Help keep the ban on toxic chemicals
- da: Earthjustice
- destinatario: Consumer Product Safety Commission
Did you know that every day, you and I come in contact with toxic flame retardants? Many household goods—from the crib mattresses our babies sleep on to the sofa you may be sitting on right now or even the electronic device you are holding in your hand—are manufactured with chemicals that migrate out of these products and are linked to serious health risks.
That is why the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced a groundbreaking decision to move forward with a ban on these chemicals in children's products, furniture, mattresses, and the casings around electronics. But now, thanks to the Trump administration, that hard-fought victory is at risk.
The decision to ban these chemicals came out of a two-year effort by a diverse coalition including firefighters, pediatricians, consumer advocates, scientists and Earthjustice supporters like you, who sent over 80,000 letters urging the CPSC to ban toxic flame retardants from consumer products.
The ban could be delayed—or derailed—by Trump's new nominee to the CPSC, Dana Baiocco, who has spent much of her career defending companies' defective and dangerous products.
The CPSC made the right decision to begin the process to ban the use of organohalogen flame retardants. Keep the pressure on the CPSC to finalize the ban now.
These chemicals don't stay in the products we buy—they get into the air and stick to household dust. Children and adults alike breathe them in, eat them when they touch dusty surfaces and then handle food, and even absorb them through their skin. As a result, 97 percent of U.S. residents have measurable quantities of toxic flame retardants in their blood.
Your family's health should not be endangered by the couch they sit on or the cell phone they use. Let's keep the pressure on and tell the CPSC to honor its promise to protect consumers and uphold the ban on these dangerous chemicals.
That is why the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced a groundbreaking decision to move forward with a ban on these chemicals in children's products, furniture, mattresses, and the casings around electronics. But now, thanks to the Trump administration, that hard-fought victory is at risk.
The decision to ban these chemicals came out of a two-year effort by a diverse coalition including firefighters, pediatricians, consumer advocates, scientists and Earthjustice supporters like you, who sent over 80,000 letters urging the CPSC to ban toxic flame retardants from consumer products.
The ban could be delayed—or derailed—by Trump's new nominee to the CPSC, Dana Baiocco, who has spent much of her career defending companies' defective and dangerous products.
The CPSC made the right decision to begin the process to ban the use of organohalogen flame retardants. Keep the pressure on the CPSC to finalize the ban now.
These chemicals don't stay in the products we buy—they get into the air and stick to household dust. Children and adults alike breathe them in, eat them when they touch dusty surfaces and then handle food, and even absorb them through their skin. As a result, 97 percent of U.S. residents have measurable quantities of toxic flame retardants in their blood.
Your family's health should not be endangered by the couch they sit on or the cell phone they use. Let's keep the pressure on and tell the CPSC to honor its promise to protect consumers and uphold the ban on these dangerous chemicals.
SUBJECT: Uphold on the ban on organohalogen flame retardants
Dear Consumer Product Safety Commission:
Thank you for taking an important step to protect the public from dangerous organohalogen flame retardants. Please move forward quickly with the rulemaking process and finalize the ban on the sale of household products containing these flame retardant chemicals.
As a consumer, it is very difficult to avoid these hazardous chemicals in my home. That is why I rely on the Commission to help protect me and my family.
Numerous eminent scientists have documented the harms posed by using organohalogen flame retardants in consumer products. It is also well-documented that these chemicals leach out of products and end up in our bodies.
It is alarming that 97 percent of U.S. residents have measurable quantities of toxic organohalogen flame retardants in their blood because all studied organohalogens have been associated with serious adverse human health effects. Children are especially at-risk because they come into greater contact with household dust than adults, and studies show that children, whose developing brains and reproductive organs are most vulnerable, have three to five times higher blood levels of these chemicals than their parents.
[Your comment here]
Thank you for your commitment to protecting the public and finalizing a ban on products with organohalogens.
Sincerely,
[Your name here]
Firma la petizioneFirma la petizioneDear Consumer Product Safety Commission:
Thank you for taking an important step to protect the public from dangerous organohalogen flame retardants. Please move forward quickly with the rulemaking process and finalize the ban on the sale of household products containing these flame retardant chemicals.
As a consumer, it is very difficult to avoid these hazardous chemicals in my home. That is why I rely on the Commission to help protect me and my family.
Numerous eminent scientists have documented the harms posed by using organohalogen flame retardants in consumer products. It is also well-documented that these chemicals leach out of products and end up in our bodies.
It is alarming that 97 percent of U.S. residents have measurable quantities of toxic organohalogen flame retardants in their blood because all studied organohalogens have been associated with serious adverse human health effects. Children are especially at-risk because they come into greater contact with household dust than adults, and studies show that children, whose developing brains and reproductive organs are most vulnerable, have three to five times higher blood levels of these chemicals than their parents.
[Your comment here]
Thank you for your commitment to protecting the public and finalizing a ban on products with organohalogens.
Sincerely,
[Your name here]
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