FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 CONTACT:Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners SACRAMENTO – In a major victory for the movement for safer cosmetics, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, Assembly Bill 2762, into law....
Gov. Newsom signs historic right-to-know bill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 CONTACTErika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners & the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, (415) 539-5005Beth Conway, Women’s Voices for the Earth, (406) 543-3747 x230Swati...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 CONTACT: Erika Wilhelm (415) 321-2920 Breast Cancer Prevention Partners Shannon Flaherty (775) 315-6831 Senator Ben Allen, 26th District SACRAMENTO — A bill to ban dangerous chemicals was signed into law yesterday in...
Agency and industry must evaluate cumulative health effects of classes of related food chemicals SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 CONTACT: Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners Sam Lovell, Environmental Defense Fund Washington, D.C.–Today, a group of health,...
The first-ever California Breast Cancer Primary Prevention Plan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 MEDIA CONTACT:Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners 415.539.5005 SAN FRANCISCO —Today, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP) released the...
SB 312 exposes chemicals of concerns hiding in the fragrance and flavors used in personal care, beauty and professional salon products — and empowers people with information necessary to protect their health AUGUST 8, 2020 CONTACT: Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer...
Some samplings of talc have tested positive for asbestos, a known carcinogen JULY 8, 2020 CONTACT: Jan Robinson Flint, 323-839-0684, Black Women for Wellness Erika Wilhelm, 415-539-5005, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners LOS ANGELES—Today more than 170 groups from 51...
Bill, which now heads to Senate, would ban a dozen highly toxic chemicals from personal care products FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2020 CONTACT:Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, 415-539-5005, erika@bcpp.orgLaura Deehan, CALPIRG, 415-420-4710,...
JUNE 9, 2020 We are in the midst of a crucial uprising in response to the endless police brutality against Black lives. The past week further illuminated the generational trauma and grief experienced by Black people and all people of color across the globe, a result...
Statement on George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery JUNE 2, 2020 Today and every day, we at BCPP stand in solidarity against racism. The Black community faces the highest risk of dying from breast cancer, something we work on every day, and yet there...
