With so many news stories that relate to children's environmental health lately, it's hard to keep up!
Hillary Peterson | Posted 01.31.2012
Every time you shop, you "vote" for safety standards. By making conscious decisions to support companies who raise the safety bar, the collective voice of consumer spending can have a tremendous influence on the industry.
David Ropeik | Posted 01.17.2012
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics operates in the name of public health, but they fail to tell us the basics of what we need to know so we can make informed judgments about our health.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011
Most Americans would be astonished to learn that of the approximately 12,500 individual chemical ingredients in personal care products, the overwhel...
Stacy Malkan | Posted 05.25.2011
We are living in a time when one in two American men and one in three women will get some type of cancer in their lifetimes. This is not acceptable. This is not the way it was when our grandparents were born. Why is it this way now?
Nena Baker | Posted 11.17.2011
Adults in the United States use an average of 10 personal-care products a day. That translates to exposures to more than 126 unique chemicals.
Mindy Pennybacker | Posted 05.25.2011
Greenwashing is not only a rip-off if you pay more for a product based on green claims, but it can be dangerous by lulling us into using products carrying precisely the kinds of ingredients we are seeking to avoid.
Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 05.25.2011
A new Campaign for Safe Cosmetics report reveals that some children's face paints contain heavy metals such as lead, nickel and cobalt that can cause lifelong skin sensitization and contact dermatitis.
Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011
Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy festive holidays as much as the next person, but we eco-freaks can't help ourselves from sucking the fun out of things, particularly when it comes to harming children.
Tracy Hepler | Posted 05.25.2011
Why does being a woman often include surrounding yourself with toxic chemicals? That question seems to come up daily as we discover ingredients inside of our favorite hair dyes, nail polishes and lipsticks.
Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 05.25.2011
I don't know how many times it took dinner with Shawn to light a fire under my ass--maybe three? Maybe four? I don't even remember the restaurant, bu...
Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011
A study released this week found 16 toxic chemicals in blood and urine samples from 20 teen girls from eight states and the District of Columbia, aged 14-19.
Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011
Do we really know what we're buying when we buy "natural" and "certified organic" skincare products? Quite a few experts would insist that no, actually, we do NOT.
Reuters | Karen Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011
Lipsticks tested by a U.S. consumer rights group found that more than half contained lead and some popular brands including Cover Girl, L'Oreal and Ch...
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 04.04.2012