PVC: The Poison Plastic

Are your Family's Products Safe?

PVC (polyvinyl chloride) products are everywhere and are dangerous to our health and environment from start to finish - in the factory, at home, and in the trash - releasing poisonous chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects. The good news is that safe, cost-effective, alternatives to PVC are readily available and responsible companies are phasing it out. [Read More]

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	I thought I saw a giant rubber ducky?! Don’t run to the eye doctors….CHEJ’s B. Safe Duck is one well traveled 25 foot tall ducky!Click here to learn all about B’s coast to coast travels, her rallies in Washington State and Maine. Can you guess where B will go next? Contact CHEJ if your group would like a visit from B. Safe the Giant Rubber Duck! [Check out a slideshow of photos from the trip to Washington] [Read all about the ducky's trip to Washington]

	Didn’t mom always say better to be safe than to be sorry?.... Why does the chemical industry disagree? Learn more about how Washington State wants to ban phthalates from children’s toys, yet is getting industry push back.Click here to read the article

	Dangerous Ducky and Other Toxic Toys Would you believe it? Another study has found high levels of phthalates, toxic compounds that have been linked to birth defects, in popular children’s PVC toys. [Read the report]

	We Did it Again! Toys"R"Us Getting the Nasty Toxins Out! CHEJ's PVC campaign is on a roll! Toys"R"Us is the latest mega-retailer to adopt a PVC-free goal and is phasing out phthalates in juvenile products. [Read CHEJ's press release]

	Ignited by CHEJ's PVC campaign, consumers lead the market to prevent toxic toy harm for children -- No More PVC in children's toys & products! [Click here] to read the Wall Street Journal story:

	30 years after Love Canal, Western New York’s natural habitats finally receive settlement money from contaminating chemical companies. Read Lois Gibbs’ statement on the settlement distribution: [Click here]

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Less than one quarter of the charities rated by Charity Navigator receive the 4 star rating – the highest rating possible. According to Charity Navigator, CHEJ “outperforms the majority of nonprofits in America with respect to fiscal responsibility…and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust.”

In the News

3/1/08
Non-Toxic Tots
Washington Post
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2/15/08
Toy companies not cooking with vinyl
NPR Marketplace Radio
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2/12/08
Protests Spur Stores to Seek Substitute for Vinyl in Toys
The Wall Street Journal
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12/17/07
Georgia Gulf hit with EPA fine
Atlanta Business Chronicle
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12/13/07
Sears, Kmart to remove products with polyvinyl chloride
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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