Tell the chemical industry to stop spreading lies

Toxics like phthalates, lead and bishphenol-A, that can cause serious developmental problems, continue to show up in children's products in Maryland. Please sign this petition to the American Chemistry Council to urge them to stop lying about the dangers of these chemicals.

Petition Text:

The use of dangerous toxic chemicals, like phthalates and bisphenol-A, in our children’s toys has to stop. 

For years the scientific evidence documenting the long-term developmental harm caused by these toxins has been mounting, and yet the American Chemistry Council continues to proclaim their safety.  The European Union, the state of California, and 14 other countries around the world have already taken action to ban these chemicals in children’s products because of the growing health risk. 

Maryland’s children deserve the same protection, and yet your lobbyists continue to stand in the way of that protection by clinging to the last remnants of biased and inconclusive evidence from industry-funded research. 

The below signed urge the American Chemistry Council to stop distorting the evidence, and acknowledge the harm that phthalates and bisphenol-A pose to Maryland’s growing children.