Moms Clean Air Force Launches New Video Series with Celebrity Moms

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Moms Clean Air Force -- a community of more than 44,000 concerned parents, grandparents, and other relatives who are fighting for clean air for their children -- has launched a new video series with some celebrity members talking about why clean air is important to them.

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In the first videos of the new series, award winning actress Blythe Danner and novelist Ayelet Waldman talk about the reasons they joined the fight for safer, healthier air and the impact that environmental pollutants have had on their own families.

Two shorter PSA-style videos from Up All Night actresses Maya Rudolph and Christina Applegate have also been added to the Moms Clean Air Force web site.

Visitors to the Moms Clean Air Force website can also sign a new online petition to President Obama to help reduce one of the most dangerous air pollutants – mercury.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to unveil the new Mercury and Air Toxics Standard within the next few weeks. The new standard is expected to lower the amount of mercury, arsenic, acid gases, and other toxins in the emissions from power plants. Mercury damages brain and nervous system development in babies; coal-fired power plants are the single biggest source of mercury emissions in America, but the new Mercury and Air Toxics Standard will prevent the majority of the mercury in coal from being emitted into our air

The online petitions will be sent to the White House to underscore how important the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard is to American moms, and to the health of American families.

Moms Clean Air Force launched over the summer, and since then thousands of parents have signed up each week to speak up in favor of safe and healthy air for their children – and in defense of the Clean Air Act, which protects our air. We are approaching 50,000 moms who are speaking out, blogging and networking aggressively, including high profile and celebrity moms who want to speak out in defense of their children's health. You can join the fight for clean air at www.momscleanairforce.org and on Facebook and Twitter.

Contact:
Sharyn Stein, [email protected]
Lauren Guite, [email protected]

SOURCE Moms Clean Air Force