“EWG tested the umbilical cord blood of 10 newborn babies and found nearly 300 chemicals, including BPA, fire retardants, lead, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and pesticides that were banned more than 30 years ago.”
The Environmental Working Group is asking for signatures for a petition to make chemicals for consumer products kid-safe. Click here to sign it! “The Kid-Safe Chemicals Act would require that all chemicals be proven safe for children before they can be sold. But lawmakers in Washington need to know that you want them to reform our broken toxics law.” They are delivering it to congress on March 15 and hope to have 75,000 signatures.