OFF TOPIC: Breaking News: Toxics reform in the House

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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:

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time for a strong, health-protective law: http://ow.ly/2alM1 #tsca

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KlP> : 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

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:

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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,

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