Toxic-Free Beauty Act
The Toxic-Free Beauty Act (Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)) would ban 11 of the most hazardous chemicals and the entire class of PFAS “forever” chemicals from beauty and personal care products sold in the U.S.
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Safer Beauty Bill Package
A suite of four bills in Congress would 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 transparency the new industry standard. Support safer beauty for all!
California Safer Food Packaging and Cookware Act (AB 1200)
The California Safer Food Packaging & Cookware Act of 2021 (AB 1200 – Ting), was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom October 5, 2021, cosponsored by BCPP. The law bans paper-based food packaging containing PFAS; requires cookware manufacturers to disclose the presence of hazardous chemicals; and prohibits misleading advertising on cookware packaging.
Race, Power, and Inequities
Breast cancer incidence is not distributed equally among different ethnic or racial communities or groups, due to a number of complex, often interrelated factors.
Johnson & Johnson Talc-Based Baby Powder: Asbestos-Cancer Concerns and the Global NGO Response
Talc-based baby powder is linked to ovarian cancer. J&J knows, yet it refuses to stop pushing this dangerous product to Black and Brown women around the world. BCPP and 200+ global organizations are demanding J&J stop selling its #toxictalc baby powder. #JNJKnew
Coronavirus and Breast Cancer Prevention
Tips, resources, and diy recipes to help you stay healthy and slow the spread of COVID-19.
California Toxic-Free Cosmetic Act (AB 2762-Muratsuchi)
BCPP cosponsored the California Toxic-Free Cosmetic Act (AB495 – Muratsuchi), which bans more than a dozen toxic chemicals from beauty and personal care products sold in California, in partnership with CalPIRG and the Environmental Working Group. Signed into law September 30, 2020, the ban goes into full effect in 2025.
Male Breast Cancer
Men can get breast cancer. Get the facts on male breast cancer, the signs and symptoms, and health outlooks.
CA Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act
BCPP cosponsored the California Cosmetic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2019 (SB 312 – Leyva), signed into law in October of 2020, to require cosmetics companies to publicly disclose toxic fragrance and flavor ingredients present in beauty and personal care products sold in the state. This is the first law passed in the U.S. to require the disclosure of fragrance or flavor ingredients in cosmetics and professional salon products, due to increasing evidence that hazardous fragrance and flavor ingredients harm our health and the environment.
African American Women and Breast Cancer
African American women face both disproportionate exposure to breast carcinogens and the highest risk of serious health impacts from the disease.