Your Top Blog Posts of 2020!
Recapping WVE’s most popular blog posts of 2020! This past year over 350,000 people visited our Voices Blog for tips, updates and insight into ways you can raise your voice for a toxic-free future.
Lighten Your Footprint This Holiday + Donation Guide
We all deserve safe, healthy products. Check out WVE's best practices for donating + tips on how to have a more sustainable gift-giving season!
6 Reasons Why Disinfectant Foggers, Misters, Electrostatic Sprayers Are Not the Answer to Safer Spaces
Foggers, misters and electrostatic sprayers are not the solutions we need to protect health and reduce illness -- rather they seem to do little more than increase exposure to harmful chemicals.
“Do It Yourself” (DIY) Cleaning and Disinfecting during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Simple, safe and effective DIY recipes to keep your home clean and free of harmful chemicals that can often be found disinfectants.
EPA Weakens Protections as Studies Link Pollution to Higher COVID-19 Death Rates
This decision was made amidst rising evidence of links between the impact of long-term air pollution and deaths from COVID-19 and is an affront to the communities who are literally fighting for their lives.
Safer Disinfecting at home in the times of Coronavirus
We know you want to keep your family safe from COVID-19, but also safe from toxic chemicals. Get answers on safer disinfectants, which ingredients to avoid, and other solutions to protect your health.
Low Impact Period – Reducing Waste and Harmful Chemicals
If you want to reduce your environmental impact and chemical exposure around the use of menstrual products, consider these options.
Non-Toxic Vibes: Finding Safer Vibrators, Sex Toy Cleaners and Lubes
Before you get into the mood, find out what testing found in some vibrators (it's not all bad!), and what to look out for in sex toy cleaners and lubricants.
Chicago Area Preschool Quits the Quats!
PAQ member, Erin, shares her experience in helping a local preschool replace quats, and also offers helpful tips to help you get started quitting quats in your community.
Current law that oversees cosmetics is 80 years old. Time to change that!
There are currently around 10,000 ingredients used in cosmetics. Yet, the 84 billion dollar cosmetic and personal care industry is not required to meet any sort of safety standard for ingredients.
