The seven-term congressman…has called out the fossil fuel industry on its long campaign of disinformation on global warming, and pushed for legislation to phase out fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

"It's urgent that the Department of Health and Governor Hochul act swiftly to set low cumulative thresholds for PFAS chemicals - as close to zero as possible. It's also critical to recognize that the entire class of PFAS chemicals -over 9,000 individual structures- have been indicted for their harm on human health. We can't wait to address these one, two, or even ten at a time. An overall, low threshold must be set," said Bobbi Wilding, Executive Director of Clean+Healthy.

'There's no law that says that a company has to tell you every single thing that's in a mattress,' Bobbi Wilding, executive director of Clean and Healthy New York, told the Times. 

'So whatever they tell you is what they're choosing to tell you, and that leaves people incredibly vulnerable because you have to just rely on what they say.' 

Advocates like Clean & Healthy New York want limits on toxics including phthalates included in an extended producer responsibility bill, S 1185C. Bobbi Wilding, the group’s executive director, said it’s also pushing for A 143 / S 3331 which would restrict toxics like phthalates in cosmetics.

Wilding said groups like hers are looking to move past phthalate restrictions to the source by limiting the use of vinyl—which phthalates are added to—in consumer packaging.

“We want to focus on taking as big of bite as we can,” Wilding said.

“Bobbi Wilding has a hawk’s eye for spotting toxic chemicals in consumer products like mattresses, cleaning agents, outdoor apparel and gear, and even children’s furniture and toys. She also has state officials’ ears: Gov. Kathy Hochul in early January signed bills banning products with flame retardant chemicals in furniture, laptops and TVs, and state Attorney General Letitia James demanded baby food companies stop advertising that their goods were free of heavy metals despite tests revealing lead, cadmium and arsenic.”

“No one likes to be misled. Parents need to know that information about products - especially food - that companies provide is accurate, so they can make the best choices for their family,” said Bobbi Wilding, executive director, Clean and Healthy New York and director, national Getting Ready for Baby campaign.” False advertising and greenwashing - claiming things are safer or healthier than they are - hurts everyone…”