Grant Program Health and Environment

To support the Chemical Footprint Project’s efforts to set the global standard for measuring corporate progress toward safer chemicals.

To further analyze study data measuring whether changes in personal behavior resulted in a reduction of flame retardant exposure, and to report findings to study participants.

To provide high quality, in-depth sustainability information about chemicals, mixtures, and materials used for a diverse array of products and industrial sectors.

To ensure that Vermont’s chemical regulations are fully implemented and to apply mandatory corporate reporting to compel manufactures to adopt safer alternatives in their products.

To promote consumer products free of toxic chemicals, particularly when they affect children, by advancing policy and market solutions in New York State.

To develop and implement model policies and practices that increase the purchase of products free of priority chemicals.

To reduce the use of the three most harmful classes of chemicals found in furniture—flame retardants, stain repellants, and microbicides—by accelerating market demand for furniture without these chemicals among large private and public customers.

To enable Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families to educate the public about federal chemicals policy and to significantly improve chemicals management of the largest retailers in the United States.

To raise awareness in Connecticut of the impacts of toxic chemical exposures from consumer products and to press for market changes, purchasing practices, and updated policies that decrease those exposures.