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phthalates in the home

Manufacturers report toxic chemicals in wide range of household products

New report reveals toxic phthalates “everywhere.” Used in products from 3M, Hallmark Cards, The Gap, Sherwin-Williams Company, True Value, and More

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store Tagged With: 3M, allergies, asthma, BBP, benzyl butyl phthalate, California, cleaning products, DBP, DEHP, DEP, dibutyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, diethylhexyl phthalate, disclosure, Environmental Health Strategy Center, Europe, exposure, fragrance, Ga, Gap, hormone disruptors, Inc., learning disabilities, maine, Maine reporting, manufacturers, Oregon, paints, personal care products, phthlates, plasticizer, prevent harm, products, Report, reproductive harm, restrictions, retailers, shoes, Vermont, vinyl clothing, vinyl plastic, washington

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Many ways to honor the mothers in our lives.

Last week, members of the Safer Chemicals Healthy Families coalition celebrated the more activist origins of Mothers Day by telling members of Congress that the best gift for moms (and the people who love them) would be to protect our families from toxic chemicals.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: action, Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, ARC, bill, cancer, chemical policy, chemicals, Choose Wiser, Chris Murphy, Clean Water Action, Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut, Congressman Kennedy, Connecticut, Discussion Draft, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, firefighters, green moms, green newton, health, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Latino Community Fund, learning disabilities and the environment, legislation, lobbying, Massachusetts, medfield, Mike Doyle, mother's day, new, pediatricians, Pennsylvania, phthalates, pittsburg, policy, products, public health, reform, retailers, Rhode Island, S967, safer, saferchemicals, Senate bill, Sheldon Whitehouse, state, store, Suzan DelBene, toxic, Udall, Vitter, vulnerable populations, washington, washington toxics coalition, women for a healhty environment

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Making the health case for safer chemicals

We were fortunate to have a great group of health partners who came to DC to join us in meetings on Capitol Hill last week.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: action, and nurses from the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, bill, cancer, chemical lobby, chemical policy, chemicals, Chemicals in Commerce Act, day of action, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, health, lobby day, National Black Nurses Association, National Medical Association, new, phthalates, Physicians for Social Responsibility and the National Hispanic Medical Association, policy, products, retailers, safer, saferchemicals, state, store, Stupid Cancer, toxic, TSCA, TSCA reform, washington

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