Almost every week, there is another news story about PFAS. PFAS are a class of chemicals that are widely used in hundreds of consumer products and industrial processes.
Unfortunately, those PFAS that have been studied are toxic in tiny amounts. And PFAS have been found in water, soil, air, plants, and animals world-wide. Ninety eight percent of Americans have PFAS in their blood.
Massachusetts has spent hundreds of millions to get PFAS out of drinking water–but the real solution to the PFAS contamination crisis: Stop making things with PFAS!
Chemicals know to harm children shouldn’t be in things specifically made for children. But PFAS, phthalates, heavy metals, azo-dyes and other toxic chemicals are often found in children’s products. Physicians know that children are uniquelyhttps://act.cleanwater.org/page/168550/action/1 susceptible to the harmful effects of these chemicals. Early life exposures can cause life time harm.
That’s why Massachusetts should require that manufacturers disclose toxic chemicals in children’s products. And hazardous chemicals that are known to get out of products or to already be accumulating in people’s bodies and in household dust should be banned from children’s products.
Tell your legislator to cosponsor and support the Toxic Free Kids Act.
Act Now on Mind the Store
SUCCESS! Thanks to thousands of us taking action, REI has announced that it will stop using PFAS in it is textiles and cookware by fall 2024! REI will eliminate PFAS from its professional level, expedition gear by fall 2026.
Now, let’s get Home Depot to stop selling products with PVC. What is PVC? It is a particularly harmful type of plastic that is widely used in building materials. There are safer alternatives and Home Depot should lead the way in getting toxic PVC out of its building materials.
