Fwd: Stand Up for Toxic Free Kids! | Please circulate!

grassroots call to action from Clean Water Action.org.  Thanks for sharing, Kristina!

Date: February 11, 2014 at 5:43:25 PM EST
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Subject: FW: Stand Up for Toxic Free Kids!

Hi All,

I apologize if you've received this previously.  We are working on updating our lists.  If you haven't yet, I would appreciate it if you would kindly click and send this to your legislators and then forward on to your friends and colleagues.  I am extremely grateful for your help.   We need to get this passed by May 9th and it will only succeed if we mobilize a huge amount of grassroots support. 

 

Thank you.

 

Best,

Anne 

 

Coalition for a Safe & Healthy Connecticut Working Together to Protect Our Health Dear Friend, Are you concerned about all the reports on toxic chemicals in products that could be harmful to children?  Tell your legislators to pass House Bill 5036, An Act Concerning Children’s Products and Chemicals of High Concern, this year! - click here! Did you know that of the 84,000 chemicals in consumer products we use every day, only about 200 have been safety tested and of those, 5 have been regulated?  There is growing consensus that exposure to toxic chemicals in consumer products is strongly linked to the following: 20% increase in childhood brain cancer and leukemia since the 1970’s the significant rise in autism spectrum disorder and other learning and behavioral disorders increases in adult cancers of the breast, prostate, liver, thyroid and kidney and cancer is now the 2nd leading cause of death for people under the age of 20! reproductive disorders and infertility asthma We know that exposure to toxic chemicals begins in the womb and babies in the U.S. are born with an average of over 200 toxic chemicals including carcinogens, neurotoxins and chemicals that disrupt our hormone system! Tell your legislators that this is important to you! Urge them to continue Connecticut’s leadership and support more health protective policies for the sake of our kids. Take action by sending them an email now! Click here to send an email to your legislators. Even better, personalize the email to let them know why this issue is so important to you! Thank you for acting today! Sincerely, Anne and Susan Connect to us in other ways