Posts with Category: Press

FDA agrees to reconsider safety of BPA in food packaging

Americans are exposed to BPA at levels 5,000 times above safe levels FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 2, 2022 CONTACT:Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners WASHINGTON—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreed to reconsider the safety of using bisphenol A...

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...

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