Tanning is still popular among young women despite known link to skin cancer, survey finds.
When it comes to tanning and health, young women still aren’t getting the message, according to a new survey from the American Academy of Dermatology.
Hidden toxins in your own home.
Baby aisles, bottles and sippy cups everywhere have the words "BPA free" on them, but what does that really mean? Should you only care if you're a baby or having one? Scientists say no. BPA, or Bisphenol A is a chemical that is used to make hard clear plastic and it's known as an endocrine disruptor.
Get Rid of Toxic Dust Build-Up
Our exposure to household dust is one of the top ways toxic chemicals get into our bodies.
EPA-favored cleaning products
Chemical and Engineering News Cheryl Hogue May 9, 2010 When it revised the standard for its Design for the Environment (DfE) logo on cleaning products... Read More
Congressional leaders to FDA: protect public from toxic hair treatments
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Women’s Voices for the Earth May 10, 2011 WASHINGTON—A group of 10 members of Congress sent a letter to the Food... Read More
Hair Treatment Alert
Today’s TMJ Channel 4 Courtny Gerrish May 4, 2011 MILWAUKEE – They say beauty is pain, but a new hair smoothing treatment could be taking... Read More
Congressional briefing: toxic beauty – salon workers’ exposure to dangerous chemicals.
WVE and our partners in the National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance and Campaign for Safe Cosmetics In cooperation with the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus... Read More
Pediatricians seek better regulation of toxic chemicals.
The U.S. needs to do a better job protecting children and pregnant women from toxic chemicals, says the American Academy of Pediatrics, the latest of a growing number of medical organizations to call for changes in the way that the government regulates...
More evidence linking pesticides and malformations.
Concern about toxic chemicals in the environment has erupted into the mainstream media again, with new reports tying pesticides to disruption of male hormones, birth defects and cancer.
Plastic bottles raise hormonal activity of bottled spring water.
Plastic bottles can further contaminate natural spring water with estrogen active compounds, report researchers who tested and compared water from the same sources but was bottled in either glass or plastic.
