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Toxic Beauty
It all started with vanity: I hadn’t meant to become a “label-reader,” that’s just how it turned out. One day I decided that I wanted to have my dream hair: long, full, and healthy. I did some...
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Ants go marching one-by-one
One of my personal heroes is E.O. Wilson, a well-respected biologist, author and researcher. He has spent a good part of his career studying ants (yes, ants!) and the behavoiors of “social insects.”...
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Secret Scents
Uncovering hidden allergies from fragrances By Alexandra Scranton Director of Science and Research Women’s Voices for the Earth Okay…so I’m a geek. I love data. And for the last year or so I’ve been...
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New parents’ guide to safer children’s products
I’m at that age where all my friends are having babies, lots of babies. At least every month I get a sweet card in the mail with pictures of their new families, and I place them on the refrigerator...
View ArticleSC Johnson’s secrets
Have you seen that SC Johnson commercial that’s on 24/7? The one about how they’re a family company committed to “honesty” and “transparency,” and that’s why they disclose all ingredients right down to...
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My Best Feelings are Natural – Not Synthetic
By Paige Wolf, Author, Mother & Safer Chemicals blogger You may have seen the latest campaign from Glade air fresheners – “inspired by the best feelings in the world.” Just follow their hashtag...
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What you need to know about EPA’s new Safer Choice program
Safer products are going to be easier than ever to identify, thanks to new changes to EPA’s product labeling program. Recently, EPA announced changes to rebrand and improve their Design for the...
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Why you should be worried about toxic chemicals in fragrance
Stop to think for a second about how many fragranced products you come into contact with every day. Whether it’s personal care products like shampoo, dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, perfume, air...
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Look for the Safer Choice
EPA’s label is a useful tool for consumers and companies. Last year EPA revamped their “Design for the Environment” program – a voluntary recognition program for formulated products that avoid...
View ArticleHazardous chemical from scented products is polluting the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are under emerging threat from an unnecessary long-lasting fragrance chemical. Galaxolide, a synthetic musk frequently used in those scented cleaning products that give our home that...
View ArticleCelebrate “Pinktober” with a free movie screening
It’s that time of year again… we’re drowning in pumpkin spice and pink ribbons. Each October, companies from the NFL to KFC use Breast Cancer Awareness Month to engage in “pinkwashing.” Companies urge...
View ArticleTarget raises the bar for retailers in driving harmful chemicals out of products
In late January Target upped the ante for the entire retailer sector by announcing a new safer chemicals policy along with ambitious goals to increase transparency of chemicals in products, reduce and...
View ArticleIs your laundry clean or just “greenwashed”?
Crisply folded stacks of linens, spotless baby layettes and dry-cleaned suits hanging in the closet are traditional hallmarks of a well-kept home. Generations of homemakers have prided themselves on...
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A win for women, by women. Hello fragrance ingredients!
Photo Credit: Barkbud, Flickr cc Women’s Voices for the Earth launched our Safe Cleaning Products Initiative in 2007, when no companies were listing ingredients in their cleaners. Not one of them. Not...
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Two things you can do right now to protect your family from toxic chemicals
An excerpt from Leah Segedie’s new book Green Enough. In her new book Green Enough, Mamavation blogger Leah Segedie uncovers the truth behind the food and household products that are misleadingly...
View ArticleAre toxic chemicals making you sicker, fatter and poorer? An Interview with...
Dr. Leo Trasande is a leading voice in public health policy and a top environmental medicine scientist. In a newly published book, he reveals the alarming truth about how hormone-disrupting chemicals...
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Manufacturers report toxic chemicals in wide range of household products
New report reveals toxic phthalates “everywhere.” Used in products from 3M, Hallmark Cards, The Gap, Sherwin-Williams Company, True Value, and More Full Report: bit.ly/WhatStinks PORTLAND, ME — Newly...
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New report shows big retailers cracking down on toxic chemicals in consumer...
Walmart, Target, and CVS among the best; Amazon and Costco among the worst Report reveals significant improvements to chemical policies at Target, CVS and Best Buy ** SEE THE FULL REPORT HERE **...
View ArticleSafer Chemicals, Healthy Families congratulates Target on new chemical policy...
Today Target announced a new chemical policy and goals. These new steps build on the Sustainable Product Index announced by the company in 2014 and updated in 2015 and 2016. Safer Chemicals, Healthy...
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Why you should be worried about toxic chemicals in fragrance
Stop to think for a second about how many fragranced products you come into contact with every day. Whether it’s personal care products like shampoo, dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, perfume, air...
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