May 15, 2009. On behalf of the National Research Center for Women & Families, I am writing to express our strong support for S. 934, the “Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009.”
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NCHR Testimony Before DC Health Committee on HPV
April 9, 2009. Like all of you, I am interested in the health and safety of D.C.’s citizens, and like many of you I was, until recently, strongly in favor of mandating the HPV vaccine for girls. Who among us wouldn’t gladly immunize our daughters to protect them from cervical cancer?
Read More »Comments to the Consumer Product Safety Commission on “Notice of Availability of Draft Guidance Regarding Which Children’s Products are Subject to the Requirements of CPSIA Section 108”
March 25, 2009. Our groups representing patient, consumer, science and public health interests submit the following comments regarding the draft approach prepared by CPSC staff for determining which products constitute a children’s toy or child care article and are subject to section 108 of the CPSIA.
Read More »Letter to U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (Chairmen of the Energy and Commerce Committee) Supporting the “Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2009″
March 18, 2009. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found BPA in more than 90 percent of Americans tested for the chemical, and BPA is linked to numerous adverse health effects.
Read More »Letter to U.S. Senator Feinstein (CA) Strongly Supporting the “Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2009”
March 18, 2009. The above members of the Patient and Consumer Coalition strongly support S. 593, the “Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2009,” which will remove Bisphenol A (BPA) from food and beverage containers.
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