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1. If you’re a California resident, take action to retire BPA right now with Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles.
2. Take action by starting to avoid single-use disposable plastics from Plastic Pollution Coalition.
3. Want some useful tips on avoiding BPA? Check out this useful fact sheet, taken from the report, No Silver Lining, from the National Workgroup on Safe Markets.

Formaldehyde

1. Demand the FDA issue a recall on Brazilian Blowout, from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.
2. Learn where Formaldehyde is found and how you can avoid it with Simple Steps from NRDC.
3. Work to get Formaldehyde off the market and safer alternatives in use by supporting the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011(Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families)

1. Learn more about supporting a Dioxin-free future with the Center for Health, Environment & Justice.
2. Read about industrial sources of Dioxin poisoning and lessons learned from Mossville, LA, from Advocates for Environmental Human Rights.
3. Read about the more than 30 year delay of the national Dioxin Reassessment and related analyses from Environmental Working Group.

Halogenated Flame Retardant

1. CA’s outdated laws virtually requires Halogenated Flame Retardants in our homes and baby products – take action now with Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles.
2. The Alliance for Toxic Free Fire Safety shows the latest studies and opportunities for action for retiring this bad actor and using safer, more effective alternatives.
3. Learn tips to reduce these toxics in your home and baby products from the Green Science Policy Institute.

Lead

1. Check out lead emitting facilities in your state from NRDC.
2. Take action on getting lead out of lipstick from Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.
3. Homes are the most common sources of lead poisoning in children — learn more about lead-safe work practices from the Healthy Homes Collaborative.

Methyl Iodide

1. The U.S. EPA is reexamining its decision to register Methyl Iodide for use — in the meantime, you can send a message to CA’s Governor Jerry Brown to reverse the decision for its registration in the largest strawberry-producing state.
2. You can ask your retailer to sign the “Safe Strawberry Pledge” with Californians for Pesticide Reform.

1. Coal-fired and oil-fired power plants are responsible for half the mercury air pollution in the U.S – take action with Physicians for Social Responsibility to reduce these toxic emissions!
2. Take action to reduce Mercury globally with the International POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutions) Elimination Network: Mercury-Free Campaign.
3. Learn how to protect your family from Mercury and demand Mercury-free fish from the FDA with GotMercury.org.

1. In early 2011, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced her plan to regulate Perchlorate as a drinking water contaminant — read more on the EPA website.
2. Join Californians in calling for Governor Jerry Brown to finalize the public health goal for Perchlorate in our water with Clean Water Action.

1. Find a non-Perc green cleaner near you, brought to you by the UCLA Sustainable Technology and Policy Program.
2. Learn more about reducing Perc exposure for workers through the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA program.

Triclosan

1. Take the “Triclosan-Free Pledge” with Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.
2. Send a message to retail giant, Wal-Mart, demanding they take Triclosan off their shelves with Campaign for Safe Cosmetics!
3. Learn about efforts to ban Triclosan through swift EPA action with the Pesticide Action Network of North America (PANNA).