New Tampon Testing Confirms Need for Ingredient Disclosure!
This testing doesn’t tell us everything we need to know. It is just one snapshot demonstrating that there is more to these products than is currently being disclosed.
New Tampon Testing Reveals Undisclosed Carcinogens and Reproductive Toxins
National women’s health nonprofit, Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE), has released independent product-testing results that reveal undisclosed toxic chemicals in tampons. The results of the testing detected carbon disulfide, a known reproductive toxin, in all four brands of tampons that contain rayon. Carbon disulfide is a chemical that is predominantly used in the manufacture of rayon; it was not detected in the all-cotton tampons that were tested.
10 Reasons to Celebrate This Menstrual Hygiene Week!
Momentum and victories will only continue to grow as more women raise their voice for menstrual equity. Look how far we have come in the last year alone!
New Yorkers — Take action for your right to know what’s in menstrual products!
Legislation has been introduced in New York that will require disclosure of ingredients in menstrual products, including pads, tampons and menstrual cups. TAKE ACTION for your right to know!
P&G, SC Johnson Back California Labeling Law
GreenBiz Anya Khalamayzer October 24, 2017 “Although efforts for chemicals disclosure laws have been “percolating for years,” said Deb Fiddelke, senior director of government relations... Read More
In California, Cleaning Product Companies to Come Clean on Ingredients
NRDC Kimiko Martinez September 13, 2017 ““This is truly a breakthrough! For the first time ever companies will be legally required to disclose ingredients in... Read More
Joint Statement on California Cleaning Product Right to Know Act: CSPA, WVE, BCPP, EWG, NRDC
The carefully crafted compromise that was voted on today was developed through intense NGO-industry stakeholder negotiations and has generated an unprecedented coalition of support made up of over 100 organizations and corporations ranging from breast cancer prevention and clean water advocates to janitors and domestic workers to some of the world’s largest multinational cleaning product companies.
In California, Cleaning Product Companies To Come Clean on Ingredients
Right to Know Act Mandates Ingredient Disclosures on Labels and Online - In a major victory for consumer and worker right to know, California lawmakers today approved legislation to require manufacturers to disclose the ingredients in home-use and institutional cleaning products. If Gov. Jerry Brown signs the bill, California will once again become a national leader by requiring greater transparency of ingredients in consumer products.
Will the Personal Care Products Safety Act Ensure the Safety of Cosmetics, Salon Products?
The bill is intended to fix the deeply flawed system currently in place that is supposed to oversee cosmetic and salon product safety. But is it enough?
Californians are Throwing Parties to Put an End to Secret Ingredients in Cleaning Products
Women across California are hosting Green Cleaning Parties in support of The Cleaning Product Right to Know Act (SB 258). Introduced by State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens), SB 258 will give Californians access to information on hazardous ingredients in the cleaning products they use, including chemicals used in fragrance mixtures—both on the product label and online. If the bill passes, it would be the first such law to take effect in the nation.