Posts with Author: Emily Reuman

FDA Allows Hormone-Disrupting Phthalates in Food Packaging

Chemicals can leach into food and drinks, causing infertility, birth defects, and harm to brain development FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2022 CONTACT:Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention PartnersErin Fitzgerald, Earthjustice WASHINGTON, DC—The Food and Drug...

Happy Earth Day! BCPP Spring 2022 Bulletin

Happy Earth Day! At BCPP, earth day is every day. And we’ve been busy as ever this first quarter, protecting people and the planet from toxic chemical exposure! Check out our BCPP Bulletin for updates below and please consider making a donation to sustain our...

BCPP’s 30 for 30

  Spotlighting 30 Faces of Prevention from the last 30 Years For our 30th birthday, we honor 30 individuals who’ve demonstrated their commitment to breast cancer prevention over the last 30 years! Amy AnaLoan officer, pharmacist, mother/wife Since my cancer...

Healthy Living Tips from a Scientist: Diet, Nutrition, & Breast Cancer

Interview with Dr. Elisa V. Bandera, MD, PhD, Professor and Chief, Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes; Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control, and Unilever Endowed Chair for the Study of Diet and Nutrition in the Prevention of Chronic Disease, Rutgers Cancer...

Saying farewell to BCPP Director of Science, Dr. Rasanayagam, Ph.D.

Dr. Sharima Rasanayagam, Ph.D., joined BCPP as our founding Director of Science. For over a decade, she spearheaded BCPP’s science efforts, ensuring that everything we do and say is backed by credible, peer-reviewed science. Science is the backbone of all that we...

California bill would ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from cosmetics

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 18, 2022 MEDIA CONTACTS: Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, media@bcpp.org, (415) 539-5005 Jen Engstrom, CALPIRG, jengstrom@calpirg.org (916) 524-1145 Monica Amarelo, EWG, monica@ewg.org, (202) 939-9140 SACRAMENTO — On...

People of Color Must Be Protected from Toxic Phthalates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 10, 2021 CONTACT: Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention PartnersTaylor Moore, Defend of Health, 207-699-5798  Feds Must Assess Cumulative Impacts from All Sources of Chemical Exposure WAHINGTON, D.C. — In comments submitted on December...

BCPP’s Clean V-Day Gift Guide 2022

Clean Valentine’s Day offers from BCPP’s Partners to you!  This Valentine’s Day, our partners in prevention are bringing you cleaner products that value your health and the planet. Check out the lovely products below! Inspired by our partners at...

Faces of Prevention Pt. 6: Dr. Jasmine McDonald

Guest Post by Dr. Jasmine McDonald, BCPP Board Member  Like all women, I am many things. First and foremost, I am a Black mother. After that, in no particular order, I am a daughter, a sister, an auntie, an educator, an author, a scientist, a doctor, a researcher, a...

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