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Celebrating 25 Years of Raising Voices!
It’s not just about the products we use – it’s about agency. And It’s about ensuring that all of us, regardless of gender, race, or income, can have the peace of mind that we won’t be harmed by toxic chemicals.
What California’s Ban on Toxic Chemicals in Cosmetics Means for Salon Worker Health
The law in California will help pave the way for cosmetic safety reform on the national level and will directly impact the safety of products used by salon workers.
Toxic menstrual and intimate care products are wrong. Period.
Podcast – Persistent and Pervasive: Feminists Take on Toxics Pilot episode EPISODE SUMMARY Pilot episode centers on toxic chemicals in menstrual and intimate care products.... Read More
The F.D.A. Wanted to Ban Some Hair Straighteners. It Never Happened.
The New York Times by Roni Caryn Rabin In 2016, agency scientists deemed hair straighteners containing formaldehyde to be unsafe, according to newly obtained emails.... Read More
Gals Against Smog and Pollution: Montana Women Take on Polluters
By: Women’s Reproductive History Alliance (WRHA) NEW EXHIBIT – Concerns about reproduction extend beyond the physical body; care for the earth centers on fertility and... Read More
Cars Aren’t the Only Thing Polluting Our Air
Gov. Newsom signs historic right-to-know bill making California first in the world to force disclosure of secret toxic fragrance and flavor chemicals in cosmetics SACRAMENTO,... Read More
PRESS STATEMENT: Women’s Voices for the Earth’s Statement on the Passing of California’s AB 1989, Period Product Ingredient Disclosure Bill
UPDATE (September 30, 2020): Today, Governor Newsom signed California bill AB 1989 into law. Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE) remains concerned about the barriers this... Read More
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Toxic exposure risks lurk in menstrual products
E&E News Ariel Wittenberg … “There is so little that we know about what is in any feminine product, and what the exposures might be... Read More