Protecting Our
Families’ Health
Many Americans are asking: Why are so many people facing cancer, infertility, asthma, Parkinson’s, developmental challenges and chronic conditions?
Science shows more exposures to toxic chemicals and pollution are linked to more illness.
But the needed guardrails on companies’ toxic pollution aren’t getting stronger.
The Environmental Protection Agency is weakening them.
We want to be safer, not sicker.
Standing Up for Every Family
“Safer, Not Sicker” is a national campaign to educate the public and send a clear message to decision-makers: Americans do not want increased toxic chemical exposures for our children and communities.
Top health experts are speaking out. We can prevent harmful chemicals from entering our food, homes, water, and air. Strong limits must be set on companies that produce pollution and the EPA must enforce them.
Americans deserve safeguards against danger.
Report on Terrible Toxics
Check out this overview of how EPA’s recent actions give corporations more leeway to pollute and increase Americans’ toxic chemical exposures.
What’s at Stake
Our health, our families’ household costs, and our quality of life are at stake.
Families face growing stress about toxic chemicals and pollution in their everyday lives. More air quality alert days mean more time indoors. Contaminated water alerts means avoiding the tap and fewer beach or fishing days. More toxics in products leave families worried about what to buy without real options, because most harmful chemicals aren’t listed on labels.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Health & Safety
When safeguards on companies using toxic chemicals are weakened, Americans are at risk. Bad air quality triggers asthma and heart problems. Contaminated water causes illness. Long-term exposure from tainted water, off-gassing furniture, pesticide-laden food, and polluted air increases cancer and other chronic disease risks.
Family Costs
Costs shift from industry to people when safeguards on polluting companies weaken. More illness raises individual medical bills and drives higher insurance rates. People miss work and school. Utility bills increase as local water and air systems work harder to filter pollution. State and local taxes rise to cover growing cleanup costs.
Quality of Life
Worrying about pesticides endangering foods, contaminated tap water or frequent air quality alert days shouldn’t be normal. Reducing industries’ toxic pollution at their source protects our health and gives Americans greater peace of mind.
Real People, Real Impacts
Behind every statistic is a family managing illness, medical bills, and uncertainty. Rising toxic exposure affects real Americans in communities across the country.
Your Voice Can Make the Difference
We’re urging Congress and leaders of the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission (MAHA) Commission, including EPA Administrator Zeldin and HHS Secretary Kennedy, to put Americans’ health first. We must not give greater leeway to polluting companies. We must not roll back health protections nor delay enforcement of toxic chemical safeguards.
We must act to reduce harmful exposures coming from our food, homes, water, and air.
When Americans speak up, policymakers should listen.