• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Safer Chemicals Healthy Families

A national effort to protect families from toxic chemicals.

  • Get Involved
  • Our Work
    • News
    • Public Policy
    • Mind the Store
    • Successes
  • Get the Facts
  • About
  • Donate

obesity

Are toxic chemicals making you sicker, fatter and poorer? An Interview with Dr. Leo Trasande on his new book

Dr. Leo Trasande is a leading voice in public health policy and a top environmental medicine scientist. In a newly published book, he reveals the alarming truth about how hormone-disrupting chemicals like phthalates and flame retardants are affecting our daily lives—and what we can do to protect ourselves and fight back.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Health Science Tagged With: autism, bisphenol S, diabetes, endocrine disrupting chemicals, endometriosis, flame retardants, fragrance, infertility, obesity, pesticides, phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA), Leonardo Trasande, attention deficit disorder, impaired learning, fibroids, bisphenols, books

canned food

Report finds toxic BPA common in food cans

Two out of three food cans tested have toxic BPA in the linings, new report says. Nearly 200 cans analyzed from Campbell’s, Del Monte, General Mills, Kroger, Albertsons and more tested. Report, infographic, B-roll, & social media graphics available at www.ToxicFoodCans.org.

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store Tagged With: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, asthma, bisphenol A, BPA, bpa free cans, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Fund, canned food, cans, Clean Production Action, consumers, Environmental Defense Fund, FDA, food safety, infertility, kroger, obesity, Oleoresin, polyvinyl chloride, product testing, prostate cancer, PVC, Report, Safeway, styrene, Target, Walmart, fruits, vegetables, dollar tree, Campaign for Healthier Solutions, Dollar General, Family Dollar, regrettable substitutes, del monte, general mills, Loblaws, Albertsons, Randalls, gravy, broth, milk, buyer beware, publix, campbell soup company, canned goods, type-2 diabetes, attention deficit disorder, can lining, can lids, soup, beans, bpa-based epoxy, dollar stores, gordon food service, meijer, Trader Joe's, generic brands, private label, amy's kitchen, annie's homegrown, hain celestial group, conagra, alternatives, acrylic resins, polyester resins, grocery stores, tetra pak, Whole Foods Market

hungry kid

Kroger: Don’t be a turkey this Thanksgiving – we don’t want to be stuffed with toxic chemicals

As many of us are getting ready for our big Thanksgiving holiday meals, dangerous chemicals may be lurking in our favorite Thanksgiving dishes.

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: avoid toxic chemicals in food packaging, behavioral problems, bpa free, BPA in canned food, BPA vinyl-free BPA-free toxic-free lead-free wedding registry non-toxic, cancer, chemicals, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, Halloween trick or treat bags, health, kroger, Kroger’s Facebook wall, learning and developmental disabilities, mind the store, obesity, phthalates, phthalates in children’s clothing, policy, products, reduced fertility, retailers, safer chemicals, toxic, toxic chemicals in food packaging, Walmart and Target, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

rain jacket

Tell REI: Stop leaving a toxic trail of pollution

Take Action

Subscribe to Posts

Get our latest posts delivered to your inbox.

Get the Facts

These chemicals are linked to serious environmental and health problems. Check out our fact sheets, which draw from the leading peer-reviewed science.

  • Bisphenol A (BPA) & Bisphenol S (BPS)
  • Formaldehyde
  • Methylene chloride
  • Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic Chemicals (PBTs)
  • PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)
  • Phthalates
  • Toxic flame retardants
Other Chemicals »

Footer

Contact Us

200 Massachusetts Ave NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001
Email

Search

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

© 2022 Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families — All rights reserved.

  • About Us
  • Privacy policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Feed