(I helped write this post and action for MomsRising, and I’m passionate about improving this toxics bill. PLEASE take a moment to sign this action— we need strong protections for children’s health, and this is our moment! It may not come around again for many, many years. Please sign, share, and pass along.) When a […]
Dear Senator Lautenberg, While others fought and gave more rights to corporations (more rights than people have, some would argue), you introduced the Safe Chemicals Act again and again. Each year, you sent out press releases about the dangers of chemicals in everyday products, and how this could be reversed by passing the Safe Chemicals […]
My first post about “scary” BPA containing bottles. Well, it’s about time. We’ve been writing about The Safe Chemicals Act for years. Since 2008 when I started Non-Toxic Kids, we’ve been calling for a re-write of the ancient 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act. Right now, we have at least 85,000 chemicals on the market that […]
(Wow! Look at this guest post and email action from the Breast Cancer Fund. The Safe Chemicals Act was introduced again to reform our outdated and broken chemical policy. Please ask your senator to cosponsor this important bill!) Our country just took a step closer to modernizing our outdated toxic chemicals policy and ensuring a […]
As a blogger, I regularly write about options for safer, less toxic consumer products for our homes. But while it’s important to arm consumers with good information, we have very limited access to where toxic chemicals are showing up, what their health effects are and how we can avoid them.Due to our lax federal laws […]
Here’s an informative article just posted today by Keely Savoie on Parents.com. It details 10 toxic chemicals in our homes, communities, and lives, and how we can avoid them. Keely explains why each chemical is harmful and how to avoid it in detail. This is super helpful for busy parents who want to find their […]
