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hormone disruptors

an ad for skin lightening cream

Dismantling racist systems includes the toxic beauty industry

Skin lightening creams with mercury. Hair relaxers with parabens and estrogenic chemicals. Douches and vaginal sprays with phthalates.

In the US, beauty products are largely unregulated. Everyone is at risk, but women of color face extra hazards from the products that are marketed to them. And these hazards pile on top of health disparities created by other systemic injustices.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: beauty products, hormone disruptors, mercury, phthalates, products, retailers, toxic chemicals, WE ACT, Beauty Inside Out campaign, Leslie Martinez, Eurocentric beauty standard, racism

phthalates in the home

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

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store Tagged With: allergies, asthma, BBP, California, cleaning products, DBP, DEHP, Environmental Health Strategy Center, Europe, exposure, fragrance, hormone disruptors, learning disabilities, maine, manufacturers, personal care products, phthlates, plasticizer, products, Report, reproductive harm, retailers, vinyl plastic, washington, Oregon, Vermont, paints, restrictions, disclosure, Maine reporting, prevent harm, vinyl clothing, shoes, 3M, Ga, Inc., Gap, diethylhexyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, benzyl butyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, DEP

MADE SAFE

New seal ensures products are made without known toxic chemicals

A new seal is launching this month that certifies that consumer products are made without chemicals known to harm human health. With the MADE SAFETM (Made With Safe Ingredients) seal, for the first time, people know at the point of purchase which products are made without known harmful chemicals for use on their bodies, for […]

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store Tagged With: bioaccumulation, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, cancer, carcinogens, consumer products, flame retardants, Hazardous 100, heavy metals, hormone disruptors, infertility, pesticides, retailers, VOCs, MADE SAFE, seal, certification, safe ingredients, screens, Toxicant database, silent springs, incesticides, solvents, Naturepedici, mattress, Alaffia, Annmarie Gianni Skin Care, Just So Natural, SW Basics, True Botanicals, Rejuva Minerals, Pura Stainless, Good Clean Love, Sustain Naturals, healthy hoohoo, precautionary principle, chronic disease

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