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February 10, 2012 Action: The Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Exposure Elimination Act of 2011 Healing the Planet: The Bigger Picture Breast Cancer - The Estrogen Connection Campaign for Safe CosmeticsJoin the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics in asking cosmetics companies to make personal care products that are safe for your health. Children's Health & the Environment $76B in Pediatric Healthcare Costs Linked to Environmental Factors Children’s Health: Better Regulation Of Toxic Chemicals The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling for an overhaul of the nation’s chemical management policy, saying the existing system fails to protect children and pregnant women, who are most vulnerable (more) Exposure: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
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Although October is “Breast Cancer Awareness” Month, Breast Cancer Awareness is Every Month Women in the United States face a greater lifetime risk of breast cancer than any previous generation, with rates having tripled during the past 40 years. Contrary to popular belief, only about 5 percent of women... (more) Are your Cleaning Products Safe? Is Susan G. Komen Denying the BPA-Breast Caner Link? (see article) A Healing Garden Grows in Bhopal The Disappearing Male - CBC Documentary The Disappearing Male is about one of the most important, and least publicized, issues facing the human species: the toxic threat to the male reproductive system. Parents, Doctors, Nurses to Johnson & Johnson: Make Safer Baby Products Concerned about cancer-causing chemicals, more than 40 organizations representing 1.7 million parents, health care providers and environmental health advocates delivered a letter today to Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) urging the company to remove toxic ingredients from its popular baby products. (more) Victory for Safer Baby Products "On Monday, November 1st, 2011, the campaign sent Johnson & Johnson a letter, signed by about 25 environmental, medical and other groups representing about 3.5 million people in the U.S. and other countries. It urges the company to publicly commit by Nov. 15 to removing the chemicals from all personal care products worldwide." –Associated Press Through meetings, letters, calls and grassroots mobilization, we've been pushing Johnson & Johnson for safer baby products for more than two years, and this week the company answered. In response to our report, Baby's Tub Is Still Toxic, J&J released a statement saying it's phasing two carcinogenic chemicals out of its baby products worldwide: formaldehyde-releasing preservatives and 1,4-dioxane. |
Scientists warn that chemicals may be altering breast development Exposure to chemicals early in life may alter how breast tissue develops and raise the risks of breast cancer and lactation... |
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