Press Releases - Women's Voices for the Earth

Cleaning Companies, NGO Partner to Support Consumer Rights

17 Sep 2013

Manufacturers join Women’s Voices for the Earth to launch No Secrets ingredient disclosure campaign FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 9, 2013 Chemicals linked to hormone disruption, allergies, and even cancer are found in cleaning products Americans use every day, yet most manufacturers keep the ingredients in their products a secret from the public. A new campaign, “No Secrets,” led by Women’s Voices for the Earth with cleaning product companies that are leading the industry in ingredient disclosure, seeks to create a new standard of transparency in the industry. “The companies supporting ‘No Secrets’ have nothing to hide in their products,”...

Failed Cosmetics Law Leaves Stylists Exposed to Toxic Chemicals

17 Sep 2013

New resource helps stylists, manicurists, and customers advocate for safer products FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 12, 2013 SAN DIEGO — Bloody noses. Blistering rashes. Piercing migranes. These are just a few of the symptoms veteran hairstylist Jennifer Arce experienced after before diagnosed with chemical poisoning by her physician. The source? A product millions of women use to straighten their hair every day: Brazilian Blowout. Arce, a stylist in San Diego for more than 18 years, used the experience to organize other affected colleagues to take their stories to California lawmakers and the FDA. Brazilian Blowout has since been banned...

Walmart Announces Prohibition of 10 Toxic Chemicals and Increased Disclosure of Ingredients

12 Sep 2013

September 12, 2013 – Today, the world’s largest retailer, Walmart, announced that it will begin a process to phase out at least 10 harmful chemicals from the cleaning products, cosmetics, and personal care products they carry, and require increased ingredient disclosure for these product categories. “We are pleased that Walmart is making this commitment towards safer products and transparency,” said Erin Switalski, executive director of Women’s Voices for the Earth. “In particular, Walmart’s announcement is a good step forward in increasing transparency in the cleaning product industry, where no federal law currently exists to require this disclosure.” Starting in January...

Procter & Gamble Eliminating Phthalates, Triclosan from Products Worldwide

05 Sep 2013

Safe cosmetics activists pressure other companies to stop using toxic chemicals in personal care products, fragrances For Immediate Release: September 4th, 2013 Due to public pressure and growing concerns about the safety of chemicals found in common cosmetics, household cleaners and fragranced products, Procter & Gamble (P&G) will achieve total elimination of the toxic chemicals triclosan and diethyl phthalate (DEP) from all its products by 2014, according to an announcement on the company’s website. P&G is the world’s largest manufacturer of consumer products, home to iconic brands including Cover Girl, Tide, Crest and Ivory. “The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics congratulates...

50,000 Consumers Demand Fragrance Information from SC Johnson

09 Jul 2013

Women’s Voices for the Earth, SumOfUs.org join forces against secret toxic chemicals in Glade FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 9, 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today advocacy groups SumOfUs.org and Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE) presented cleaning product manufacturing giant SC Johnson & Son with more than 51,000 signatures from consumers demanding to know what ingredients make up the fragrances in the company’s scented products. The groups hope SC Johnson will respond by listing fragrance ingredients for each of their products. The petition delivery comes the same day that Women’s Voices for the Earth launched “What’s Really Inside SC Johnson” at...

Bipartisan Chemical Reform Bill Introduced in Congress

22 May 2013

Women’s Voices for the Earth Statement May 22, 2013 Today, Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and David Vitter (R-LA) introduced a groundbreaking bipartisan bill in Congress to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). TSCA has not been updated since 1976, and is not sufficient for protecting public health from toxic chemicals like phthalates, lead, BPA, flame retardants, and other harmful chemicals. Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE) is pleased to see bi-partisan support for chemical policy reform with the recent introduction of the Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013 (S.1009). However, there are many areas of the bill that need...