On March 10, the American Nurses Association (ANA) joined a group of health care professionals and lawmakers to speak out against the proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) budget. ANA contends the submitted cuts represent a serious threat to the public’s health, as they would impede and in some instances prohibit the EPA from enforcing the laws that protect the safety of our air and water and protect against hazardous chemical exposures.

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Recently, consumers have become increasingly aware of the potential risks posed by some of the chemicals in the products we use every day, and a few chemicals in particular have gotten a lot of attention. Consumers may be choosing baby bottles made with without bisphenol a (BPA), or perhaps looking for cosmetics that are paraben-free, but these are just the chemicals we know about– the ones that are in the news. What about all the others that haven’t made the headlines?

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The Obama administration has joined the voices of ANA and other health professionals, environmental advocates, states, and even industry calling for reform of our nation’s ineffective and outdated toxic chemicals policy.

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