Petition · past parliament
Products must have warning labels if they contain harmful toxic chemicals.
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
The products we use everyday could have harmful toxic chemicals that could be destroying our health every single day. Exposure to toxic chemicals such as Bisphenol A (BPA) and Phthalates could cause problems with the reproductive system. Therefore we must know about what chemicals are in products.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071371/
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7530144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396757/
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7530144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396757/
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Suppliers are already required to label hazardous goods, so we're not clear what it is you'd like the Government to do.
Decisions on which materials should be classed as hazardous are the responsibility of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), not the UK Government or Parliament. You can find out more about this here: https://www.hse.gov.uk/chemical-classification/labelling-packaging/index.htm
You could start a petition calling for manufacturers to be required to label each individual hazardous component on goods available to the public, if that is something you'd like to see happen.
Decisions on which materials should be classed as hazardous are the responsibility of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), not the UK Government or Parliament. You can find out more about this here: https://www.hse.gov.uk/chemical-classification/labelling-packaging/index.htm
You could start a petition calling for manufacturers to be required to label each individual hazardous component on goods available to the public, if that is something you'd like to see happen.
Timeline
| 5 Jun 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 10 Jun 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
10 Jun 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.