5 tips to reduce your risk and protect the planet
Many of the things you can do to protect you and your family from toxic exposures are also good for the planet.
Tips
Top 10 non-toxic New Year’s resolutions for 2014
It’s the new year and the season for resolutions. As you resolve to adopt a new exercise routine or plan to get more organized, consider a commitment to creating a healthier environment in your home.
Breast Cancer and the Environment (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences podcast, 3/15/2013)
Breast Cancer Fund President and CEO Jeanne Rizzo talks about why translating breast cancer research is critical for the decisions we make in our everyday lives.
Will Your Canned Soup Carry a Warning Label? (Rodale, 4/12/2013)
“The Prop 65 listing is yet another indictment of this toxic chemical that industry continues to argue is safe, despite waves of peer-reviewed scientific studies finding that BPA harms reproduction and is linked to breast cancer.”
Market shift: hundreds of cosmetics companies fulfill safe-products pledge
Good news! The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics , a project of the Breast Cancer Fund, announced today that 321 cosmetics companies have met the goals of the Compact for Safe Cosmetics…
Prevention Is Power this October and beyond
This October, we’re launching our new Prevention Is Power campaign to celebrate your powerful acts and to inspire thousands more women and men to learn what prevention means—and how it can be part of their daily lives.
How to order pizza while kicking the can
Just as I was picking up the phone to call for pizza, I started to think about all of the cans that could be used and realized that we might have to change our pizza order if we wanted to steer clear of BPA.
Kick the can, spare the enchiladas
This month, I’m kicking the can – and the BPA in canned food – so making enchiladas was going to take more planning than usual.
A month of trying to kick the can
As a working mom, sometimes I use canned foods instead of starting from scratch every meal. The problem is most canned foods contain BPA.
How to reduce BPA exposure from food (San Francisco Chronicle, 4/17/2011)
A useful article in Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle gives practical tips for reducing BPA exposure in the kitchen.