Safer States

What it is

Safer States is a national alliance of environmental health organizations and coalitions working on state chemical policy. It was founded in 2005 by Clean Water Action-Massachusetts, Defend Our Health, and Toxic-Free Future.

What it covers

State legislation on toxic chemicals in products, including a bill tracker of policies proposed and adopted across states.

How to verify

The bill tracker is on saferstates.org. Each bill can be confirmed on the state legislature's own site.

How SafeMama uses it

Used to find which states have restricted a chemical in a product category; the state law itself is what SafeMama cites.

Limitations / conflicts

An advocacy alliance. Its tracker is a finding aid, and bill status changes, so SafeMama dates every such statement.