By Sydney Murphy HealthDay Reporter
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay Information) — Do the vast majority of Individuals need authorities to ensure the merchandise they purchase are freed from dangerous chemical compounds?
Sure, a brand new survey reveals, and they’re even keen to pay extra to get that assurance of security.
“At a time when most points are politically polarized, the difficulty of holding folks secure from dangerous chemical compounds finds widespread settlement amongst Democrats, Republicans and Unbiased voters,” stated Celinda Lake, president of Lake Analysis Companions, which carried out the ballot. The Program on Reproductive Well being and the Setting (PRHE) on the College of California, San Francisco (UCSF), commissioned the survey.
Greater than 90% of these polled wished the U.S. authorities to require merchandise to be screened for dangerous chemical compounds and confirmed secure earlier than market approval. The survey, carried out between Could 25 and June 5, gathered 1,200 responses from registered American voters.
The survey discovered:
- 92% of voters agreed, and 63% of voters strongly agreed, that the U.S. authorities ought to make corporations show that their merchandise are secure earlier than promoting them.
- 93% of voters agreed, and 62% strongly agreed, that corporations ought to do a greater job of eliminating dangerous chemical compounds from shopper merchandise.
- 88% of voters agreed that corporations ought to do a greater job of taking plastics out of shopper merchandise and lowering their use of plastic packaging.
- 76% of the Individuals who took the survey stated they had been nervous about how chemical compounds and plastics contribute to local weather change.
- 54% of these polled stated that chemical laws aren’t robust sufficient, whereas 21% stated they’re about proper and 10% stated they’re too robust.
- The Poisonous Substances Management Act makes it simpler to restrict or ban dangerous chemical compounds to raised shield weak folks like pregnant girls, youngsters and individuals who reside close to factories which might be polluting the encircling space: 89% of voters supported the act, and 56% of them strongly supported it.
- 93% of voters agreed, and 57% strongly agreed, that you will need to eliminate dangerous chemical compounds the place folks reside, work and go to high school, even when it makes some merchandise costlier. The same quantity agreed that it’s important for corporations to maintain dangerous chemical compounds out of on a regular basis merchandise, even when it will increase the price of the merchandise.
- Voters had been nervous about all the chemical compounds requested about within the survey, however they had been most involved about chemical compounds that they ate, drank or breathed in. Nonetheless, they didn’t understand how the system for regulating chemical compounds works.
- About half of individuals (49%) stated that the chemical compounds in meals and shopper items have been examined to ensure they’re secure, which isn’t true.
“Individuals assume that what they purchase is secure, and that just about all the time isn’t the case,” stated Tracey Woodruff, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences who directs the PRHE at UCSF. “The excellent news is that this survey reveals overwhelming assist for the federal government to do a greater job of defending folks from dangerous chemical compounds.”
Extra data
The Environmental Working Group has extra about chemical compounds in shopper merchandise.
SOURCE: College of California, San Francisco, information launch, Oct. 11, 2022
