I have watched toxic chemicals steal health and futures.

My mother died of Hodgkin’s disease at 29. My own children, like countless others grapple with mental-health challenges that science is increasingly linking to invisible, man-made poisons.

After twenty-five years working inside production and distribution, I can tell you the quiet truth: our homes are chemical landfills. Couches, carpets, electronics, even the “eco-friendly” ones, many are saturated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and tens of thousands of other synthetic compounds. Over 86,000 chemicals are legally permitted in everyday goods with little or no testing for long-term impact.

These so-called “forever chemicals” don’t disappear. They bio-accumulate in our water, our soil, and our bodies. They are tied to cancer, hormone disruption, infertility, and developmental damage in children. Yet companies keep collecting record profits while passing the cleanup bill to our families and our planet.

Why Disclosure Is the Turning Point

It’s not enough to shout “ban toxins.” We need transparency first.
Mandatory Digital Product Passports; clear, standardized chemical disclosure for every durable good will:

• Expose the hidden cost of petrochemicals. When every couch, mattress, and carpet lists its chemical content, the public will finally see how deep the contamination goes.
• Create market pressure overnight. When consumers can compare a toxic sofa to a hemp-fiber alternative in one glance, dollars shift instantly.
• Level the playing field for safer industries. Companies investing in hemp, bamboo, and other regenerative materials will finally compete on visible merit instead of being drowned out by fossil-fuel subsidies and greenwashing.

Transparency is the economic domino that lets the next era of materials; hemp insulation, bamboo composites, non-toxic finishes, scale at speed. This isn’t charity; it’s how we build an entirely new bio-economy that keeps wealth circulating locally while healing the planet.

Our Demands
We call on policymakers to:

1. Mandate Digital Product Passports for all durable goods within the next legislative cycle.
2. Phase out and restrict PFAS and other high-risk synthetic chemicals, with strict penalties for violators.
3. Invest in research and commercialization of safer alternatives. Including regenerative raw materials such as industrial hemp and bamboo to ensure industry cannot hide behind the excuse of “no other option.”

The Future We Choose

This petition is more than a plea for safety—it’s a blueprint for economic transformation. Full chemical disclosure is the key that unlocks private investment, drives consumer choice, and rewards businesses that build with clean, renewable feedstocks.

When we know what’s in our products, we can finally move our money away from petrochemical giants and toward a new generation of manufacturers who grow solutions instead of drilling for them.

Your signature is not just a protest; it is leverage.
It tells legislators and corporations that the era of fossil foolery is over and the age of hemp, bamboo, and regenerative industry has begun.

Sign this petition to demand mandatory chemical disclosure and help build the safer, bio-based economy our families deserve.