Posts with Author: Emily Reuman
Affected Communities Urge the Environmental Protection Agency to End the Free Pass It Is Giving Polluters
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...Cleaning Safer and Toxic-Free with BCPP
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...COVID-19: Trump’s EPA fails our health, protects oil and gas industries instead
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...Doing What I Can During COVID-19
Guest Post by BCPP Board Member Mary Pomerantz If we ever needed proof that small, individual acts make a difference, the current pandemic is teaching us this. I’m grateful to support the important work of individuals and organizations who are making the world a...Important Message from our President & CEO: COVID-19
COVID-19 UPDATE FROM BCPP MARCH 18, 2020 Dear friends, BCPP has been closely monitoring COVID-19 and the precautionary measures needed to keep our staff and our community safe. Our hearts go out to anyone who’s been impacted by the virus, either directly or...Q&A with Cynthia Churchwell, 5X New England Peaks for Prevention hiker
Q&A with Cynthia Churchwell, New England Peaks for Prevention Hiker New England Peaks for Prevention is an annual fundraising climb up Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. The idea for this mountain climb originated with Deb Cole, a breast cancer survivor, who...Senator Allen Introduces Bill to Ban PFAS Forever Chemicals in Firefighting Foam in California
PFAS in foam contaminates water sources and poses health risks for firefighters; alternatives work FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 18, 2020 CONTACT: Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners 415-321-292, erika@bcpp.org Allison Towle, Office of Senator Ben Allen,...Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act Would Ban Cosmetics With Chemicals Linked to Cancer or Reproductive Harm
Bill Would Ban 12 Highly Toxic Chemicals FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 21, 2020 CONTACT:Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (415) 539-5005 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Yesterday, the California Assembly reintroduced the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act (A.B. 2762). This...How we can remove toxic chemicals, and stress, from parents’ lives
By BCPP Digital Advocacy Coordinator Kathryn Bache On January 8, I joined 24 women in Sacramento to ask members of the California Assembly to support the California Toxic Free Cosmetic’s Act (AB 495). This bill would ban 13 of the most toxic chemicals currently being...Recent Posts
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