Quats in public spaces. Are you being exposed?
We can control the cleaning products we use in our homes, but what about products that get used in public spaces? Learn more and what you can do to help #quitquats for good!
Did you know?
Over the last two decades, breast cancer rates have risen from a risk of 1 in 20 to 1 in 8.
Toxic chemicals from beauty products & cleaners are often detected in breastmilk.
80% of patients diagnosed with autoimmune diseases are women.
Women’s Voices for the Earth amplifies women’s voices
to eliminate the toxic chemicals that harm our health and communities.
We envision a world where the earth is taken care of, workers are paid well and treated fairly,
and there are no toxic chemicals in our homes, our communities or our environment.
You can make this vision a reality…
#QuitQuats
Ammonium quaternary compounds “quats” are active ingredients found in such products as disinfectant wipes and sprays. Quats are pesticides. They are skin irritants, have been linked to asthma, fertility issues, and reproductive harm. We don’t need quats, or disinfectants in general, to clean our homes and keep our families healthy. In fact, using antibacterial cleaners has never been proven to be more effective at reducing illness in the home than plain old soap and water. Meanwhile the harm chemicals like quats are doing to our health and the environment is real. LEARN MORE!
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Taking Galaxolide Out: An update on SC Johnson
Last year, thanks to all of you raising your voices, SC Johnson committed to phasing out toxic fragrance chemical Galaxolide from its products. So where is SCJ at with their progress?
Fighting for Chemical Security: Raising Our Voices for Health & Justice for People at the Fenceline
New report, Life at the Fenceline, looks at how living near hazardous chemical facilities can be exacerbated by everyday exposures to air pollution and also lack of access to healthy foods and products.
4 Reasons To Support Environmenstrual Action Week
The Week of Action is a campaign seeks to amplify the message that access to safe, affordable menstrual products shouldn’t be a privilege, but a fundamental right -- Natracare joins WVE to bring it across the pond to the US!
FDA bans 7 cancer-causing flavorings…but what about their use in fragrance?
Six of the seven chemicals the FDA just banned from flavorings are still commonly used in fragrance.
VICTORY for Salon Workers’ Right to Know!
Unlike consumers, who can look at ingredient labels on their store-bought cosmetics, professional hair and nail salon workers don’t benefit from the same disclosure. Until now...
How well is the fragrance industry managing the toxicity of fragrance ingredients?
A third of all fragrance chemicals currently in use are either known to be toxic, or considered potentially toxic by scientists around the world.
Summer's Deceive
Environmental, health, justice organizations from across the nation have joined us to express alarm about the lack of ingredient transparency, and toxic chemicals, in Summer’s Eve products.
TAKE ACTION!
Women’s Voices invites businesses and organizations that share our values in creating a toxic free future for all, starting with our economy. Learn more.