P&G: Remove Toxic Chemicals

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics calls for Proctor & Gamble, parent company to Cover Girl, Max Factor and other top brands, to take action against breast cancer by removing chemicals linked to the disease from their products.  The company made a commitment to breast cancer through donations to early detection.  We ask them to stop breast [...]

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Federal Action – BPA

The week of BPA continues.  The American Chemistry Council (ACC) may have recently announced that BPA finally is no longer used in baby bottles and sippy cups (yeah!) (thanks to Mass. Dept. of Public Health for paving the way with a regulation banning the chemical from these products last year after advocacy lead by MBCC [...]

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Raise a Stink!

Pinkwashing has reached a new low this year. In the past, the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition has supported Breast Cancer Action‘s Think Before You Pink campaign to demand accountability from companies who pinkwash in the name of breast cancer. We’ve seen pink alcohol. Pink buckets of fried chicken. Pink hormone-laden yogurt. But we’re genuinely shocked to see [...]

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Jessica Alba

Actress Jessica Alba joined Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition’s Erin Boles on Capitol Hill Tuesday to support the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition’s efforts to pass the Safe Chemicals Act.  Alba told her compelling story of how difficult it was to find everyday products for her daughter that didn’t contain chemicals liked with cancer (including breast [...]

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