Campaign for Healthier Solutions
Background and Supporters
About the Campaign
The Campaign for Healthier Solutions is led by the Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform (EJHA) 
and Coming Clean.
EJHA is a network of environmental justice organizations in 13 states building movement towards safe chemicals and clean energy that leaves no community or worker behind. Coming Clean is a national environmental health collaborative of 200 organizations and 250 individual experts working to reform the chemical and energy industries so they are sources of community health, economic sustainability, and justice rather than of pollution, disease, and planetary harm.
The campaign seeks to work with discount retailers to help them protect their customer and the communities in which they operate, and grow their businesses, by implementing corporate policies to identify and phase out harmful chemicals in the products they sell, and by stocking healthy, locally-grown foods.
The campaign's leadership team includes representatives from Coming Clean; EJHA; Lideres Campesinas in Oxnard, CA; Los Jardines Institute (The Gardens Institute) in Albuquerque, NM; People Concerned About Chemical Safety (PCACS) in Charleston, WV; and Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (t.e.j.a.s.) in Houston, TX.
Over 100 diverse organizations from across the United States have joined the Campaign's call for discount retailers to adopt and implement strong corporate policies to identify and disclose chemicals in the products they sell, prioritize the most harmful chemicals for elimination, and replace toxic chemicals with proven safer alternatives.
over 155,000 people have signed on
Click here to add your voice to the powerful community of people calling on discount retailers to phase our harmful chemicals!
Organizations Calling on Discount Retailers To Phase Out Harmful Chemicals
Click here to add your organization to the list of campaign supporters!
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Judy Robinson, Executive Director Coming Clean, Brattleboro, VT
Michele Roberts and Richard Moore, Co-Coordinators Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform, Brattleboro, VT
Pamela K. Miller, Executive Director Vi Waghiyi, Tribal Member Native Village of Savoonga, and Environmental Health and Justice Program Director Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Anchorage, AL
Mily Trevino Sauceda, Board President Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Thousand Palms, CA
Katie Huffling, Director of Programs Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Mount Rainier, MD
Sayrah Namaste, Spokesperson American Friends Service Committee, Albuquerque, NM
Jacque M. Garcia, MPH Bernalillo County Place Matters, Albuquerque, NM
Lisa Arkin, Executive Director Beyond Toxics, Eugene, OR
Janette Robinson Flint, PhD, Executive Director Black Women for Wellness, Los Angeles, CA
Sahru Keiser, Program Manager Breast Cancer Action, San Francisco, CA
Nancy Buermeye, Senior Policy Strategist Breast Cancer Fund, San Francisco, CA
Catherine Porter, Policy Director California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, Oakland, CA
Sarah Rose, CEO California League of Conservation Voters, Oakland and Los Angeles, CA
Anne Katten, Pesticide and Work Safety Specialist California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Sacramento, CA
Kathryn Alcantar, Director Californians for a Green & Healthy Economy, Oakland, CA
Roger McNew, Founder and Spokesperson CAMBIO, Albuquerque, NM
Janet Nudelman, Director Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, San Francisco, CA
Juan Mancias, Tribal Chairman Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, Floresville, TX
Emmanuelle Neza Leal-Santillan, Spokesperson Casa Malinalli, Albuquerque, NM
Andrea Garza, Coordinator Casa Mayahuel, Los Lunas, NM
Shalini Gupta, Executive Director Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy, Minneapolis, MN
Ronald White, Director of Regulatory Policy Center for Effective Government, Washington, DC
Michael Green, Executive Director Center for Environmental Health, Oakland, CA
Lori Perkins, CHADD Chapter Coordinator Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Clay G. Colson, Board Director and Water Issues Chair Citizens for Sanity.Com, Inc., Pasco County, FL
Maria D. Cabrera, City Council Woman at Large City of Wilmington, DE
Kathleen A. Curtis, LPN, Executive Director
Bev Thorpe, Program Director of Networks and Advocacy Clean Production Action, Somerville, MA
Andria Ventura, Program Manager Clean Water Action, Oakland, CA
Anne Hulick, Coordinator Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut, Hartford, CT
Mara Taub, Founder and Coordinator Coalition for Prisoners’ Rights, Santa Fe, NM
Sharon Hanshaw, Executive Director Coastal Women for Change, Biloxi, MS
