Press Releases - Women's Voices for the Earth

Salon, Stylist Input Needed for Environmental Health Survey

16 May 2014

Organization assessing salon product use and practices FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 7, 2014 MISSOULA, Mont. — A national nonprofit headquartered in Missoula is asking stylists and manicurists to share their salon practices and any health concerns they have about the chemicals used in salon products. Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE) is surveying Missoula salons as part of a national program they run that aims to reduce salon workers exposure to harmful chemicals found in some salon products. WVE will share the survey in a customized public presentation this fall in Missoula about how salons can reduce harmful exposures in...

Statement of Support for Rep. Israel’s Cleaning Product Right to Know Act

23 Apr 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 23, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Women’s Voices for the Earth supports the recently introduced Cleaning Product Right to Know Act (H.R. 4476) sponsored by New York Congressman Steve Israel (D-Huntington). “Women’s Voices for the Earth has tested cleaning products and found hidden carcinogens, reproductive toxins and allergens in top selling brands,” said Erin Switalski, Executive Director. “Under the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act, companies will no longer be able to withhold this information from the public.” The legislation would require ingredient labeling for household and institutional cleaning products. Under current U.S. law, cleaning products are not required...

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)....