California Breast Cancer Plan: Paths to Prevention

Paths to Prevention: The California Breast Cancer Primary Prevention Plan is the first ever comprehensive primary prevention plan for breast cancer....

Safer Beauty Bill Package

A suite of four bills in Congress would make beauty and personal care products safer for everyone by getting the...

No PFAS in Cosmetics Act

The No PFAS in Cosmetics Act would ban the entire class of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' from personal care and beauty...

Reducing Toxics in Packaging: California AB 2761

The California Reducing Toxics in Packaging Act of 2024 (AB 2761 Hart), would remove two very toxic chemicals from plastic packaging....

Toxic-Free Medical Devices: California AB 2300

The California Toxic-Free Medical Devices Act (AB 2300 - Wilson) bans Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) in IV bags and tubing. Read More

Diethylstilbestrol (DES)

Banned in 1971, but continues to affect women who took the drug while pregnant as well as DES children (offspring...

Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT)

DDT can persist in human and animal tissues for long periods of time causing ongoing concern. DDT disrupts the function...

Cadmium and other metals

Cadmium has been shown to demonstrate estrogen-like activity, which is known to increase breast cancer risk. Cadmium has been recognized...

Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) or Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rBST)

Though research is mixed on the extent to which dairy consumption is linked to increased cancer risk, higher blood levels...

Bisphenols

BPA is a synthetic estrogen that can disrupt the hormone system. It is an unstable, lipophilic (fat-seeking) compound that can...

Bioidentical Hormones

The research on bioidentical hormones varies, and there are no conclusive findings on the impact of bioidentical hormones on the...

Benzene

Released into the atmosphere through gasoline fumes, automobile exhaust, cigarette smoke, volcanoes, crude oil, and wildfires. Benzene is a known...

Atrazine

Can be found in many chemical lawn-care products used to kill weeds. Although banned in the EU, the U.S.Read More

Aromatic Amines

Tobacco smokers, women who regularly use hair dye, and employees in industries where aromatic amines may be produced are most...

Alkylphenols

Endocrine disruptors that have the ability to mimic or disrupt estrogen hormones. Biological processes that are generally controlled by estrogen,...