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Families Advocating for Chemical & Toxics Safety (FACTS) is a one-stop clearinghouse for evidence-based information and expert resources in children’s environmental health. FACTS promotes easy, affordable, and sustainable actions to remediate the unnecessary and harmful exposure to chemicals and toxics in our everyday lives. FACTS is a project of the Center for Environmental Health.

HEALTHY HoME, HEALTHY FAMILY:BEST PRACTICES GUIDE TO TOXIC-FREE LIVING

Download our complete brochure-style checklist of best practices for reducing toxics in your home. Available in English and Spanish:

Healthy Home, Healthy Family: Best Practices Checklist

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Hogar Sano, Familia Sana: Lista de Control de las Mejoras Practicas

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“With the rapid increase in autoimmune diseases, it clearly suggests that environmental factors are at play due to the significant increase in these diseases. Genes do not change in such a short period of time.”

— Virginia T. Ladd, President and Executive Director of the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA)

urgent actions - we need your help

Our leaders need to hear from us, their constituents, about what we value and seek to protect. If they don't hear from us, they only hear the side of industry - which is quite persuasive in their lobbying. Please write your respective government representatives and tell them you care about toxics and health.

Contact your senator

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TOXICS IN THE NEWS - GOOD NEWS

Limits on Pesticide Use Near Schools.

The Department of Pesticide Regulation’s (DPR) new rule prohibits pesticides from being applied by certain drift-prone methods within a quarter mile of schools and daycares on school days.

CA AB 495

Landmark bill to ban toxic ingredients in cosmetics

EPA ordered to ban chlorpyrifos

The EPA and the courts have considered an outright ban on the chemical since 2007, when public health groups petitioned the agency, and in August 2015, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the EPA to make a decision.

Toxic Free Future

Sonoma County Conservation Action advocating for a toxic free future. Check out the progress they’ve made and learn how you can do this in your community.

Ban on Teflon chemical tied to fewer low-weight babies

Perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, had been used in many consumer products, including nonstick cookware, food packaging, electronics and carpets. The chemical was linked to a range of health problems, including low-weight births.

Get the Lead Out!

The Division of Drinking Water (DDW), in collaboration with the California Department of Education, has taken the initiative to begin testing for lead in drinking water at all public K-12 schools.

TOXICS IN THE NEWs - BAD NEWS

California lags in testing toddlers for lead exposure.

“Our most vulnerable kids, the ones that are the most lead-poisoned, are not getting tested,” said Susan Little, who led the study for the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization that crossed the state’s testing reports with census figures. “The state is failing its mandate.”

Pollution Kills 9 Million People Each Year

Pollution around the globe now contributes to an estimated 9 million deaths annually — or roughly one in six — according to an in-depth new study published in the Lancet.

Health Dangers of Wi-Fi

A study of real-world exposure to non-ionizing radiation from magnetic fields in pregnant women found a significantly higher rate of miscarriage, providing new evidence regarding their potential health risks.

Link between early developmental exposure to ambient pesticides and autism spectrum disorder

Risk of autism spectrum disorder was associated with prenatal exposure to glyphosate, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, malathion, avermectin, and permethrin. For autism spectrum disorder with intellectual disability, estimated odds ratios were higher (by about 30%) for prenatal exposure to glyphosate, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, permethrin, methyl bromide, and myclobutanil; exposure in the first year of life increased the odds for the disorder with comorbid intellectual disability by up to 50% for some pesticide substances.

One-Third of California’s High-Risk Kids Not Tested for Lead Poisoning

An EWG investigation found that in 2013, the latest year for which detailed records are available, an estimated one-third of high-risk 1- and 2-year-olds were not tested. This adds up to 160,000 children whose brains could be permanently damaged by a poison for which there is no level of safe exposure.

Pesticide Use Near Schools Poses Potential Health Risks

Synthetic or man-made pesticides are long-lasting toxicants in the environment, linked to many human health problems. Children are particularly vulnerable to toxicants like pesticides. Many are known carcinogens (cancer-causing) and endocrine disruptors, which affect development and reproductive health in both males and females.