Posts with Author: Aurelia Yee

Banning Toxic Chemicals in Food is Possible & has Widespread Impact

Apr 17, 2026

California’s Safer Food Packaging Act of 2025 would ban bisphenol and phthalate chemicals in food packaging. New research shows eliminating phthalates, bisphenols, PFAS, and harmful pesticides in food systems could save trillions in preventable health and environmental costs.

BCPP Overview: Does Hair Dye Increase Breast Cancer Risk?

Feb 23, 2026

Is there a confirmed link between hair dye and breast cancer? The short answer is: not definitively for most women — but the picture is more concerning for Black women specifically. Overall, the results of studies that have looked at possible links between hair dyes...

BCPP Overview: Does Hair Straightener Use Increase Breast Cancer Risk?

Feb 23, 2026

What are chemical hair straighteners, and what chemicals do they contain? Chemical hair straighteners — also called relaxers — are products used to permanently or semi-permanently alter the structure of hair, making it straight or less curly. These products tend to be...

BCPP Overview: Introducing the State of the Evidence Database

Feb 23, 2026

Your Searchable Guide to Breast Cancer and the Environment What does the science actually say about the link between the environment and breast cancer? For decades, that question has been difficult to answer — not because the evidence doesn’t exist, but because it has...

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