New Jersey joins states seeking to ban toxic chemicals in baby products by Peggy O’Crowley/The Star-Ledger Tuesday February 26, 2008, 5:47 PM New Jersey is joining a growing number of states seeking to ban potentially toxic chemicals found in name-brand children’s baby bottles, toys, powders and lotions. Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D-Middlesex) introduced a bill this week to bar the sale and manufacture of any children’s products containing two chemicals, bisphenol A and phthalates.