Posts with Tag: advocate
Why We Need Fragrance Ingredient Transparency: Congressional Staff Briefing
Virtual Congressional Briefing Zoom Recording February 18, 2021 Learn why we need U.S. federally mandated fragrance ingredient transparency in this congressional staff briefing hosted by Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and the...Melissa: My personal breast cancer story
Guest Post by Melissa Gabriel, Wife, Mother, Better Beauty Advocate, Breast Cancer Survivor This Giving Tuesday, join us and honor the many Faces of Prevention. The real people who inspire our daily work to create a toxic-free world. Up first is Melissa, a clean...Changemakers’ Chat 4: Firefighters and Forever Chemicals
BCPP’s Changemakers’ Chat webinar interview series is bringing together the BCPP community and our partners during this time of uncertainty. Get unique insights from California Senator Ben Allen and SF Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson on the impacts of PFAS...Vote!
Post By BCPP Staff Think voting has nothing to do with your health and breast cancer? Think again! We know most breast cancer is not due to genetics, but rather other factors like environmental exposures. Our the laws and regulations that govern the environment we...Cosmetic Safety: 82 years later, have things changed?
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...How we can remove toxic chemicals, and stress, from parents’ lives
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...Why cosmetic safety is important to me and what I’ve learned along the way
Guest Post by Sarah Clark, Breast Cancer Survivor Hi, my name is Sarah Clark. And I’m a breast cancer survivor. I’m married with two kids, a 15-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl. I’m also a consultant and educator with Beautycounter. I...SB 574 Stalled in Assembly Appropriations Committee
Janet Nudelman, BCPP Director of Program & Policy and Director of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics California bill SB 574 would have been the first bill in the world to force companies to publicly disclose the fragrance and flavor chemicals in their beauty and...Climb the Mountains
Guest Post by 2009 Climb Against the Odds climber and New England Peaks for Prevention event organizer, Deb Cole Originally published in Breast Cancer Wellness Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 4. The spring equinox represents new light and life, new beginnings, but in March...Recent Posts
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