Crawl to Action

BABIES TAKE A STAND AGAINST TOXINS IN NATIONWIDE
CRAWL TO CAPITOL
Portland Babies Participate in Million Baby Crawl to Demand Stronger Protection from
Toxic Chemicals in Their Homes

WHO:      Hundreds of moms and their babies, including Margie Kelly (Communications Director at Safer Chemicals, Health Families) and Kerri Anne (Mom Blogger of 5 Minutes for Going Green) are taking part in Portland’s “Crawl to Action” event as part of a national initiative called the Million Baby Crawl to encourage Congress to overhaul our nation’s toxics policy.

WHAT:      Seventh Generation, the nation’s leading brand of non-toxic and environmentally-safe household and personal care products, in partnership with noted environmental advocate Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, a coalition of nearly 30 leading non-governmental organizations, have joined together to influence Congress to overhaul our nation’s chemical regulatory law.  Together they launched the Million Baby Crawl, a grassroots effort to raise awareness about the nation’s badly outdated chemical laws and encourage parents everywhere to ask Congress to pass new stronger regulations that will protect the health of all Americans.

Babies in Portland will begin to rattle Washington and take a step – or crawl – in an effort to have their voices heard as they demand stronger laws against toxins.  They will all simultaneously crawl towards a replica Capitol, along with thousands of babies in cities across the country, as part of this national “Crawl To Action” Day.

Every man, every woman, and every child can show their support by going to www.MillionBabyCrawl.com.  All signatures collected online and at the Crawl to Action events will be delivered to Washington in January when voting on toxic reform occurs.

WHY:    Over 1.2 million kids younger than six are unintentionally poisoned in the home each year by things like cosmetics and personal care products, cleaning substances, pain relievers, and cough and cold medicines. Today, the EPA has required testing on just 200 of the more than 80,000 chemical compounds developed for products used in the home.  The newly proposed policy called the Kid-Safe Chemical Act would require that industrial chemicals be safe for infants and children and new chemicals be safety tested before they are put into products; it will also require chemical manufacturers to test and prove that the untested chemicals already on the market are safe in order for them to remain in commerce and that this information is publicly available.