Posts with Category: advocacy

BCPP Statement on the Veto of AB 823 and SB 682

CONTACTS: Erika Wilhelm, erika@bcpp.org, 415.539.5005 For Immediate Release: October 14, 2025 SACRAMENTO, CA – Over the weekend Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills that Breast Cancer Prevention Partners and our allies cosponsored in the California legislature. AB...

Plastics and the PVC Spill: Ask a Scientist

Welcome to our series: Ask a Scientist With BCPP Science Team Dr. Rainbow Rubin, PhD, MPH, and Pujeeta Chowdhary, MPH You asked about plastics. We have answers. The environmental links to breast cancer are complex. Yet, we all shouldn’t have to be scientists to better...

Faces of Prevention Pt. 4: Lindsey Shelley

Guest Post by Lindsey Shelley, Mindfully Beautiful Mama  As a mother of four daughters, it has always been my mission to lead them on a path that will positively impact their health. Being a mom is no easy task! Knowing that I will not always be able to make choices...

Take PFAS Forever Chemicals Out of Our Takeout

Update: Victory! California Governor Newsom signed the BCPP co-sponsored California Safer Food Packaging and Cookware Act (CA AB1200) into law October 5, 2021. Thank you for all your support!  By BCPP Senior Policy Advocate, Lisette van Vliet In our busy lives, food...

Melissa: My personal breast cancer story

Guest Post by Melissa Gabriel, Wife, Mother, Better Beauty Advocate, Breast Cancer Survivor This Giving Tuesday, join us and honor the many Faces of Prevention. The real people who inspire our daily work to create a toxic-free world. Up first is Melissa, a clean...

Victory! 3 BCPP-Sponsored CA Bills Signed Into Law

Letter from Janet Nudelman, BCPP Director of Program & Policy and Director of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics I am writing to say HOORAY and thank you! Last week CA Governor Newsom signed 3 BCPP-sponsored bills into law, reducing our exposure to chemicals linked...

Cosmetic Safety: 82 years later, have things changed?

By Janet Nudelman, Director of Program & Policy and Director of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics  President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (FDCA) into law in 1938.  Back then, you could rent a house for $27/month, a loaf...

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