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Hilstrom Authors Toxic Free Kids Act

Friday, March 11, 2016

SAINT PAUL, MN – On the first day of session, Representative Debra Hilstrom (DFL-Brooklyn Center) introduced HF 2717, the Toxic Free Kids Act. The bill requires that manufactures report if they are using one of nine chemicals in a children’s product that the Minnesota Department of Health has determined to be toxic and hazardous to children’s health.

 

“I am proud to author the Toxic Free Kids Act,” said Rep. Hilstrom. “This legislation gives parents, grandparents, and everyday Minnesotans the choice to find out if there is something harmful in the products that we give our children to use every day.”

 

The Toxic Free Kids Act does not regulate chemicals or products, it requires manufactures to disclose if one of the nine harmful chemicals is used in a children’s product. Below is a list of the nine chemicals and which health systems they can effect:

 

Bisphenol A – Development

Cadmium –Kidney and skeletal systems

Decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) – Disrupts nervous system

Formaldehyde - Cancer, eye irritant, respiratory system, skin

Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) - Development, thyroid

Lead - Development, nervous system, reproduction

Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) - Development, reproduction

Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) - Development, reproduction

Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) - Development, reproduction

 

A full list of the priority chemicals with examples of which products they are commonly found in can be found here.

 

Rep. Hilstrom can be contacted by email at rep.debra.hilstrom@house.mn or by phone at 651-296-3709.

 

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