Toxic chemicals

Our lives are full of chemicals. From toys to computers, carpets to clothes, furniture to washing powder, man-made chemicals are used in virtually all products. Some chemicals are known to be toxic or poisonous, but we know very little about the vast majority. A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that many chemicals are building up in our environment and the human body, and may cause cancers, birth defects, loss of fertility and other long-term health and environmental problems.

Toxic e-waste - a growing problem

In Britain, the days when plumes of black smoke poured from factory chimney stacks are over - chimneys now account for less than 25 per cent of our total exposure to hazardous chemicals. Many of today's most insidious industrial poisons are invisible. Although emitted unobserved, these chemicals threaten our rivers and lakes, our air, land, oceans, and ultimately ourselves and our future.

We are campaigning for a future free from toxic chemicals. We believe that a clean, toxics-free world is achievable, but only if we begin to phase out harmful chemicals from all production processes, and start the process of working towards producing zero waste.