What are all those chemicals in your shampoo? Your lipstick? your aftershave? And what do they have to do with asthma, breast cancer and learning disabilities?

Learn, share and help change this toxic mess: Watch The Story of Cosmetics, a 8-minute film exposing the ugly truth about personal care products - brought to you by Clean Water Action, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Annie Leonard's Story of Stuff Project and Free Range Studios, and take action to help pass the Safe Cosmetics Act.

You've probably seen a lot of talk in the news recently about the chemical, Bisphenol A, or BPA. Bans are now in place across the country, including Suffolk County NY, Chicago, IL and in the state of Minnesota. Companies like S.C. Johnson, Gerber, and Sonoco have stopped using the chemical in products intended for children.

This year, we have an opportunity make real progress toward building a new energy economy -- to reduce global warming pollution, create jobs and improve the quality of life in the Granite State. The New Hampshire Department of Transportation wants to re-introduce passenger rail service linking Concord, Hooksett, Manchester, Bedford (for the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport), Merrimack, and Nashua with Boston.

UPDATE: Since the release of our "No More Toxic Tub" report last month, people have been speaking out across the country to get toxic chemicals out of our bath and beauty products. A few members of Congress have called for stronger legislation, but we need to keep the pressure on! Send your representative a message and call for stronger regulation from the FDA.

We need your help to make our message clear.  We need our elected officials to support strong regulation to get nasty contaminants like formaldehyde and 1,4 dioxane out of our bath and beauty products.

Congress recently voted on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. As a result New Hampshire will receive funding that it can use for projects that will protect our waterways, invest in cleaner transportation initiatives- such as rail transit, and promote new energy solutions that address global warming and create jobs.

Thank your Representative and Senator Jeanne Shaheen for voting to pass this important legislation.

However, one of our Senators, Judd Gregg, did not vote at all. Write to Senator Judd Gregg and let him know you're disappointed that he didn't take a stand and didn't vote to support New Hampshire's clean energy future.