What is ingredient transparency?
Mother Nature Network Sarah F. Berkowitz July 15, 2011 A new trend has consumers pushing manufacturers to disclose what’s in their products. Coke’s got a... Read More
1,4-Dioxane and Laundry Soap: Free and Gentle or a Marketing Free-for-All
Scientific American May 7, 2012 Bill Chameides More than 80,000 chemicals are produced, used, and present in the United States. This is one of their... Read More
Report Points To Toxins And Allergens In Crib Mattresses
NBC Montana.com KECI staff November 3, 2011 A new report shows a significant portion of crib mattresses contain chemicals of concern. Women’s Voices for the... Read More
BPA sends false signals to female hearts.
Bisphenol A toys with the female heart, a new study finds. And under the right conditions, its authors worry, this near-ubiquitous pollutant might even prove deadly.
Women’s Power Convinces Corporate Giants to Come Clean on Fragrance
SC Johnson's move to list all fragrance ingredients is a victory by women and for women.
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.
Fight for Your Health, Fight for Government Transparency
Without transparency, we can't ensure systems companies use to determine product safety are adequate and protecting our health. Same goes for government.
Fact Sheet: The Fragrance Industry’s Policy Failures and Trade Secret Myth
Fragrance Safety The safety of fragrance chemicals is not determined, monitored or safe-guarded by any governmental agency globally in any comprehensive fashion. Instead, the fragrance... Read More
Skin Lightening is Getting an Awakening. Or is it?
I vividly remember my mother’s vanity in the bedroom - the left lined with Ponds, Loreal, and a slew of “off-brand” products all with the word WHITE prominently written on them...
Coming clean about household cleaners.
Cleaning companies are notoriously secretive about the chemical contents of their products. But now, New York is reviving a 1976 law that requires manufacturers to disclose chemical ingredients in household cleaners.