Safe Kids, Homes, Towns

Each day, Michigan residents are exposed to a wide variety of toxic chemicals through the food we eat, air we breathe, water we drink, and products we use in our homes.

Of the approximately 80,000 chemical compounds in commercial use today in the United States, less than half have had a full battery of tests for human health impacts. Only a small percent of those chemicals tested have been adequately tested to a broad range of impacts, including damage to the nervous system.

This presents a public health concern because many of the most common environmental toxins may be causing unsafe exposures in our homes, workplaces, schools, and neighborhoods.

The Ecology Center serves as a leading advocate for nontoxic products, safe manufacturing, chemical policy reform, and a healthier environment in Michigan and the United States. We work with physicians, nurses, public health professionals, environmentalists, community activists, and elected officials to advocate for better environmental health protection under the law, safer products and manufacturing, and a more health-protective chemical policy. Our major environmental health issues of concern are healthy fish consumption, brominated flame retardants, healthy homes, children’s environmental health, and national chemical policy reform. Our pages on each of these subjects can be explored through the sub-menu to the left.