{"id":30307,"date":"2026-07-13T11:16:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=30307"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:16:37","slug":"sen-ossoff-pressing-trump-admin-to-protect-children-from-dangerous-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-pressing-trump-admin-to-protect-children-from-dangerous-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Pressing Trump Admin to Protect Children from Dangerous Chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. <\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pressing the Trump Administration to protect children from dangerous chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff is demanding answers from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin following reports<\/a>\u00a0that the Trump Administration is undermining efforts to protect children from risks associated with common household chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year ago, the EPA determined<\/a> that dibutyl phthalate (DBP), a widely used artificial plastic additive found in common household products, may \u201csignificantly contribute to unreasonable risk to human health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, just a year later, the EPA backtracked <\/a>and reduced the list of risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to research published<\/a> in the scientific journal Cuidado de salud<\/em>, chemicals like DBP interfere with hormones in the human body, and chronic exposure can impact pregnancy, child growth and development, and reproductive health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Trump Administration claims to prioritize \u2018Make America Healthy Again\u2019 (MAHA) policies. Yet you are reportedly wielding the President\u2019s so-called \u2018Restoring Gold Standard Science\u2019 executive order to pressure EPA scientists into downplaying the hazards associated with household chemicals,\u201d Sen. Ossoff wrote to EPA Administrator Zeldin. <\/strong>\u201cI am concerned that political interference is influencing the risk assessments for chemicals used in everyday children\u2019s toys, cosmetics, and household cleaners, exposing Georgia families and children to unnecessary risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues working to protect Georgia kids from harmful chemicals and contaminants.

In July, Sens. Ossoff and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced<\/a> the bipartisan No Lead in Toys Act<\/em> to help protect children from toxic chemicals in toys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last December, Sen. Ossoff urged<\/a> the EPA to reinstate a grant made to Emory University to research children\u2019s exposure to lead, heavy metals, and other contaminants in West Atlanta following the discovery<\/a> of dangerously high levels of lead in some West Atlanta yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last April, Sen. Ossoff demanded<\/a> answers from baby formula producers Abbott Nutrition and Mead Johnson about recent reports<\/a> of toxic chemicals found in formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Sen. Ossoff pressed<\/a> the GAO and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to improve efficiency and coordination in processing product recalls in order to protect families from dangerous products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read Sen. Ossoff\u2019s full letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pressing the Trump Administration to protect children from dangerous chemicals. Sen. Ossoff is demanding answers from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin following reports\u00a0that the Trump Administration is undermining efforts to protect children from risks associated with common household chemicals. A year ago, the EPA determined that dibutyl phthalate […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30307","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30309,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30307\/revisions\/30309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}