Originally published by MomsRising December 2nd, 2010. by Claire Moshenberg, MomsRising Two years ago, CHEJ and the Teamsters made a discovery: Toy juggernaut Toys “R” Us was peddling PVC-containing toys to the under-12 set. Toy-box classics like Toy Story 3 Barbie and You and Me Take Along Baby doll were exposing kids to toxic chemicals […]

A new study was released giving new meaning to the phrase “toxic assets.” “On The Money: BPA on Dollar Bills and Receipts” set out to investigate the extent to which thermal receipt paper containing bisphenol A (BPA) has permeated the market, and whether this hormone-disrupting chemical is escaping onto the money that lies close to […]

Produced in quantities of about six billion pounds each year worldwide, BPA is one of the most widely used chemicals of all time. Present in 93% of all Americans, scientists studying BPA have hypothesized the major route of human exposure is through food, as BPA is used as a liner in nearly all canned food […]

Originally published November 30, 2010 by Maria's Farm Country Kitchen. By guest blogger Andy Igrejas, national campaign director of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition These days, more of us are thinking about what lurks in the manufactured products in our lives. From baby bottles made with bisphenol-A (BPA) to carpets containing formaldehyde, dangerous chemicals […]

Listen to the teleconference: Toxic Chemicals and Reproductive Health: What's the Relationship? http://saferchemicals.org/sc/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/mp3/repro-health-teleconference-18nov10.mp3 Infertility. Early puberty. Decreased sperm counts. Breast and prostate cancers. These are just a few of the reproductive health problems that are increasing in the United States today. More and more evidence implicates that some of these increases are linked to our […]

A new report from SAFER States and the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition shows that states aren’t waiting for Congress to take action on toxic chemicals—they are taking matters into their own hands. Titled Healthy States: Protecting Families From Toxic Chemicals While Congress Lags Behind, the new report asserts that three factors are driving state […]

This piece was originally published in the Huffington Post, November 17, 2010. By Andy Igrejas Director, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition I’ll be the first to admit it: I live in Washington, D.C., and I spend a lot of time talking to inside-the-beltway types about what Congress will and will not do. It’s easy to […]

By Simone Sinogles, Development Coordinator Indigenous Environmental Network Bemidji, Minnesota Like millions of other Americans, I am very concerned about how toxic chemicals in ordinary products are affecting my community’s health, and believe it’s time for Congress to do something about it. Unlike most Americans, the community I’m writing about today includes an environmental justice […]

By Andy IgrejasDirector, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition Now that the election results are finally in and we know that Republicans have taken over the House, it's easy to assume that the largely Democratic-lead efforts in Congress to reform our nation's failing chemicals policy are doomed. I am happy to report that they're not. Understanding […]