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The Safe Chemicals Act

Did you know, of the 80,000 chemicals on the market today, most have received little or no testing at all?

With a growing consensus that chemicals are linked to cancer and other diseases, we need to make sure chemicals are safe before they are allowed onto the market.

 

 

PIRG Highlights

From The Newsroom

Toy Safety At Your Fingertips

Toys should bring kids joy, but sometimes they bring injury, serious harm, and even death.

This holiday season, when Illinois PIRG unveils its 24th annual Trouble in Toyland report, it will also launch a new interactive smart phone website to help shoppers avoid common hazards, as well as report potential dangers they find on toy store shelves, right from their mobile phones or home computers.

Read the Report

Congress Ends Practice Of Self-Policing

In March, our advocacy won a new independent office that will end an era of congressional self-policing that allowed the Jack Abramoffs of the world to play fast and loose with money in politics.

Read more about this victoryRead more about our work on lobby reform