Tag: Health
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Sean Penn’s ‘The Human Experiment’ Reveals the Toll of Toxic Chemicals
Actor Sean Penn is the force behind a new major documentary called The Human Experiment that aims to raise awareness about toxic chemicals that are in everyday products. Narrated by Penn, the film tells the personal stories of people who believe their lives have been affected by chemicals and takes viewers to the front lines as activists go…
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Revlon Under Fire for Cancer-Causing Chemicals in Make-Up
A new survey by The Breast Cancer Fund and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics says Revlon cosmetics contain cancer-causing and hormone-disrupting chemicals. The two groups, in partnership with the online women’s group UltraViolet, are demanding the cosmetics manufacturer stop using cancer-causing chemicals and other dangerous substances in its products. [caption id="attachment_309950" align="alignnone" width="500"] The survey found carbon black in…
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Revlon Under Fire for Cancer-Causing Chemicals in Make-Up
A new survey by The Breast Cancer Fund and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics says Revlon cosmetics contain cancer-causing and hormone-disrupting chemicals. The two groups, in partnership with the online women’s group UltraViolet, are demanding the cosmetics manufacturer stop using cancer-causing chemicals and other dangerous substances in its products. [caption id="attachment_309950" align="alignnone" width="500"] The survey found carbon black in…
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Hundreds Call on Congress to Protect Families from Toxic Chemicals at DC Stroller Brigade
A Stroller Brigade of hundreds of parents and their children descended on the nation’s capital today to call on Congress to protect their families from toxic chemicals. The demonstration for safer chemicals was timed to coincide with the U.S. Senate’s consideration of reforming federal laws overseeing toxic chemicals, which organizers say is the most serious…
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Study Shows Plastic Microbeads in Facial Scrubs Pollute Great Lakes
Ever think about what happens to those plastic microbeads in exfoliating products that you rub on your face and body? A new paper gives circumstantial evidence that these micro-particle polyethylene beads, which are less than 1mm in diameter and designed to be washed down the drain, are polluting the Great Lakes. [caption id="attachment_309519" align="alignnone" width="500"] The highest…