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LDA CT is a proud partner with the Healthy Children’s Project (HPC) and has supported and signed on to numerous letters advocating for reforms at the national level and within Congress.
https://healthychildrenproject.org
LDA CT has signed on to and endorsed the following policy positions of the HealthyChildrenProject and Learning Disabilities Association of America:
Letter to McDonald's on eliminating PFAS in packaging products (McDonald's has agreed to this action)
https://healthychildrenproject.org/big-win-on-mcdonalds/
Letter to Best Buy to eliminate flame retardants in products (still awaiting for company response)
https://healthychildrenproject.org/best-buy-time-to-ban-toxic-flame-retardants/
Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency urging immediate revocation of all food tolerances for chlorpyrifos and initiate the cancellation process to end all uses of this toxic pesticide.
Contacted Connecticut delegates to the US House of Representatives and Senate regarding the opposition to Nancy Beck's nomination to serve as the EPA Administrator under the Trump Administration.
Letter asking for action to address industrial discharges of PFAS through the Water Resources Development Act of 2020. (Among other things, this bill would establish deadlines for the EPA to determine how to regulate industrial discharges of PFAS under the Clean Water Act.)
Letter to the Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration regarding the elimination of toxic heavy metals in baby food. LDA CT joined 115 other supporting organizations.
Advocating for the passage of state PFAS bills in the Connecticut State Legislature.
Letter to the Burger King company advocating for the banning of PFAS in its packaging and take out containers.
Letter urging Congress to fund Lead Service Line Replacement and also allow for funding to be used to install filtered drinking water stations in schools and child care facilities to prevent lead exposure.
Joined 27 fellow state affiliates and chapters signing onto LDA's Appropriations Letter to Congress.
Letter in support and endorsement of the federal Safer Beauty Bill package introduced in Congress (10/05/21). Press release
LDA CT SUPPORTS FULL FUNDING OF IDEA! Call your Congressman/woman and State Senators to push Congress to adopt this much needed legislation.
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