Press Releases - Women's Voices for the Earth

WVE Kicks Off Crowdrise Campaign for Spoof Video

22 Apr 2014

New spoof on SNL’s ‘Dick in a Box’ to inspire awareness, change in feminine products industry FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 22, 2014 MISSOULA, MT—Women’s Voices for the Earth is ramping up efforts to mobilize women to convince leading feminine product manufacturer to disclose all ingredients by releasing a new music video. “Detox the Box” spoofs Justin Timberlake’s 2009 Saturday Night Live “Dick in a Box” skit, and the organization hopes to raise $15,000 through a Crowdrise campaign to fund post-production costs. The full Detox the Box video will be released on May 22. “We’re well on our way to making...

Teens Turning Green Takes Colleges By Storm

01 Apr 2014

Women’s Voices Partners for “Conscious College” Road Trip Promotes Green Living Among Students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2014 MARIN COUNTY, Calif.— A youth-led non-profit Teens Turning Green has partnered with Women’s Voices for the Earth’s Detox the Box campaign to advocate for healthier feminine products during a tour about green living aimed at mobilizing college students across the U.S. The goal is to excite college students about sustainability projects, including reducing toxic chemical exposure, on university campuses, educating students, faculty, staff and environmental leaders at colleges nationwide and then implementing one specific initiative on each campus. “Research shows young...

WVE Announces List of Safer Feminine Care Companies

26 Mar 2014

Natracare, Seventh Generation Among Companies Committed to Ingredient Disclosure & Product Safety FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 26, 2014 DENVER—Chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption, and reproductive harm are found in some feminine care products used in one of the most absorptive parts of a woman’s body. That’s why Women’s Voices for the Earth, a national environmental health group, has announced a new campaign, “No Secrets,” with nine founding feminine care companies committed to full disclosure of ingredients in their products and eliminating those that may cause harm to women’s health. The goal of the latest “No Secrets” campaign is to...

33 Toxic Hair Straighteners Under International Recall Still Sold in U.S.

17 Mar 2014

FDA lags in protecting stylists and customers from cancer-causing formaldehyde in products FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 13, 2014 NEW YORK —Thirty-three hair-straightening products contain high levels of the cancer-causing chemical formaldehyde causing them to be recalled in other countries, yet the products remain in the U.S. market, according to new research from the national nonprofit Women’s Voices for the Earth. Straightening treatments release formaldehyde gas and can cause severe eye, nose, and throat irritation, as well as increased cancer risk. Several leading brands of hair straightening products have been found to contain high levels of formaldehyde (also called methylene glycol)....

Cosmetics Companies File for ‘Trade Secret’ Status

28 Jan 2014

Move skirts disclosure of toxic chemicals in new California database FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2014 SACRAMENTO—Twenty-two companies have requested trade secret status to avoid telling the public about toxic chemicals found in nearly 1,500 cosmetic products included in the new California Safe Cosmetics Program Database. The database was released earlier this month as part of the state’s Safe Cosmetics Act, which requires companies to report ingredients in their cosmetic products that are considered carcinogens or reproductive toxins under Proposition 65. Women’s Voices for the Earth’s recent analysis shows that more than 20 companies—including the makers of Dial, Right Guard,...

New Study: Toxic Phthalates Declining in Cosmetics Thanks to Consumer Demand

22 Jan 2014

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics’ Advocacy Campaigns Behind Changing Consumer and Industry Behavior FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 21, 2014 San Francisco—Exposure to certain toxic phthalates has substantially decreased in the American population according to a study led by researchers at UC San Francisco and published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Study authors suggest that the decrease may be due to a federal ban on phthalates in toys, as well as cosmetics companies moving away from the use of these chemicals in response to advocacy efforts led by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. Levels of some “regrettable substitution” phthalates are...