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Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced draft legislation that reads like a chemical industry wish list. We are calling it The Toxic Act—because it would lead to more toxic chemicals, more cancer, and more polluter profits. 

Bisphenols are one of many hazardous chemicals Washington state has examined under the Safer Products for Washington law. We reached out to 46 major retailers to ask them about their plans for compliance, and the good news is, Washington isn’t the only state that stands to benefit.

EPA’s announcement that it intends “to regulate dozens of uses of five phthalates” follows a familiar and troubling pattern: chemical industry science and corporate profits prioritized over the health of our families.

Toxic-Free Future, Safer States, and more than 250 state, local, and national public health and environmental groups sent a joint letter to Congress this week, urging lawmakers to reject the chemical lobby’s efforts to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the main federal law governing chemicals made, imported, or used in the U.S. The […]

Packaging home improvement products in PVC doesn’t improve our homes; it threatens our health, safety, and environment. Our new research shows that The Home Depot can and must do more to rid their stores of the poison plastic.

We at Toxic-Free Future are mourning the loss of one of Washington’s greatest environmental health heroes—Dr. Steven Gilbert, whose passion for children’s health and science shaped not only our work at Toxic-Free Future but the environmental health field as a whole.

A few weeks ago, Walmart dropped some big news in its sustainability report: the company reduced its toxic chemical footprint! Walmart’s announcement shows us progress is possible, and that retailers don’t need to sacrifice market success in order to achieve change.

In August 2025, Washington became the first state in the U.S. to comprehensively ban all formaldehyde-releasing chemicals in cosmetics. This is a major win for protecting all people from dangerous chemicals, and scientific evidence confirms that this is especially good news for women of color and workers like cosmetologists, hairdressers, and other salon employees.

Earlier this year, we received an incredibly generous legacy gift from former board member Jean Day's estate. It has been an enormous boost to our organization at a critical time. We are deeply grateful to Jean for her extraordinary generosity, which is allowing us to deliver results that are building the toxic-free future she envisioned. 

Toxic-Free Future and 14 other groups are calling on Washington’s Department of Ecology to strengthen its proposed PFAS regulation under the Safer Products for Washington Act. In addition to leading a joint letter, Toxic-Free Future submitted technical comments and a petition signed by over 200 people—all urging Ecology to close dangerous loopholes and ban PFAS in cookware and other everyday products.