Safe & Healthy Maryland

Current Campaigns

Kid-Safe Chemical Act

No law requires the industries that produce the chemicals in everyday products prove they are safe for our communities and our children's health. We know that it's possible to produce a water bottle that is both safe and convenient. It’s time for a new way of doing business.

Toxic-Free Future

Many of our household products that we use every day contain toxic chemicals. This winter, we have an opportunity to ban two of the worst toxic chemicals threatening children's health. More.

Toxic Toys

Each year around the holidays, Maryland PIRG releases an annual toy safety survey to give parents information about unsafe toys on store shelves. We also advocate for safer children's products in Annapolis and Washington, D.C. More.

Right to Know

Maryland PIRG is working to give citizens more information about pollution releases in their communities and replace toxic chemicals with safer alternatives. More.

Overview

All Marylanders deserve to live in a healthy and toxic-free environment. Unfortunately, conditions like cancer, birth defects and childhood asthma are all linked to chemicals commonly found in popular consumer products, released into our air and water, or dumped into toxic waste sites right in our neighborhoods. Marylanders PIRG stands up to polluters to ensure that the American public has full knowledge about hazardous material in our communities and that polluters stop using the most dangerous chemicals.

Results

Maryland PIRG helped pass legislation to make restaurants and bars in Maryland smoke-free. The law takes effect February 1, 2008 and makes Maryland the 18th state to go smoke-free in all public places.

Reports

Mind, Disrupted 2/04/2010

The Health Case for Reforming the Toxic Substance Control Act 1/21/2010

Toxic Baby Furniture: The Latest Case for Making Products Safe from the Start 6/10/2008

More Reports

Reports

Mind, Disrupted 2/04/2010

The Health Case for Reforming the Toxic Substance Control Act 1/21/2010

Toxic Baby Furniture: The Latest Case for Making Products Safe from the Start 6/10/2008

More Reports

"Every day, millions and millions of Americans, including people in Baltimore, are put at risk unnecessarily with exposure to deadly chemicals like chlorine gas," said Johanna Neumann, Maryland PIRG State Director.