The No Toxics in Food Packaging Act of 2023 (H.R. 6105 – Reps. Schakowsky, D-IL, DeLauro, D-CT, and Dingell, D-MI), would ban the use of 5 chemicals — and classes of chemicals — that are linked to cancer or hormone disruption from use in any materials that come into contact with food, including handling, transport, bulk container and final packaging materials.
A new California bill, Eliminating Problematic Plastics, AB 1290 (Rivas), would remove the worst plastics and plastic additives from packaging sold or distributed in the state.
Many people encounter toxic, cancer-causing chemicals through plastics, whether they’re aware of the health risks or not. For example, PVC is a type of plastic made with vinyl chloride, a known human carcinogen.
The PFAS-Free Cosmetic Act (AB 2771-Friedman) bans personal care and beauty products (collectively referred to as “cosmetics”) containing any (known as PFAS) from sale in California. The law prohibits the use of the entire ‘class’ of PFAS chemicals, commonly called “Forever Chemicals” because of their extreme persistence in the environment.
The Generally Recognized As Safe, or GRAS, provision, which permits common chemicals to by-pass FDA safety reviews, has become the procedural superhighway through which chemical manufacturers secretly use chemicals for food packaging and processing without FDA oversight, approval, or knowledge.
Air pollution is a complex mix of toxicants that can vary in composition and have a wide range of harmful health effects. An explosion of scientific research has found that exposures to certain chemicals in polluted air are connected to breast cancer risk.
The California Safer Clothes and Textiles Act (AB 1817) would make clothing and textiles safer for all of us by banning the sale of clothes, outdoor gear, and other textiles containing toxic PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals in California.
A suite of four bills in Congress would make beauty and personal care products safer for everyone by getting the toxic chemicals out, reducing unsafe chemical exposures for the most vulnerable, and making ingredient transparency the new industry standard. Support safer beauty for all!
Glyphosate is a synthetic hormone-disrupting compound chemical widely used in herbicides, most notoriously in Monsanto’s Roundup. In fact, glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are the most widely used herbicides globally.
Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide and insecticide widely found on produce and home pest control formulas that is an endocrine disruptor and breast carcinogen. Exposure to chronic low doses of chlorpyrifos leads to an increased risk of mammary tumors in lab studies. Banned in the EU, California, New York, and Hawaii, several other U.S. states are considering a ban on chlorpyrifos.