Luis Olmedo, Executive Director Comite Civico Del Valle, Inc., Brawley, CA
Joseluis Ortiz, Member Concerned Residents for a Toxic Free New Mexico, Artrisco, NM
Tom Swan, Executive Director Connecticut Citizen Action Group, Hartford, CT
Sharon E. Lewis, Executive Director Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice, Hartford, CT
Mike Fitts, Executive Director Connecticut Council on Occupational Safety and Health, Newington, CT
Kimberly Sandor, Executive Director Connecticut Nurses' Association, Meriden, CT
Lorenzo Candalaria, Owner Cornelio Candalaria Organics, Albuquerque NM
Michael Marx, Executive Director Corporate Ethics International, San Francisco, CA
Paulyne Webster and Ann Tate , Co-Founders Delaware Concerned Residents For Environmental Justice, Wilmington, DE
Angela Adrar, Executive Director EcoHermanas, Washington, DC
Carolyn Wysocki, President Ecological Health Organization, Berlin, CT
Jeff Gearhart, Research Director Ecology Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Bianca Encinias, Director El Chante: Casa de Cultura, Albuquerque, NM
Barbara Kyle, National Coordinator Electronics TakeBack Coalition, Oakland, CA
Taryn Hallweaver, Director Environment Maine, Portland, ME
Mike Belliveau , Executive Director Environmental Health Strategy Center, Portland, ME
Renee Sharp, Research Director Environmental Working Group, Washington, DC
Tirso Moreno, General Coordinator Farmworkers Association of Florida, Apopka, FL
Lisa Archer, Director, Food and Technology Program Friends of the Earth, Washington, DC
Cindy Seekins, CPSP, Program Director G.E.A.R. Parent Network, Augusta, ME
Denny Larson, Executive Director Global Community Monitor, Richmond, CA
Cindy Wiesner, National Coordinator Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Miami, FL
Laura Weinberg, President Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition, Great Neck, NY
Alisa Gravitz, President/CEO Green America, Washington, DC
Bradley Angel, Executive Director Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, San Francisco, CA
Rick Hind, Legislative Director Greenpeace, Washington, DC
Travis McKenzie, Executive Director Grow the Future, Albuquerque, NM
Bill Walsh, Executive Director Healthy Building Network, Washington, DC
Linda Kite, Executive Director Healthy Homes Collaborative, Los Angeles, CA
Claire L. Barnett, MBA, Founder and Executive Director Healthy Schools Network, Albany, NY
Karen Miller, President Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition, Inc., Melville, NY
Roxanne Gould, Lead Consultant Jim Rock, Consultant Indigenous Educational Design, Golden Valley, MN
Tom B.K. Goldtooth, Executive Director Indigenous Environmental Network, Bemidji, MN
Ted Smith, Coordinator International Campaign for Responsible Technology, San Jose, CA
Pastor Dr. Charlotte L. Keys, Founder and CEO Jesus People Against Pollution, Columbia, MS
Sarita Gupta, Executive Director Jobs With Justice, Washington, DC
José T. Bravo, Executive Director Just Transition Alliance, San Diego, CA
Sylvia Ledesma, Founder and Director Kalipulli Itzcalli, Albuquerque, NM
Heather Warman, Executive Director Kentucky Environmental Foundation, Berea, KY
Montie Stone, Executive Director Kids Enabled, Atlanta, GA
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Albino Garcia and Theresa Gonzales, Co-Directors La Plazita Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Sherri Gonzales, Member and Spokesperson La Raza Unida Party, New Mexico
Nancie Payne, President Learning Disabilities Association of America, Pittsburgh, PA
Joan Teach, Board President Learning Disabilities Association of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Tracy Gregoire, Healthy Children’s Project Coordinator Learning Disabilities Association of Maine, Windham, ME
Loreena D. Parks, Healthy Children's Project Coordinator Learning Disabilities Association of Michigan, Lansing, MI
Martha Moriarty, Executive Director Learning Disabilities Association of Minnesota, Golden Valley, MN
Francesca Sommer, Executive Director Learning Disabilities Association of New York State, Latham, NY
Linda Modenbach, President Learning Disabilities Association of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK
Dr. Joy S. Sue Marsh, President Learning Disabilities Association of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
Peter Clark, Spokesperson Leonard Peltier Support Committee, Albuquerque, NM
Suguet Lopez, Executive Director Lideres Campesinas, Oxnard, CA
Kimberly Wasserman, Organizing and Strategy Director Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, Chicago, IL
Becky Dennison, Co-Executive Director Los Angeles Community Action Network, Los Angeles, CA
Richard Moore, Executive Director Los Jardines Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Peter Crockett, Executive Director Maine Labor Group on Health, Augusta, ME
