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We know far too little about chemicals coming into the market. Manufacturers have far too little certainty about how chemicals they make are regulated. The EPA needs the tools to do the job that the public expects.
- EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson

Environmental Working Group is a research organization based in Washington, D.C. that uses the power of information to protect human health and the environment.  Many may have just learned of the EWG due to their amazing research on cell phone radiation that made the headlines a few months ago.  (You can visit their site on that topic by clicking here.) but I found them and the eye-opening research they do when I began researching living a toxin-free lifestyle.    Their sites like the Cosmetic Database (a.k.a. Skin Deep), The Kids-Safe Chemicals Act Interactive Magazine [to list a few] are nearly daily tools in my constant research for toxin-free products to use in my home and on my body.  On October 6, in a first-of-its-kind conference, EWG brought together more than 150 representatives of government, academia, the environmental community and industry. The subject was chemicals policy and everyone had one thought in mind:

The time has come for comprehensive reform of our nation’s outdated system for chemicals regulation. It has failed to ensure that the health of our children — and of all Americans — is no longer threatened by the thousands of chemicals encountered in daily life. As a result, consumers no longer trust that the products they are being sold are safe.

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson joined the cause because she agrees that now is the time for change. Her keynote address signaled that the Administration is ready to take on chemicals policy reform.

Click here for blog updates, photos and video from the conference, including excerpts from Administrator Jackson’s keynote address.

Here’s a quick video from the meeting.