'Stroller Brigade': Mothers, Cancer Survivors Champion 'Safe Chemicals Act'
<div class='node-body'><p>Hundreds of mothers, fathers, and their children joined nurses and cancer survivors in Washington on Tuesday to demand action on the destructive prevalence of toxic chemicals in the environment. The group marched -- most of them pushing child strollers -- to support of Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s (D-NJ) <a href="http://www.saferchemicals.org/safe-chemicals-act/">Safe Chemicals Act</a>, a bill to overhaul antiquated laws governing toxic chemicals.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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