Eat like a Mennonite (New York Times, 1/18/2013)
What does it take for a modern American family to lower its BPA levels? Author Florence Williams offers a peek into her stint in the nearly-plastic-free world in an opinion piece for the New York...
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Phthalates and BPA make an unexpected appearance
A new dietary intervention study suggests that an individual may not be able to avoid food packaging chemicals like phthalates (plastic softeners) and BPA (found in canned foods and older hard plastic...
View ArticleCongress re-introduces safe cosmetics legislation in attempt to update 1938 law
Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced the Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2013, which would give the Food and Drug Administration authority to...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Fund testifies before Congress for second time this summer
One month after our President and CEO Jeanne Rizzo testified before Congress on reforming our chemicals regulatory system, the Breast Cancer Fund has again been asked to represent the public health...
View ArticleReforming chemical law means saving lives (The Hill, 7/31/13)
An op-ed by Janet Nudelman, our director of program and policy, posted on The Hill drives home the point: the "better living through chemistry" paradigm is dying, and Congress must fix the 37-year-old...
View ArticleExposed: The mammogram myth and the pinkwashing of America (Orion Magazine,...
A must-read: Orion Magazine piece (which cites the Breast Cancer Fund many times) on the business of breast cancer, making another firm case for moving beyond the pink, beyond “awareness” and into an...
View ArticleP&G halts use of 2 chemicals in personal care products (Cincinnati Enquirer,...
Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble is phasing out the use of diethyl phthalate (DEP) and triclosan by 2014 from its beauty and personal care products. Janet Nudelman, the director of program and...
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ConsumerWatch: Walmart Phasing Out Some Harmful Chemicals (CBS, 9/13/13)
Our own Science and Education Manager Connie Engel discusses three of the toxic chemicals that should top Walmart's pending hit list in an interview that aired on CBS-San Francisco. Triclosan Diethyl...
View ArticleCalifornia’s safe cosmetics database officially online, but it’s still the...
Last week, the California Safe Cosmetics Program launched a new website and searchable database that documents the presence of ingredients known or suspected to cause cancer, birth defects or other...
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UCSF develops game-changing method to translate research on toxic chemicals...
By David Tuller, Dr.PH. Everyone wants to know more than we currently do about the long-term effects of everyday exposures to toxic chemicals. Even obstetricians, who could be expected to have a handle...
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