9 Feb 2010
- EWG asks for support of Kid-Safe Chemical Act
Babies are coming into this world pre-polluted with toxic chemicals.
When EWG tested the umbilical cord blood of 10 Americans, we found nearly 300 chemicals, including BPA, perchlorate, fire retardants, lead, mercury, and PCBs.
The best way to stop this pre-pollution is to enact the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act, which would require that chemicals be proven safe for children before they can be sold.
The chemicals are in us. The risk of disease and illness is serious.
The chemicals we found are increasingly linked to serious long-term health effects, from childhood cancer and autism to ADHD, learning deficits, infertility, and heart disease. We need a system for assessing chemicals so our children get the healthy start they deserve. The longer Congress waits, the more babies are exposed.
Sign EWG Action Fund’s petition to Congress
Join the 1000’s of other Americans who are telling Congress it’s time for a real federal toxics law that will make chemicals in consumer products safe for kids.
Thank you for speaking up for a new national chemical policy that places human health front and center — right where it should be.
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February 9th, 2010 at 6:39 pmpermalink
Thanks so much for spreading this petition!
As you all well know, showing Congress how very many of us are ready to reform TSCA and replace it with a true health-protective national chemicals policy will require us to speak up, loud and clear.
Thanks! Lisa Frack, EWG
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February 10th, 2010 at 11:39 ampermalink