New School
Cecil Corbin-Mark
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Jamie McConnell
Women's Voices for the Earth
Paola Betchart
Worker Justice Center of New York
Martin Wolf
Seventh Generation
Judith Enck
Beyond Plastics
Christian Grieco
Optimus One, LLC
Christine Dimmick
The Good Home Company Inc.
Elizabeth Moran
New York Public Interest Research Group
Asa Guilamo
Western New York Sustainable Business Roundtable
Gavin McIntyre
Ecovative Design, LLC
Help us turn off the tap on toxic chemicals!
Help us turn off the tap on toxic chemicals!
Help us turn off the tap on toxic chemicals!
Help us turn off the tap on toxic chemicals! Help us turn off the tap on toxic chemicals! Help us turn off the tap on toxic chemicals!
ENDORSE THE ROADMAP
Read and download the full roadmap and executive summary here, and join the over fifty organizations that have already endorsed this important plan.
In endorsing the Roadmap, signatories express support for the four "major roads to environmental health leadership" and the key policy actions in the executive summary. You will be listed publicly as an official Roadmap Endorser, and we will keep you updated on further opportunities to engage.