Today a coalition of health, consumer and environmental advocacy organizations including BCPP filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit aimed at forcing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to decide whether to prohibit seven cancer-causing artificial chemicals from use in food as flavors. These chemicals have been used in beverages, baked goods, candy, chewing gum, and ice cream.
New report by the Breast Cancer Fund shows you should be worried about more than checking your children’s Halloween candy this year.
Enormous effort and resources were committed to making this legislation better, but still could not accomplish all that was needed to ensure, in the end, that public health will trump chemical industry profit.
Campbell’s announced yesterday they are eliminating BPA in North American cans by mid- 2017.
Nearly 200 Cans Analyzed for BPA from Campbell’s, Del Monte, General Mills, Kroger, Albertsons and More. BPA is an endocrine-disrupting chemical that negatively impacts our hormonal systems.
Final recommendations released today by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force echo those in 2009 that moved the beginning age for annual mammograms from 40 to 50 and started a national conversation that ignited fear and confusion in women across the country.
United State Senate just passed legislation amending the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for the first time since the original bill became law in 1976.
New report from Breast Cancer Fund’s Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reveals toxic contaminants in L’Oréal Garnier and P&G Cover Girl products.
Breast Cancer Fund, scientists, doctors and labor advocates call for immediate action to reduce and eliminate exposure to toxic chemicals and radiation that contribute to an increased risk of breast cancer.
For the first time in more than 75 years, Congress is poised to close the gaping holes in the outdated federal law that allows the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects, learning disabilities and other illnesses and chronic diseases in the personal care products we slather on our children and on our bodies every day.
