By Mickey Friedman January 12, 2018 We’re beginning to hear yet another version of The Blame The Victim Song that seems to comfort so many who have pledged to dismantle the few programs that still provide care and offer some…
Category: Children’s health
Our Clear and Present Danger
July 19, 2016 By Mickey Friedman Anyone who has watched the ducks paddle from one end of Woods Pond to the other, would be hard pressed to appreciate that the Housatonic is our very own toxic waste repository. So very…
For Landon, Alesia, and Hazel
By Mickey Friedman April 10, 2016 My friends Landon, Alesia, and Hazel live a short walk from GE’s planned PCB-dump off Van Deusenville Road in Housatonic, Massachusetts. Depending on how much or little work GE is forced to do in…
Of Kids, Toxic Chemicals, the EPA, and Industry
July 26, 2011 By Mickey Friedman According to a new report by Arthur A. Elkins, Jr. and his Office of Inspector General at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EPA’s own “Voluntary Children’s Chemical Evaluation Program” (VCCEP) did not…