Friend,
I wanted to make sure you saw this note from Ken.
EWG's research has found pollution from cancer-causing
chromium-6 in drinking water in 31 of 35 cities. As a direct
result of this research, Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.,
and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., have introduced Senate
Bill 79, the Protecting Pregnant Women and Children from
Hexavalent Chromium Act of 2011.
The Protecting Pregnant Women and Children from
Hexavalent Chromium Act of 2011 will require the
Environmental Protection Agency to set a safe legal limit
on chromium-6 in drinking water within a year. We need
to build support for the bill by convincing as many other
senators as possible to sign on as co-sponsors.
Your senators listen to you -- their constituent. You can
help by sending an email today. It will only take a minute
or two of your time.
Click here today to email your senators and urge
them to co-sponsor the Protecting Pregnant
Women and Children from Hexavalent Chromium
Act of 2011.
Now is the time to take action -- momentum is on our side!
Thank you,
Jane Houlihan
Senior Vice President of Research, EWG Action Fund
----------Forwarded Message----------
TO: Jane Houlihan
FROM: Ken Cook
SUBJECT LINE: Safe water
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Keep on doing what you're doing. -- Senator Barbara Boxer, D-California Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Dear Jane,
One report started it all.
In December, EWG published the first national
investigation of the suspected carcinogen
chromium-6 -- also known as hexavalent
chromium -- in drinking water in 35 cities
around the country. Recently, Senators
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Dianne
Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced Senate
Bill 79, the Protecting Pregnant Women
and Children from Hexavalent Chromium
Act of 2011.
The Boxer/Feinstein bill would require the
Environmental Protection Agency to act
within a year to set a safe limit for chromium-
6 in drinking water. Your senators need
to hear from you today that clean, safe
drinking water is crucial.
Click here TODAY to tell your senators
to co-sponsor the Protecting Pregnant
Women and Children from Hexavalent
Chromium Act of 2011, introduced by
Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne
Feinstein.
EWG supporters like you submitted tap water
samples from their communities. This
groundbreaking, people-powered report
detected chromium-6 in 31 of the 35
city water supplies tested. Even though
this report stirred controversy, our findings
were confirmed by a number of water
utilities' own testing. Within hours of its
release, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson
announced a new plan to help local utilities
assess chromium-6 in drinking water
nationwide. That's a good first step. But EPA
must go further.
Last week, I testified on our chromium-6
report before the Senate Committee on
Environment and Public Works, chaired by
Senator Boxer. And I am going to tell you
what I told them: we were heartened by and
support EPA's announcement following the
release of our report and by its decision to
regulate perchlorate, but it is not enough.
The Protecting Pregnant Women and
Children from Hexavalent Chromium
Act of 2011 will make sure there is a safe
legal limit on chromium-6 in drinking
water.
I have had the opportunity to testify in front
of Congress many times, but this was the
most gratifying. I was able to stand with
the EPA and others concerned with
ensuring that all Americans have access
to safe, clean drinking water. This hearing
-- and this bill -- are a direct result of
EWG's research. "Keep on doing
what you're doing," Senator Boxer
said to me in her concluding comments
at the hearing.
We need to keep the momentum going. I'm
counting on you to help us -- and everyone
else who drinks water.
Click here TODAY to tell your senators
to co-sponsor the Protecting Pregnant
Women and Children from Hexavalent
Chromium Act of 2011.
Safe, clean drinking water is vital to EWG
supporters like you. Don't let this opportunity
pass you by. Take action today.
Sincerely,
Ken Cook
President, EWG Action FundEWG Newsletter
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