Ingredient Disclosure: Moving the Market to Safer Products
In 2007, when our Household Hazards report was released, virtually no cleaning product companies were disclosing any ingredients on a website or label — even if the ingredients were linked to cancer or reproductive harm like infertility and birth defects.
Corporations’ ‘Trade Secrets’ Trump Public Health.
Common Dreams January 31, 2014 Andrea Germanos New database created to let consumers know if personal care products contain carcinogens, but ‘trade secrets’ claim lets... Read More
Transparency in Cleaning Products: A Statement on the Ava Anderson and Branch Basics Issues
3.26.18 UPDATE: Branch Basics relaunched with a new formula in 2017, read more here. By now, some of you may have heard about the controversy... Read More
Feds should ban ‘dirty dozen’ chemicals: report.
Looking primped and polished can be hazardous to your health, according to a new report by the David Suzuki Foundation that's calling on the government to do more to keep a "dirty dozen" toxic chemicals out of personal care products sold in Canada.
Green Cleaning Parties: Leverage Your Power.
Huffington Post Cassidy Randall November 16, 2010 By guest blogger Cassidy Randall. Cassidy coordinates efforts to mobilize and engage women at Women’s Voices for the... Read More
How diapers and menstrual pads are exposing babies and women to hormone-disrupting, toxic chemicals
Environmental Health News by Brian Bienkowski Most diapers and sanitary pads contain volatile organic compounds and phthalates and with this continued, long-term exposure a significant amount... Read More
2015 Non-Toxic Holiday Shopping Guide: Gifts for Her
IT’S HERE! Each year, our Non-Toxic Holiday Shopping Guide puts together everything you need to make responsible choices without compromising the fun and excitement of... Read More
It’s glymes time: EPA takes on obscure chemicals in consumer products.
Hardly anyone has heard of them, but millions of pounds of glymes are used every year to make household products. Now time is running out for glymes – at least when it comes to new uses in consumer products. The US EPA announced that it plans to clam...
Fragrance Allergies Common Unsuspected Culprit in Skin Conditions, Report Finds
Environmental Health Group Advocates for Immediate Disclosure of Secret Fragrance Ingredients FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 20, 2013 MISSOULA, Mont. – A new report by the... Read More
Poison in Paint, Toxics in Toys
For the first time more than 650 brand name household products that contain one of two toxic chemicals of high concern, NPEs (nonylphenol ethoxylates) and... Read More