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Sign the Petition for PVC-Free Shower Curtains!

Are there toxic ties to your shower curtain? The familiar new shower curtain smell may be toxic to your health, according to a new study by CHEJ.

New laboratory testing found PVC shower curtains can release over 100 chemicals into the air, some of which can damage the respiratory and reproductive systems, and even cause cancer. The good news is safer PVC-free curtains are widely available.

Join us in demanding safer PVC-free products for our homes, families, and communities.

Sign the petition below, and then forward it to your friends and family. After we gather enough signatures, we'll deliver the petition to major retailers like Wal-Mart.

I'm concerned about the results of the new study, Volatile Vinyl - the New Shower Curtain's Chemical Smell, which found the new shower curtain smell may be toxic to my health.

I'm shocked to find out that polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic shower curtains can release over 100 chemicals into the air, some of which are linked to serious adverse health impacts.

In light of this new study, I call on you to develop a concrete plan to phase out PVC shower curtains, switch to safer PVC-free shower curtains, and label PVC-free shower curtains as such.   In the interim, warning labels should be placed on PVC shower curtains to alert customers to the fact that over 100 chemicals can be released during use in the home.

Thank you for your attention to this critical matter.

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To learn more about the "new shower curtain's" toxic smell, visit http://www.chej.org/showercurtainreport

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Number	Date	Name	Location	How do you feel about toxic chemicals in the "new shower curtain smell"? Sign me up for important PVC action alerts
2091	May 07, 2013	Maria OBrien	Upper Tantallon, NS, CA	Opened some new vinyl wallpaper and the smell reminded me of a new shower curtain. Started researching VOC and came accross this report and website. People have to be aware its in all soft plastic. The more I looked around the more I notice them ever where. What about the rain guards for baby strollers. People are basically wrapping their babies in PVCs!
2090	April 23, 2013	Hope Gerecht	Stevenson, MD, US
2089	March 29, 2013	Jana Brown	Wilbraham, MA, US
2088	March 22, 2013	Erica Streit-Kaplan	Newton, MA, US
2087	March 14, 2013	Simon Wakefield	London, ON, CA	My girlfriend and I open a new one and put it up. To make a long story short, I ended up at the hospital and we both are sick and have severe chemical sensitivities, especially to phthalates. The MD's had/have no idea what to do. I'm looking for EDTA treatments or anything that could maybe help lower our sensitivities. We can't go anywhere like a mall or theatre or restaurant. This is real and very bad. PS we also need to get antimony out of plastics and our society.
2086	February 09, 2013	patrick swope	belle plaine , MN, US	this kind of crap HAS to stop
2085	December 08, 2012	Jamie Barrios	Columbia, MD, US	worried for all the children
2084	November 28, 2012	gretchen jewell	cullowhee, NC,
2083	November 25, 2012	Paula Waggott	Whitby, ON, CA
2082	August 27, 2012	Peggy Adams	Waxahachie, TX, US
2081	August 23, 2012	melinda dudlely	san diego , CA, US
2080	August 08, 2012	Jose Pedro Pola de Jesus	San Jose, CA, US
2079	July 01, 2012	Joanna Diavatis	Yorba Linda, , US
2078	June 14, 2012	Willa Bandler	Walpole, MA,
2077	May 31, 2012	jessica holtz	Vancouver, BC, CA	It's disgusting that we harm people, our families & friends, developing toxic products for the all mighty dollar. Is someone's life really worth it, Walmart?
2076	April 28, 2012	Marnie Fletcher	Livingston, TX, US
2075	March 31, 2012	MC UNDERWOOD	CHESTERFIELD, VA, US	We will all pay the price of long term exposure to these toxins with increased medical expenses of our children and grandchildren. Why can't we make simple household products WITHOUT these harmful toxins??
2074	March 07, 2012	JAN SYKORA	SAN DIEGO, CA,
2073	February 24, 2012	Deborah Plashko	Vancouver, WA, US
2072	February 22, 2012	cat ringeisen	woodbury, CT, US
2071	February 18, 2012	natasha challapally	newyork, NY, US	Enough with having stuff around our homes where our kids are forced to live in an unsafe environment. PVC is toxic, potentially dangerous and could kill us. Time to get stop ignoring the matter, get everyone educated about it and lets live in a non toxic environment.
2070	February 11, 2012	Lillian Wallace	Gulf Breeze, FL,
2069	February 05, 2012	sarah garcia	tybee island, GA, US
2068	February 02, 2012	Jacqueline Carson	Oak Park, IL,
2067	January 23, 2012	Elizabeth Ellis	Alpharetta, GA, US	Save our landfills.

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