Toxics hearing highlights

This is a recap for the 2013 legislative session. To learn about current efforts on the Toxic Free Kids Act, SB 487, click here. In a fast-moving 35-day legislative session, hearings come and go so quickly that it’s hard to stay informed. But thanks to OEC supporters, my job is to be there—and to make sure Oregon’s health and environmental voices are there—when it matters most. It mattered a lot on February 4, when the Senate Health Care and Human Services Committee heard testimony on the Toxics Disclosure for Healthy Kids Act (SB 1569). Supporters of the bill outnumbered opposition more than two to one. My testimony was followed by ...