The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suffer from a shocking lack of information about the chemicals used in consumer products, including foods. Manufacturers use about 80,000 different chemicals in consumer products. But under the Toxic Substances Control Act, regulators have very little or no information about how these chemicals may impact human health.

Case in point: Kellogg's recently recalled 28 million boxes of Corn Pops, Honey Smacks, Froot Loops, and Apple Jacks after people noticed an "off-taste and odor in the food." Kellogg's identified the problem as a chemical called 2-methylnaphthalene, which had accidentally transferred from the packaging. The chemical caused many eaters to experience nausea and diarrhea. Despite years of trying to obtain it from the industry, the FDA and the EPA still don't have enough data on this chemical to know exactly what risks exposure to this substance might carry.

The Toxic Chemicals Safety Act, which was recently introduced in the House, along with the Safe Chemicals Act aim to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act. If passed, these two bills would provide regulators with more information on these chemicals and would require industry to prove a chemical will not harm human health before it can be used in a product.

Sign our petition asking your senators and state representative to support this legislation and provide much-needed reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act.