Policy
Food Safety Loophole Allows Secret Toxic Chemicals in Our Food
The Generally Recognized As Safe, or GRAS, provision, which permits common chemicals to by-pass FDA safety reviews, has become the...
California bill would ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from cosmetics
SACRAMENTO — On 2/18/22, California Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) introduced Assembly Bill 2771 to ban the sale in California of cosmetics and...
Ban PFAS in Textiles (CA AB1817)
The California Safer Clothes and Textiles Act (AB 1817) would make clothing and textiles safer for all of us by...
People of Color Must Be Protected from Toxic Phthalates
December 10, 2021 Washington, D.C.--In comments submitted on December 8th, four public health and environmental justice organizations called on the...
Historic Federal Safer Beauty Bill Package Has Been Introduced In Congress
Today Breast Cancer Prevention Partners and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a project of BCPP, joined by leading NGO and...
California Bans PFAS Forever Chemicals in Paper-Based Food Packaging
SACRAMENTO (October 5, 2021) – California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law today banning the use of PFAS...
California Leaders Approve Bill to Ban PFAS in Paper-Based Food Packaging
9/7/2021 California lawmakers have approved legislation to ban the use of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in paper-based food...
Safer Beauty Bill Package Press Briefing
This press briefing featured bill authors, leading experts, and NGOs included health-affected and groups making the case for why we...
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...