Posts with Category: Press

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...

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...

Safer Beauty Bill Package Press Briefing

At a Glance A suite of four new bills will be introduced in Congress this summer 2021 to make beauty and personal care products safer for everyone by getting the toxic chemicals out, reducing unsafe chemical exposures for the most vulnerable, and making ingredient...

New Federal Bill Package Will Make Safer Beauty Available to All

This suite of federal safer beauty bills addresses gaping holes in cosmetic safety by banning the worst chemicals; requiring fragrance disclosure; protecting women of color and salon workers; and creating supply chain transparency. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 29, 2021...

BCPP stands with Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities

MARCH 18, 2021 Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP) stands in solidarity with our Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) sisters and brothers as we reflect on the recent shootings in Atlanta and the many attacks that have taken place across the country since...

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