Maya Nye

Federal Policy Director for Coming Clean. PhD in Public Health. Once upon a time musician. Appalachian. Chemical Valley girl. Tweets are my own.

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

ICYMI: ”@EPA⁩ has paid far less attention to the eight less affluent, less white communities in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Texas, Puerto Rico, and West Virginia where the risk of #cancer from ethylene oxide is even greater.” #race #class #EJ https://t.co/WC62wIIczh

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

#OTD in 1984, a U.S.-owned pesticide factory explosion killed and poisoned thousands in Bhopal, India.

We must act to prevent disasters like this and hold companies responsible when they happen. A new resolution introduced today would help achieve that:  
https://t.co/BPgeipyzxw

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

Dollar store shoppers shouldn’t have to worry about lead in their gingerbread cookies! Tell @dollartree / @familydollar & @DollarGeneral you’ve had it with FDA recalls: time to clean up the supply chain. #nontoxicdollarstores

[Campaign for Healthier Solutions @nontoxdlrstores]

We’re calling on @DollarTree / @familydollar & @DollarGeneral: no more toxic products on the shelves! Visit your local dollar store in person, or send an email today. Sign up to receive additional materials to help you take action: https://t.co/DmyTGJqUMr
#nontoxicdollarstores

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

CHS will be testing dollar store products this year in order to assess their progress on phasing out harmful chemicals. Follow @nontoxdlrstores for CHS’ coverage of the Dollar General shareholder meetings and to learn how you can get involved in making dollar store products safe.

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

TODAY, the Campaign for Healthier Solutions brings community voices to the Dollar General shareholder meeting. It’s time for @DollarGeneral to buckle down & show consistent commitment to improving their chemical policy & stocking local, healthy food. #dollargeneral #dollarstore

[carey gillam ✍️ 📓 @careygillam]

These accidents happening far too frequently - @epa https://t.co/WQohLjXSrJ

[Coming Clean @StopToxics]

We know @EPA calls them "accidents".. but there's a reason we don't refer to chemical fires, explosions and releases that way.
⬇️@tejasbarrios says it best.

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

One chemical disaster is unacceptable. One every other day is unconscionable. Chemical disasters are entirely preventable. Environmental Justice communities are disproportionately harmed. @EPA can change this. Will they #preventchemicaldisasters? #FixTheRMP #EJ

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

I was honored to be interviewed by @NewsHour for this story.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

On average, there’s a chemical incident in the U.S. every two days.

@johnyangtv reports from North Carolina, where one city is trying to move forward after a chemical disaster in 2022. https://t.co/DZbpFF8kvG

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

@The99stores say they’re “committed to the customers they serve”- so why won’t they follow @dollartree & commit to phase out chemicals like PFAS & phthalates in their products that have been linked to serious health conditions? Tell ‘em to protect shoppers https://t.co/QHqLK797b6

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

It’s beyond time for the @DOJPH to issue the summons compelling Dow to appear in Indian Court so that they can finally, decades later, be brought to justice for the 1984 Bhopal pesticide gas disaster that has since killed and injured nearly a half million people.

[Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida]

Decades ago, poor maintenance & safety failures at a Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) plant in Bhopal, India caused a massive leak of poisonous gas killing over 7,000 people and harming countless others. The DOJ must help India get justice for the victims from this U.S. company.

[Tristan Baurick @tristanbaurick]

A hurricane could spark a chemical disaster so massive that no corner of New Orleans would be safe. According to the Chalmette Refinery’s Risk Management Plan, an accident could unleash a fast-moving and potentially lethal gas that could reach anywhere in the metro area. (🧵1/7)

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

Way to go @nontoxdlrstores on the approved @DollarGeneral shareholder resolution for a worker safety and well-being audit! DG now needs to phase out toxic chemicals from receipts to protect their workers!

[Coming Clean @StopToxics]

Breaking: A shareholder resolution calling for @DollarGeneral to conduct an independent worker safety and well-being audit was approved.

Dollar General advised its shareholders to vote no but we weren't having it.

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

Glad to see that the news is paying attention to the need for safer chemicals and processes to #preventchemicaldisasters @EPA listen up and #FixtheRMP!

[Coming Clean @StopToxics]

There is a chemical explosion, fire or toxic release every other day in the US. "That is just too much."

@mayanye shares recommendations of coalition calling on @EPA to #preventchemicaldisasters by requiring facilities to switch to safer chemical alternatives.

[Coming Clean @StopToxics]

Today we're in DC calling for a #FarmBill that centers human health by reducing reliance on toxic chemicals.

Farmworkers and small farmers agree- there are better ways to farm. Follow to hear our stories & priorities👇

[Justine McDaniel @McDanielJustine]

Cancer in Houston, air pollution in Chicago, water in Flint — ppl nationwide are dealing w contamination, and I talked to activists in other places who see their stories in the aftermath of the East Palestine derailment.

“The fight is really the same.” https://t.co/3yQodXVR5D

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

Growing up in a healthy environment can be the difference between life & death.

It’s no coincidence that communities that have faced decades of environmental racism have higher rates of cancer and other health issues.

Today, we’re introducing #EJforAll.


[Rachna Dhingra @RachnaDhingra]

Our Supreme Court has reserved all its sympathy and justice ONLY for Union Carbide, a corporation that continues to abscond from the criminal case on Bhopal gas disaster even today. Survivors of Bhopal disaster deserve just closure, writes Upendra Baxi
https://t.co/7P8QwoFQcF

[Maya Nye @mayanye]

Today brings yet another blow in the pursuit of restoration and justice for the survivors of the #UnionCarbide #Dow #BhopalDisaster. Solutions for #EastPalestine that don’t remedy this chemical disaster are #FalseSolutions.

[Rachna Dhingra @RachnaDhingra]

Five organizations of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today jointly condemned the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the Curative Petition. It a “judicial assault on the constitutional and legal rights of the survivors of the Union Carbide disaster"

[carey gillam ✍️ 📓 @careygillam]

Revealed: the US is averaging one chemical accident every two days @guardian @thenewledenews @sejorg @earthjustice @stoptoxics https://t.co/OUCQJHAhVr

[Sen. Cory Booker @SenBooker]

The @EPA plays a critical role in safeguarding communities from chemical disasters, but we need to do more – which is why I’m urging the agency to strengthen their proposed Risk Management Program rule before it’s finalized later this year.
https://t.co/zx3B3ThmLJ