cancer prevention

(video) THE STORY OF COSMETICS (not just a teaser!) from The Story of Stuff Project

http://storyofcosmetics.org The Story of Cosmetics, released on July 21st, 2010, examines the pervasive use of toxic chemicals in our everyday personal care products, from lipstick to baby shampoo. Produced with Free Range Studios and hosted by Annie Leonard, the seven-minute film by The Story of Stuff Project reveals the implications for consumer and worker health … Continue reading »

(Video) Gasland Trailer: 2010 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award Winner

WORD OF THE DAY FRACKING: To get natural gas companies inject, at high pressure, into each well up to 8 million gallons of water and toxic chemicals (like kerosene and diesel fuel). This fluid fractures underground formations, unlocking natural gas that has been trapped. WHAT IS THE COST? This is an issue EWG has been investigating … Continue reading »

(Video) Chemicals: Innocent or Guilty with Dr. Sanjay Gupta

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why a 1976 toxic chemical law may be putting Americans at risk

(Video) Toxic Womb – Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks with an expert on chemicals in the womb

Parabens and Breast Cancer: The Link is Strong-

This is a great post by Julie Gabriel, auther of the Green Beauty Guide. Check out her fantastic blog while you are there! Parabens and Breast Cancer: The Link is Strong

What are we fighting for? Just a reminder

“We measured umbilical cord blood in babies. We found an average of 200 different industrial chemicals in their cord blood at birth.  Of the total 287 chemicals we detected, 180 are known to cause cancer in humans and 217 are toxic to the brain and nervous system.” Dr. Greene, Grist Interview 07, talking about a … Continue reading »

Must See: New Healthy Child Health World Video – A Wake Up Story

Healthy Child Healthy World helps millions of parents, educators, health professionals, and the general public take action to create healthy environments and embrace green, non-toxic steps. Healthy Child Healthy World exists because more than 125 million Americans, especially children, now face an historically unprecedented rise in chronic disease and illness such as cancer, autism, asthma, … Continue reading »

13 OF 33 EWG RATED “SAFEST” DRUGSTORE COSMETIC ITEMS NOW FALL IN UNSAFE RANGE. Ingredients were omitted.

So, what happens when companies are allowed to enter their own product ingredients into a safe cosmetics database?  Turns out I was waaay too trusting and misunderstood the degree to which the Skin Deep Cosmetics database is vulnerable to deception and has been used, by the companies that are entering their own products, to deceive … Continue reading »