In the United States, it is currently law that commercially manufactured mattresses contain chemical fire retardants. Standard chemicals include (but are not limited to): 1) Antimony, a known toxin most similar to lead and arsenic, 2) Boric Acid, a roach killer and known poison to humans, and 3) DBDPO, a flame retardant with unknown effects in humans, but evidence to suggest possible liver, thyroid, reproductive/developmental, and neurological effects. In one study, it was determined that each night spent sleeping on these mattresses, we absorb on average .802mg of Antimony, .081 Boric Acid, .073 DBDPO. These amounts have been shown in infants (using crib mattresses) to adults. *THESE LEVELS OFTEN EXCEED EPA SAFETY STANDARDS* Moreover, according to our laws, in order to purchase a mattress without these toxic chemicals you must obtain a prescription from your doctor. This law hurts consumers and small businesses, making these chemical free mattresses pricey, hard to obtain, unsafe, and environmentally damaging. Please consider signing this petition and send a message to our lawmakers for the right to individually choose a mattress with or without chemicals.

Americans need the Banks to loan money so the housing market can turn the corner. Americans need to be able to refinance their homes,sell their homes and be able to save their homes from foreclosure.

Ordinary people should be able to read and comprehend all legal and governmental documents. These documents have, over the years, evolved into an abstruse foreign language which generates reams of paperwork and requires the services of an expensive translator ( a lawyer, for example). I would like to see some plain English.

Gas is projected to hit $5.00 a gallon by Memorial Day.....What is the reason for this spike......Speculation driving up the market.

This is a blatant example of the wastful spending of taxpayers funds at a local level.

Tell the US government to lead the way in affirming the truth of history. Beginning in 1915, the Young Turk leaders of the Ottoman Empire ensured the deaths of around 1 million Armenians. Government authorized forces drove Armenians from their homes and forced them on death marches which caused the majority of the Armenian population to die. Historians and scholars all over the world recognize these events as genocide against the Armenian people, but the Turkish government denies it to this day, denying the Armenian survivors recognition of their grief. Tell Congress and President Obama to lead the way and not let Turkey white-wash history for its own benefit.

Lisa Barber has been working at Penn for many years..let's keep her here.

The products have also been linked to suicides, not to mention hospitalizations, and on Tuesday investigators confirmed the presence of bath salt drugs in the blood of a man who killed a sheriff's deputy in Tippah County, Miss., ABC News reported. One man barricaded himself in an attic with a rifle, Ryan said, vowing to "kill the monsters before they kill me," while another user vowed to remove their own liver with a mechanical pencil.02-04-2012 http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/649596.html

Human Trafficking is something that is a big problem in the bigger cities. It affects many people that are in "foster care" It is getting worse with time. I wanted to get the word out. There are some websites to help with this problem. Please feel free to look at them. http://www.endhumantrafficking.org/

Ask them to oppose changes in our COLA. Work with the PERS Board to help enure the continued funding of our retirement system.

I calling on you to not vote against public employee pension.

In Iowa it is illegal to visit a CAFO and take photographs or videos of the animals and the conditions in which they live. I want this reversed.