Coming Clean

Accomplishments:hazardous facilities - Coming Clean and environmental justice health alliance (ejha) continued their campaign to strengthen the risk management plan rule, that requires some 12,500 facilities nationwide that manufacture, use or store hazardous chemicals to develop risk management plans to protect workers, nearby communities and the environment from chemical disasters. In october, with coordination of Coming Clean and ejha, 86 organizations submitted a joint public comment to the us epa presenting a comprehensive set of revisions to strengthen the rule. Members of Coming Clean and ejha also participated in public hearings on the rule. Campaign for healthier solutions -- the campaign for healthier solutions (chs)is a seven-year effort by Coming Clean, ejha, and grassroots communitygroups, to win comprehensive safe chemical policies from discount retailersoperating in ej communities. With pressure from chs, dollar general anddollar tree/family dollar (the top 3 chains in the country) have begun to takeconcrete steps to restrict the number of chemicals in their products.in 2022,dollar general joined the chemical footprint project, a benchmarking metricthat helps companies quantify the total mass of chemicals of concern in theirproducts. Dollar general also added eleven (11) more toxic chemicals to theirrestricted substance list, committing to phase out these substances fromtheir private label products by 2023.new reports - in support of their joint campaigns and initiatives, Coming cleanand ejha issued three (3) new reports in 2022: transforming the chemicalindustry: safer substitutes and solutions for a non-toxic economy,preventing disaster: three chemical incidents within two weeks show urgentneed for stronger federal safety requirements, and toxic chemicals indollar store products: 2022 report.member engagement -- the number of members who were regularly active in thecoming Clean network has increased from 18% in 2019 to 58% in 2022. 160individuals representing 70 organizations participated in monthly all membercalls; 111 people representing 60 organizations participated in at least oneworkshop on the louisville charter; and 45 people representing 27organizations attended our hybrid chemical strategy meeting. In 2022, comingclean also launched a new member-led team on science and research.staffing & capacity -- to grow our impact and increase our strategic capacityto support our network, Coming Clean added key roles in 2022, includingnational chemical campaign organizer, development associate and programsorganizer.