Amy Halsted, Associate Director Maine People's Alliance, Portland, ME
Eliza Townsend, Executive Director Maine Women's Lobby, Augusta, ME
Isabel de Benavidez, Spokesperson MEChA de Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO
Alejandra Olivares, Spokesperson MEChA de Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Monica Contreras, Spokesperson MEChA de University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Andrea Velasquez, Spokesperson MEChA de University of California, Davis, CA
Juan Gonzalez, President MEChA de University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Mar Aranda Sanchez, Spokesperson MEChA de University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Eric Chavez, Spokesperson MEChA de University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Rebecca Meuninck, Campaign Director Michigan Network for Children’s Environmental Health, Ann Arbor, MI
Martha Ockenfels-Martinez, Board Member Minnesota Organizing for Change, Minneapolis, MN
Ken Dryden and Octavia Dryden, Co-Founders Minority Workforce Development Coalition, Bear, DE
Molly Rauch MPH, Public Health Policy and Outreach Manager Moms Clean Air Force, Washington, DC
Terra Pascarosa Duff, Regional Manager Moms Clean Air Force Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Dorothy Felix, President Mossville Environmental Action Now, Mossville, LA
Lauro Silva, President Mountain View Neighborhood Association, Albuquerque, NM
Mary Vogel, Executive Director National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, Longmeadow, MA
Dr. Anthony Fleg MD, MPH Native Health Initiative, Albuquerque, NM
Veena Singla, PhD, Staff Scientist Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA
Rev. M. Dele, Founder
Kristina Scott, EdD, President New Hampshire Learning Disabilities Association, Concord, NH
Anna Nelson, Executive Director New Mexican Forum For Youth, Albuquerque, NM
Pillar Trujillo, Project Specialist New Mexico Acequia Association, Santa Fe, NM
Laura Ornstein, Coordinator New York State Sustainable Business Council, Beacon, NY
Niaz Dorry, Coordinating Director Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, Gloucester, MA
Melanie Houston, Director of Environmental Health Ohio Environmental Council, Columbus, OH
Jen Coleman, Health Outreach Director Oregon Environmental Council, Portland, OR
Daniela Kunz, President and Founder Parents For Students Safety, Franklin, TN
Maya Nye, Executive Director People Concerned About Chemical Safety, Charleston, WV
Cheryl Johnson, Executive Director People for Community Recovery, Chicago, IL
Margaret Reeves, Senior Scientist Pesticide Action Network, Oakland, CA
Damon Walker, Trainer/Organizer Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health, Philadelphia, PA
Kathy Attar, Toxics Program Manager Physicians for Social Responsibility, Washington, DC
Martha Dina Arguello, Executive Director Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles (PSR-LA), Los Angeles, CA
Karen A D’Andrea, Executive Director Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine Chapter, Portland, ME
Karen Miller, President Prevention is the Cure, Melville, NY
Eboni Cochran, Co-Coordinator REACT (Rubbertown Emergency ACTion), Louisville, KY
Lorette Picciano, Executive Director Rural Coalition, Washington, DC
Andy Igrejas, Director Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, Washington, DC
Jackie Young, Environmental Project Manager San Jacinto River Coalition, Houston, TX
Barbara Miller, Director Silver Valley Community Resource Center, Kellogg, ID
Frank Knapp Jr., President and CEO South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Columbia, SC
Diana Lopez, Executive Director Southwest Workers Union, San Antonio, TX
Terra Pascarosa Duff, Director TerraScapes Environmental, Virginia Beach, VA
Robin Schneider, Executive Director Texas Campaign for the Environment, Austin, TX
Juan Parras, Executive Director Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, Houston, TX
Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, MPH, Founder and Director The Birthing Project™ USA, Albuquerque, NM
Bahati Ansari, Founder The National Racism Free Zone Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Makani N. Themba, Executive Director The Praxis Project, Washington, DC
Levy Schroeder, Executive Director Toxic Free North Carolina, Raleigh, NC
Elizabeth C. Yeampierre, Executive Director UPROSE, Brooklyn, NY
Peggy Shepard, Executive Director WE ACT for Environmental Justice, New York, NY
Dr. Henry Clark, Executive Director West County Toxics Coalition, Richmond, CA
Erin Switalski, Executive Director Women's Voices for the Earth, Missoula, MT
Gail Bateson, Executive Director Worksafe, Inc., Oakland, CA
Yolanda Whyte, MD |