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# Just published! The 2014 Back-to-School Guide - Newsletter from CHEJ
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/the_2014_back-to-school_guide_0821140744/
- Published: 2014-08-21T20:42:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-20T15:58:44.000Z
- Description: The Center for Health, Environment and Justice released its seventh annual Back to School Guide to PVC-free school supplies, covering more than 40 product categories plus a wallet-sized version, and citing elevated phthalate levels its research found in common supplies.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Environment, Health News, #vivvo-import

Hey CHEJ supporters, we've got fantastic news! Our **Back to School Guide to PVC-free School Supplies** is ready so head on over to our site to download it now before you go shopping for your kids this coming back-to-school season!  
  
Our 7th annual guide features the best tips to avoid phthalate-laden vinyl plastic in popular children's school supplies in over 40 product categories, from backpacks and binders to laptops and lunch boxes. Over the past few weeks, our staff scoured the internet and store shelves to find the latest and best PVC-free products available for your family. We've created this guide to empower parents, teachers and consumers across the country to find safer school supplies. We even put together a new wallet-sized version that you can easily print and take to the store!  
  
**Why shop for PVC-free School Supplies?**

Vinyl is the most toxic plastic on the planet. From production to use to disposal, vinyl uses and releases hazardous chemicals linked to asthma, cancer and birth defects that are building up in our children's bodies and food supply. Our research has uncovered elevated levels of toxic phthalates in common school supplies, like Disney products.

***Thankfully safer products are available - there's no need for us to use this poison plastic!***  
  
So go ahead and check out our Back to School Guide to PVC-free School Supplies, and share it with your friends and family today:  
[http://chej.org/wp-content/uploads/PVC-Back-to-School-Guide-2014-REP-015.pdf](http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ns6wq%2Fn5%2FS4xDb8fu3kdeqqZ7v2yRz7B&ref=foodconsumer.org)  
  
Yours for a healthy future,

Lois Gibbs  
Executive Director  
Center for Health, Environment and Justice  
  
CHEJ, 105 Rowell Court, First Floor, Falls Church, VA 22046