Ecological Rights Foundation’s consumer protection work is rooted in our belief that consumers have the right to know when we are exposed to harmful chemicals, and about the potential health effects from those exposures. Without that information, we are robbed of the opportunity to make well informed decisions to protect our families.

When consumer products threaten the health of our children and families, EcoRights takes legal action to stop the harm. One particularly effective legal tool is California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65), overwhelmingly approved by California voters to protect them from toxic exposures. The law protects drinking water in California from pollution by cancer-causing chemicals or chemicals that cause reproductive or developmental harm. The law also requires businesses to notify citizens before they expose them to harmful chemicals in the water, air, or in consumer products.

Through research and testing, EcoRights has discovered thousands of consumer products that expose our children and families to harmful chemicals. EcoRights and our partners in consumer protection campaigns have used Proposition 65 to force hundreds of major manufacturers and importers to reduce or eliminate health threats to consumers. We believe that citizens have a right to know which products will expose them to toxic threats, and we’ll continue to force more manufacturers to seek out safe alternatives.