MT mom and Jessica Alba team up with Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Coalition
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 5:52 PM by Angela Douglas - Q2 News Updated: Nov 30, 2011 6:17 PM BILLINGS - More than 80,000 chemicals are used in the U.S. and only about 200 of those have been tested by the Environmental Protection Agency. "There's so many chemicals now that are being put into products that are not being tested," says Lewistown resident and concerned mother of two, Smith Works. "So we don't know if they're harmful or if they're not." Most parents try to keep harmful chemicals out of their homes and away from their children, but that task is nearly impossible. "Shocked to find that there are so many toxic chemicals in everyday products," admits Hollywood actress and mother of two, Jessica Alba. Alba and thousands of other mothers, including Works, have joined the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Coalition in hopes of convincing congress to pass the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011. "It does two basic things," states SCHF Campaig...