The No Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Act would ban PFAS, BPA, benzene, formaldehyde, and dozens of other carcinogens from the packaging and materials that touch food Americans eat every day.
Initially slated to climb Mount Shasta in June of 2020, this team of climbers showed extreme tenacity and flexibility. Faced with obstacles across the board, the CAO 2020 Redux team rallied, and were finally able to gather June 9th – 13th in Mount Shasta, California. See their journey!
New year, fresh beginnings. Let’s start this year off right, together! Today we offer a gift to you: our top 3 science-backed tips for how to reduce your breast cancer risk in 2021. These tips are pulled from our groundbreaking Paths to Prevention: Breast Cancer Primary Prevention Plan.
Thank you for taking part in our 25th annual Peak Hike for Prevention! We loved seeing all 377 of our dedicated hikers from 39 states across the country come together in the name of prevention. Your participation inspires each of us at BCPP to continue moving our mission forward. Thanks to you, we blew past our goal of $150K, beat our stretch goal of $160K, and raised a total of $170K all for breast cancer prevention!!
Most people assume the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates beauty and personal care products in the same way it does food and drugs to protect consumer health and safety. You might be surprised to hear that this could not be farther from the truth: Cosmetics are one of the least regulated consumer products on the market today.
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 used in cosmetics in America; all of these chemicals are banned in the EU.
While I’ll never really know what caused my breast cancer (I have no genetic link), the thought of potentially harmful ingredients being in the products that I used, makes me really angry. We shouldn’t have to wonder if the cosmetics or personal care products we used, caused our cancer.
For us at BCPP, October’s Breast Cancer Awareness is our chance to shine extra light on prevention. We teamed up with our partners in prevention to show you businesses that support BCPP and do pink products the right way: by valuing the health of people and the planet.
For me, that climb was the ultimate evidence of the quote, “while I had cancer, it didn’t have me.” I was 53, had never seen a 14,179 foot mountain, never mind climb one and yet in June of 2009, four years after my initial diagnosis, I stood on the summit of Mount Shasta in northern California and soaked in the glorious moments of pure joy, of pure living.
