The President's Cancer Panel recently released a 'ground breaking" report stating
"The true burden of environmentally induced cancers has been grossly underestimated."
Here's a New York times oped
Currently the toxic chemicals actually in use in this country are not monitored and only about 200 out of 82,000 chemicals entering the market since 1976 have been tested for safety (Isn't that comforting) Source: Green America
A bill was recently introduced to protect Americans from harmful chemicals. It's called the Safe Chemicals Act. Here's a New York Times article
You can support this law by signing this petition
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