Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. et al v. United States Consumer Product Safety Commission

Filing 28

DECLARATION of Julia Pershan in Support re: 13 MOTION for Summary Judgment.. Document filed by Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Public Citizen, Inc.. (Colangelo, Aaron)

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. et al v. United States Consumer Product Safety Commission

Doc. 28

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ____________________________________ NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE ) COUNCIL, INC., and PUBLIC CITIZEN, ) INC., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT ) SAFETY COMMISSION, ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________)

08 Civ. 10507 (PGG)

DECLARATION OF JULIA PERSHAN I, Julia Pershan, declare as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. I have been a member of the Natural Resources Defense Council since 1998. I live at 1107 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128. I have three children, all girls. They are two, four, and six years old. I often buy toys for my children online. I also buy toys in New York stores--

sometimes general stores, sometimes chains like Target. I also buy child-care products like sippy cups, feeding utensils, and pacifiers, to help with feeding, teething, and sleeping at childcare specific stores in Manhattan and environmentally-geared online stores. 5. I am concerned about my children's exposure to phthalates in toys and child-care

products because there are lots of plastics in toys and many plastics contain phthalates. I've read that many toys contain phthalates. I am concerned about long-term effects, especially given the rise in asthma and cancers, and at this age of huge physical development, I am concerned about the unknown effects down the road. For younger children, who are mouthing toys, toys

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