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03From the change.org website. Sign the petition now! http://www.change.org/actions/view/help_strengthen_americas_toxic_chemicals_standards?alert_id=hAQsBZRPes#letter_form
Targeting: Your U.S. House Representative and Your
Sponsored by: Environmental Defense Action Fund
Of the 82,000 chemicals available for use in the
In fact, the 33 year-old law that is supposed to protect Americans from exposure to toxic chemicals is so outdated that
As a result, every American alive today, including newborn babies, has hundreds of chemicals flowing through our blood, some are linked to increases in prostate and breast cancers, diabetes, heart disease, lowered sperm counts, early puberty and other diseases and disorders.
Yet the burden placed on the Environmental Protection Agency under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is so onerous that they have only succeeded in banning one group of chemicals, PCBs, from the marketplace.
It's time to reform and strengthen TSCA. Please take action to support legislation to protect our families from dangerous toxic chemicals.