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The Washington State Departments of Ecology and Health are preparing a Draft Phthalates Action Plan (AP) to identify the potential health and environmental effects of phthalate chemicals and recommend strategies to reduce or eliminate those impacts in Washington. We will use this website to share documents and project details with stakeholders.

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The Action Plan Scope of Work

Ecology and Health worked with an advisory committee, including representatives from industry, tribal nations, local governments, environmental groups, and academia, to develop the Final Phthalates Action Plan Scope of Work. Scroll down for a list of advisory committee members.

We held scoping meetings with the committee in February, March, and August 2022 to develop the topics we'll cover in the action plan.

Preliminary Draft Recommendations

We held two advisory committee meetings on October 25, 2022, and November 3, 2022, to present and discuss preliminary draft recommendations. Find the meeting materials in the Documents section below.

We want to hear from you!

We would like your feedback as we determine what recommendations are needed to reduce the use, release, and exposure to phthalates in Washington. You are welcome to complete our online comment form if you'd like to share written feedback about the Phthalates Action Plan. You can also review the input we received during the action plan development process.

Our Phthalates Action Plan team will consider your input as we identify appropriate recommendations and throughout the process of writing the plan.

Phthalates Action Plan Advisory Committee members

• Eileen Conneely, American Chemistry Council
• Tim Shestek, American Chemistry Council
• Peter Godlewski, Association of Washington Business
• Pat Harmon, BASF
• Dana de Leon, City of Tacoma
• Mary Henley, City of Tacoma
• Nicole Thomsen, Collaborative on Health and the Environment & Snohomish County Health District
• David Adenuga, ExxonMobil Chemical Company
• Nsilo Berry, Healthy Building Network
• Teresa McGrath, Healthy Building Network
• Carrie Brown, Household and Commercial Products Association
• Ashley Evans, King County Hazardous Waste Management Program
• Tony Garcia, Multicare Health System
• Larry Dunn, National Tribal Toxics Council
• Amy Ohlinger, Northwest Biosolids
• Daniel Thompson, Northwest Biosolids Board
• Sheela Sathyanarayana, Seattle Children's Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit
• Shirlee Tan, Public Health Seattle King County
• Mike LaScuola, Spokane Regional Health District
• Erika Schreder, Toxic-Free Future
• Laurie Valeriano, Toxic-Free Future
• Grant Nelson, True North Public Affairs (Representing the American Chemistry Council)
• Dom DeCaria, Vinyl Institute
• Cristina Indiveri, Vizient
• Jody Snyder, Washington Refuse and Recycling Association
• Heather Trim, Zero Waste Washington
• Lauren Heine, ChemForward

Other phthalates resources

• Washington Department of Ecology's phthalates webpage.
• Washington Department of Health's BPA and phthalates webpage.
• Washington Department of Ecology's Safer Products for Washington program, implementing RCW 70A.350.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Biomonitoring Program phthalate fact sheet.

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Contact

Cheryl Niemi
Department of Ecology | Hazardous Waste & Toxics Reduction Program
360-338-2913| ChemActionPlans@ecy.wa.gov