Posts with Tag: health impacts
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...How Toxic Products in Your Household Affect Your Body and Overall Health
As seen on Frensche, Post by Nicole Parker, BCPP Development Manager October is traditionally known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but for us at Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, it’s Breast Cancer Prevention Month! Currently, 1 in 8 women in the United States...Changemakers’ Chat 2: Dr. Linda Birnbaum and Dr. Meredith Williams
BCPP’s Changemakers’ Chat webinar interview series is bringing together the BCPP community and our partners during this time of uncertainty. This month, we talk with two leading science and policy experts who share their history of using science to impact public...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...COVID-19: Trump’s EPA fails our health, protects oil and gas industries instead
By BCPP Senior Policy Strategist Nancy Buermeyer As we face this unprecedented global health crisis, you would think that our country’s leaders would do everything in their power to reduce the conditions and exposures that make people more susceptible to the...How climate change can increase your breast cancer risk
By Emily Reuman, BCPP Technology & Communications Manager Top 4 ways climate change may increase your risk of breast cancer: Hotter temps make it harder for our bodies to cleanse by breaking down and getting rid of toxic chemicals. Hotter temps make cancer...Don’t let them hurt our kids
This is Lucy. Lucy represents thousands of little girls of color in the U.S. who are unjustly exposed to toxic chemicals, like formaldehyde, in their hair products. We know that black women are more likely to die from the disease and get breast cancer at a younger age...How Toxic Ingredients Became A Blessing In My Life
Guest Post by Joanne Starkman, cofounder of Innersense Organic Beauty When I was invited by Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP) to pledge support for the California Cosmetic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2019 (SB574), I expected to be part...Recent Posts
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Impact Report: Q2 2025
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