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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

toys containing PVC

Connecting the dots between plastic, mercury, asbestos and PFAS: A new report confirms PVC’s toxic lifecycle

Plastics production imperils life on earth in many ways, from the pursuit of fossil fuels to the pollution of the oceans. All petrochemical plastics exact some toll in their manufacture. But there is one type of plastic that is particularly harmful: polyvinyl chloride, commonly known as vinyl or PVC. A new catalog of the world’s […]

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store, Policy & Regulation Tagged With: asbestos, chlorine, mercury, PVC, Jim Vallette, PFAS

Toxies: Exposed

Ten reasons to watch the Toxies: Exposed

Our partners have created “The Toxies” funny and creative videos to tell the story about how chemicals are affecting our lives. Please take a moment to watch and share these videos, they are amazing!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 10 reasons, action, BPA, cancer, Chemical Safety Improvement Act, chemicals, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, flame retardants, fracking, fumigants, hair straightener, health, lead, mercury, pesticides, phthalates, policy, products, retailers, toxic, toxic chemicals, toxic free, toxies, toxies exposed, video, viewing party, webisode, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

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