At a Glance The Safer Beauty Bill Package addresses critical gaps in cosmetic safety that impact everyone, especially women of color and professional salon workers. Support safer beauty for all! Legislative Update: The Safer Beauty Bill Package was reintroduced in the...
At a Glance We recommend these actions to the Biden administration to prevent and stem the rising tide of breast cancer in America. These solutions address the toxic chemical exposures Americans face every single day that are contributing to increasing rates of breast...
Purchases support our work in breast cancer prevention Did you know we only partner with socially responsible and like-minded companies? Yes, it’s true. You’ll never find our product guides full of junk. All of our incredible partners share BCPP’s...
Letter from Janet Nudelman, BCPP Director of Program & Policy and Director of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics I am writing to say HOORAY and thank you! Last week CA Governor Newsom signed 3 BCPP-sponsored bills into law, reducing our exposure to chemicals linked...
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....
By Janet Nudelman, Director of Program & Policy and Director of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (FDCA) into law in 1938. Back then, you could rent a house for $27/month, a loaf...
Bill Would Ban 12 Highly Toxic Chemicals FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 21, 2020 CONTACT:Erika Wilhelm, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (415) 539-5005 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Yesterday, the California Assembly reintroduced the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act (A.B. 2762). This...
By BCPP Digital Advocacy Coordinator Kathryn Bache On January 8, I joined 24 women in Sacramento to ask members of the California Assembly to support the California Toxic Free Cosmetic’s Act (AB 495). This bill would ban 13 of the most toxic chemicals currently being...
See our most recent news coverage of BCPP’s life-saving work on our blog Also, check out BCPP’s Campaign for Safe Cosmetics’ news hits Media Contact: Erika Wilhelm (415) 539-5005The Cost of Straight Hair: The products Black women rely on to give...
Guest Post by BCPP supporter, Rochelle C. During my adolescent years in Los Angeles, everyone I knew had natural hair. Of course, we didn’t call it that, we just called it “hair.” No matter how long or short, it had to be perfectly pressed, full of...
