What’s in Your Cleaning Products? - The Breast Cancer Fund

The Household Product Labeling Act Co-Sponsor Drive

The chemical smell probably tipped you off years ago to the fact that household cleaning products and paints might not be good for you.

Products like spray cleaner, furniture polish, mildew remover, house paint and wood stains can all contain chemicals linked to cancer, early puberty, birth defects and asthma. The ingredients are hardly ever labeled on the product because no law requires it, so they’re hard to avoid.

What Now?
The Household Product Labeling Act (S. 1697), introduced in September 2009 by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., aims to give consumers the right to know what’s in these products, and it needs your support.

Use the form below to ask your senators to co-sponsor the bill. Feel free to add your own thoughts to the letter before sending.

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Dear (recipient name),

As someone who has been touched by breast cancer, I am troubled that the chemical ingredients of common household products are not required to be disclosed. Many cleaning products, paints and stains contain chemicals linked to cancer, early puberty (a risk factor for breast cancer) and other health harms including birth defects and asthma. I shouldn’t have to worry each time my family cleans the house if the ingredients in our cleansers could make us sick.

Because of this concern, I support a bill recently introduced by Sen. Franken that would give my family and me peace of mind. The Household Product Labeling Act (S. 1697) would mandate that manufacturers of cleaning products, paints, epoxies and stains fully disclose their ingredients to the public. As consumers, we have a right to know what is in our products so we can protect our families from potentially harmful chemical ingredients.

As has often been said, sunshine is the best disinfectant. This bill will shine a light on an industry that has been allowed to hide dangerous ingredients from the public for too long.

I urge you to co-sponsor the Household Product Labeling Act.

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