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Press Releases

WVE press releases. For media inquiries contact Liz Taveras at: lizt@womensvoices.org

Press Releases

In This Moment: A Message from WVE’s Acting Executive Director

07 Nov 2024
Dear Friends, In this moment, when so many of us are grieving, reeling, furious, frightened, struggling – or cycling through all of these feelings, I felt that it was important to remind you that in this moment, Women’s Voices for the Earth is with you. We are holding you in our hearts; we are steadfast in our support; and we are up to the challenges that lie ahead. We remain steadfast in advancing equity, justice, and liberation for LGBTQIA+ people, young people, Black people, Indigenous people, Latine people, APIDA, refugees, immigrants, people with disabilities, TGNC, and working-class people —critical constituencies...
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Support Grows for Global Treaty Amendment to Ban Advertising, Display, Sales, and Offering of Sales of Mercury Skin Lighteners

11 May 2023
Media Contacts: Micaela E. Martinez, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, micaela.martinez@weact.org, +1-917-597-4282 Michael Bender, Zero Mercury Working Group, mercurypolicy@aol.com, +1-802-917-8222 Astrid Williams, Black Women for Wellness, astrid@bwwla.com Erika Wilhelm, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Erika@bccp.org, +1-415-539-5005 Support grows for global treaty amendment to ban advertising, display, sales, and offering of sales of mercury skin lighteners FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, NEW YORK – In early May, the African Region proposed an amendment to the Minamata Convention on Mercury to ban advertising, display, sale, and offering of sales of mercury-added cosmetics, including skin lightening products (SLPs), some of the most notoriously toxic cosmetic products...
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New Ingredient Transparency Requirements Expose that Salon Professionals Continue to Be Put at Risk by Industry

07 Mar 2023
A new report released by health and justice organizations, Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE), Black Women for Wellness, and the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative (CHNSC), spotlights how new ingredient disclosure requirements for professional salon products are providing improved and vital information about chemical exposure from the use of these products. The report, Exposed: Ingredients in Salon Products & Salon Worker Health and Safety, calls attention to significant changes the industry has made in increasing ingredient transparency as a result of new laws. It also points to chemicals of concern that, despite years of documented links to adverse health impacts, continue to be widely used in professional nail and hair products. Specifically, the report reveals over 30 hazardous ingredients in professional salon products only recently disclosed on product labels.

Campaign For Safe Cosmetics Publishes First-Ever List of Top Black-Owned Beauty Brands & Non-toxic Product Database 

18 Oct 2022
Released during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Non-Toxic Black Beauty Project focuses on specifically supporting Black women’s health because Black women face the highest breast cancer mortality rate of any racial or ethnic group in America. Beauty products marketed to Black women often contain the most toxic cosmetics ingredients, including chemicals linked to cancer. In fact, Black women who regularly dye their hair have a 60% increased risk of breast cancer, and those who use chemical hair straighteners are 30% more likely to develop the disease. By uplifting leading non-toxic Black-owned beauty brands and connecting Black women with products they can trust, CSC aims to combat toxic health disparities to help prevent breast cancer and other diseases.  

New Transparency Requirements Reveal Ingredient Complexity and Chemical Exposure from Menstrual Products

17 May 2022
A new report released by health and justice organizations, Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE), Clean & Healthy New York, Sierra Club (Atlantic Chapter) and WE ACT for Environmental Justice, spotlights how new ingredient disclosure requirements for menstrual products are providing improved and vital information about chemical exposure from the use of these products. The report, "What’s in Your Period Product? An investigation of ingredients disclosed on product labels", calls attention to significant changes the industry has made in increasing ingredient transparency, as well as chemicals of concern that, until now, were kept hidden from people who use these products.

Testing Reaffirms the Need for Improved Safety Standards for Vaginal-Use Products

09 Feb 2022
New laboratory research has demonstrated that some intimate care products currently on the market can significantly inhibit the growth of lactobacilli, which are essential bacteria for a healthy vagina. An upset or imbalance of lactobacilli are linked to increased risks of bacterial vaginosis (or BV). BV is incredibly common — it is estimated that at least 75% of women in the U.S. will experience episodes of vaginitis at some point during their life. This new testing joins the growing evidence linking the use of intimate care products to vaginal infections, and also raises questions on if the products many people are using to “self-treat” BV symptoms, may in fact be worsening the problem.
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