What’s in Period Products? Timeline of Chemical Testing
What’s in Period Products? A Timeline of Chemical Testing When we wrote the “Chem Fatale” report on the potential toxic chemicals in intimate care products... Read More
Are Your Personal Care Products Affecting Your Fertility?
Try to avoid this list of ingredients when you can - even when not trying to get pregnant.
Cleaning Products
Tweet Recursos en espanol Did you know that some cleaning products contain hidden toxic chemicals that don’t appear on labels but are linked to cancer,... Read More
Get Rid of Toxic Dust
Did you know that household dust harbors lots of toxic chemicals, and dust is one of the top ways those chemicals get into our bodies?
Women, Toxic Chemicals & Climate Change
Interview with best-selling environmental author and 350.org leader Bill McKibben.
S.C. tests for PCBs in Lake Wylie.
By October, anglers on Lake Wylie could find out just how safe it is to eat the fish they catch. Unsafe carcinogen levels in fish caught Lake Wateree have led the state to issue fish consumption advisories. It has also tested Lake Wylie and three other...
Girl Scouts Make Non-Toxic Cleaning Products for Their Classrooms
We were so excited to be invited to local Girl Scout Troop's Earth Day meeting to lead them in a project to make non-toxic all-purpose cleaner for the classrooms at their school. We think a “Green Girl” badge is in order!
Talcum Powder: The Feminine ‘Hygiene Extra’ That May Have Fueled a Cancer Crisis
DrugWatch.com by Amy Keller, RN For decades, women have been taught to use talcum powder as part of their feminine hygiene routine. Advertising has perpetuated... Read More
Period underwear may contain troubling chemicals—but the real problem is much bigger
Popular Science by Kate Baggaley … At this point you might be wondering: who’s in charge of monitoring these things and making sure they aren’t dangerous,... Read More