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Citizen’s Petition to the FDA: Ban Formaldehyde from Hair Straighteners

27 Jan 2020

Harmful exposures salon workers experience in the workplace as a result of toxic formaldehyde in hair straightening products is an issue that the FDA needs to address immediately.

Building On Our Legacy and Expanding Our Vision – Amplifying Womxn’s Voices

23 Jan 2020

We know that simply using womxn isn’t the end all in building a more equitable movement. But words we use matter and influence actions. So let’s act; let’s learn and grow and get to work -- from a place of love, inclusion and openness.

Ingredient Secrets are so 2019

09 Jan 2020

January 1st 2020 was the deadline cleaning products companies had for disclosing ingredients online. For many products, this is the first time this ingredient information has ever been publicly available.

Chicago Area Preschool Quits the Quats!

06 Dec 2019

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.

TAKE ACTION for Safe Cosmetics!

03 Dec 2019

The law that currently oversees these products is more than 80 years old and is less than 3 pages long. Fast forward almost a century, and we now have around 10,000 ingredients used in cosmetics. Yet, the 84 billion dollar cosmetic and personal care industry is not required to meet any...

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Citizen’s Petition to the FDA: Ban Formaldehyde from Hair Straighteners

Building On Our Legacy and Expanding Our Vision – Amplifying Womxn’s Voices

Ingredient Secrets are so 2019

Chicago Area Preschool Quits the Quats!

TAKE ACTION for Safe Cosmetics!

Current law that oversees cosmetics is 80 years old. Time to change that!

Watered Down Justice: Communities of Color and the SDWA

Best Buy: There’s WHAT in my TV?!