Bill, which now heads to Senate, would ban a dozen highly toxic chemicals from personal care products FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2020 CONTACT:Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, 415-539-5005, erika@bcpp.orgLaura Deehan, CALPIRG, 415-420-4710,...
JUNE 9, 2020 We are in the midst of a crucial uprising in response to the endless police brutality against Black lives. The past week further illuminated the generational trauma and grief experienced by Black people and all people of color across the globe, a result...
BCPP’s Changemakers’ Chat webinar interview series is bringing together the BCPP community and our partners during this time of uncertainty. This month, join BCPP and pioneering Founder and Co-CEO, Susan Griffin-Black, for a discussion on clean beauty,...
Statement on George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery JUNE 2, 2020 Today and every day, we at BCPP stand in solidarity against racism. The Black community faces the highest risk of dying from breast cancer, something we work on every day, and yet there...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 29, 2019 CONTACT: Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners Lisette van Vliet, (530) 764-8719 Anne Hawke, ahawke@nrdc.org, (646) 823-4518 Caroline Cox, caroline@ceh.org, (541) 654-2626 Ryan Talbott,...
MAY 21, 2020 CONTACT:Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners In a stunning victory for public health, Johnson & Johnson announced it will stop selling its iconic baby powder in the US and Canada. J&J’s surprise move came in response to both a decline...
Scents are important. Probably more important than you (or most people) think. Especially when it comes to memory, sensations, and even the bonding experience between baby and mother. We are triggered by the past and introduced to the new, but what exactly is at the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 29, 2020 CONTACT: Alex P. Kellogg, Communications Strategist, Coming Clean 802-251-0203 x709 Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners WASHINGTON — More than 150 affected communities, environmental justice organizations and other...
Video by BCPP Director of Science Sharima Rasanayagam, Ph.D. In this time of uncertainty, and as BCPP’s Director of Science, I wanted to find a way for us to virtually connect. What better way than a video from my bedroom talking safer cleaning products! At...
By BCPP Senior Policy Strategist Nancy Buermeyer As we face this unprecedented global health crisis, you would think that our country’s leaders would do everything in their power to reduce the conditions and exposures that make people more susceptible to the...