Getting the lead out.
Lead is a heavy metal that causes brain damage, especially in the fetus and developing child. This week the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT) and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics called attention to the fact that lead is regulated in water, food, soil and pint but not in other consumer products such as lipstick. The repeated recall of lead-contaminated toys made in China also shows the lack of regulatory oversight and control of a wide variety of products sold to Massachusetts consumers.
AHT's Safer Alternatives Bill would prohibit lead (and nine other toxic chemicals such as flame retardents and plasticizers) in products such as cosmetics and children's toys. The goal is to promote better protection from ingredients that cause asthma, brain damage, cancer, birth defects, learning and behavior disorders, Parkinson's disease, and other preventable illneses and disablities.
MassPTA is a member of the governing council of the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow. Tell your friends, colleagues and legislators that you support the Safer Alternatives Bill. For more information on the Safer Alternatives Bill and how you can help speed its passage go to http://www.healthytomorrow.org/resources.html .
For more information on personal care products go to http://www.safecosmetics.org.
AHT's Safer Alternatives Bill would prohibit lead (and nine other toxic chemicals such as flame retardents and plasticizers) in products such as cosmetics and children's toys. The goal is to promote better protection from ingredients that cause asthma, brain damage, cancer, birth defects, learning and behavior disorders, Parkinson's disease, and other preventable illneses and disablities.
MassPTA is a member of the governing council of the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow. Tell your friends, colleagues and legislators that you support the Safer Alternatives Bill. For more information on the Safer Alternatives Bill and how you can help speed its passage go to http://www.healthytomorrow.org/resources.html .
For more information on personal care products go to http://www.safecosmetics.org.
Added on October 12, 2007 by formasspta
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