Year in Review 2018
Passing a new law in California, a new report revealing hidden toxics, community listening sessions, and Congressional briefings- see BCPP’s 2018 highlights!
Posts with Category: Press
Landmark Report Reveals Secret Fragrance Chemicals in Beauty, Personal Care, and Cleaning Products Linked to Harm to Human Health & Environment
Today BCPP released a landmark report — Right to Know: Exposing Toxic Fragrance Chemicals in Beauty, Personal Care and Cleaning Products. The report exposes the presence of harmful fragrance chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption, reproductive harm, and respiratory toxicity that did not appear on the label.
CA Governor Signs Historic Law Requiring Ingredient Disclosure in Professional Salon Products
Today, in a major victory for worker and consumer right to know, Governor Brown signed into law a ground-breaking bill that requires manufacturers to disclose ingredients on the labels of professional cosmetics.
10th Anniversary of Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
For the past ten years, this law has helped keep unsafe products out of the market and given the CPSC more tools to hold corporate bad actors accountable.
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners’ Jeanne Rizzo Steps Down as CEO After 17 Years of Visionary Leadership
Today Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (formerly Breast Cancer Fund) President and CEO, Jeanne Rizzo, announced she is stepping down at the end of 2018.
Advocates Sue FDA to force decision on cancer-causing chemicals in popular foods
Today a coalition of health, consumer and environmental advocacy organizations including BCPP filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit aimed at forcing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to decide whether to prohibit seven cancer-causing artificial chemicals from use in food as flavors. These chemicals have been used in beverages, baked goods, candy, chewing gum, and ice cream.
Toxic Chemicals Found in Kids’ Makeup Products- What Will You Shop for This Halloween?
New report by the Breast Cancer Fund shows you should be worried about more than checking your children’s Halloween candy this year.
H.R. 2576 Statement of Opposition
Enormous effort and resources were committed to making this legislation better, but still could not accomplish all that was needed to ensure, in the end, that public health will trump chemical industry profit.
Breast Cancer Fund Statement in response to Campbell’s going “BPA Free by 2017”
Campbell’s announced yesterday they are eliminating BPA in North American cans by mid- 2017.
Two Out of Three Food Cans Tested Have Toxic BPA in the Linings, New Report Says
Nearly 200 Cans Analyzed for BPA from Campbell’s, Del Monte, General Mills, Kroger, Albertsons and More. BPA is an endocrine-disrupting chemical that negatively impacts our hormonal systems.