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Just passing along some really important information from the Environmental Working Group:

Dear Gia,

We have huge news.

The toxics reform bill, H.R. 5820, the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act, has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Chairmen Waxman (CA-30) and Rush (IL-01). Toxics reform is now moving through both houses of Congress. It has never been more important for Congress to know that we want the strongest and most effective toxics bill possible — we need companies to prove that chemicals are safe before they hit our supermarket shelves.

95,000 EWG Action Fund supporters like you have already called on Congress to enact change — and we’ve got Washington’s attention. Now, in this crucial moment of introduction, we need to reach 100,000 signatures to make sure our legislators make this bill strong and effective.

We’re just 5,000 signatures away. Please tell your friends and family to add their names today.

You can:

Forward this email and they can click here to add their voice.
Post on Twitter: Sign @ewgtoxics petition to Congress 4 kid-safe chemicals – it’s high time for a strong, health-protective law: http://ow.ly/2alM1 #tsca
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This reform is long overdue. In May, the President’s Cancer Panel released a new report on exposure to chemicals and the risk of developing cancer. While their findings may be nothing new to you and me — especially that children are more susceptible than adults to carcinogens and endocrine disruptors — it is a clear call to Congress to take action now.

The nearly 300 chemicals that EWG found when testing the umbilical cord blood of 10 Americans — chemicals like BPA, lead, mercury, fire retardants, perchlorate and PCBs — are increasingly linked to serious long-term health effects, from childhood cancer and autism to ADHD, learning deficits, infertility and heart disease.

It’s time for a policy that is prevention oriented instead of reactionary. We are so close to our goal of 100,000 petition signatures. Will you help put us over the edge so we can show the House there is strong public support for this reform?

Ask your friends and family to speak up today:

Forward this email and they can click here to add their voice.
Post on Twitter: Sign @ewgtoxics petition to Congress 4 kid-safe chemicals – it’s high time for a strong, health-protective law: http://ow.ly/2alM1 #tsca
Share on Facebook: Please take a sec to sign this petition to Congress for kid-safe chemicals — it’s high time for a strong health-protective national chemicals law, don’t you think? http://ow.ly/2alM1
Thank you for speaking up for a new national chemical policy that places human health front and center — right where it should be.

Sincerely,

Ken Cook
President, EWG Action Fund

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