The Cosmetic Safety for Communities of Color and Professional Salon Workers Act of 2021 (Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)) would create cosmetic safety protections for women of color and professional hair, nail and beauty salon workers – 2 vulnerable populations who are most at risk of unsafe exposures because of the toxic chemicals in the products marketed to them or commonly found in their workplaces.
The Cosmetic Supply Chain Transparency Act would force supply chain transparency so that cosmetic companies can get the information they need from upstream suppliers to be able to make safer products.
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.
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!
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.
Breast cancer incidence is not distributed equally among different ethnic or racial communities or groups, due to a number of complex, often interrelated factors.
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
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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.
Men can get breast cancer. Get the facts on male breast cancer, the signs and symptoms, and health outlooks.
