Senator Katherine Clark is a mother, Senator Sal DiDomenico is a father, Senator Ken Donnelly is a former firefighter, Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz is concerned about the damaging effects that toxic chemicals can have on low-income communities in her district.  These senators have very personal reasons to support the Safer Alternatives Bill. They all want to vote for it.

The problem is they may never get that chance because many bills never get voted on.  During the past few weeks, Senators had the opportunity to make it known that they want to vote for the Safer Alternatives Bill and more than half of them did.

"My grandfather passed away from cancer using similar products that we use [in our autobody shop] on a daily basis."

"My younger sister has Aspergers."

For about a decade, two common sense pieces of legislation that would protect our health from toxic chemicals and keep computers and TVs out of the trash have been languishing before the Massachusetts legislature.  We need all Massachusetts state legislators and Governor Deval Patrick to do everything possible to make sure that these bills are voted on and pass this session.