Is Your Favorite Company Holding Out on You?

Same product. Two different labels. An appalling double standard when it comes to our health.

Kids are at risk. What’s the hold up?

Something’s rotten in Denmark. Well, in DC actually. That’s where the decision’s been made — again and again and again — to keep a nasty insecticide called chlorpyrifos on the market. The result? A generation of kids is sicker and less smart. I’m truly not being melodramatic, though I admit the story of chlorpyrifos does [...]

Sensitive to Fragrance? You’re Not the Only One

A new report from Women’s Voices for the Earth, Secret Scents: How Hidden Fragrance Allergens Harm Public Health, finds that millions of people are affected by skin allergies caused by chemicals in fragrance. In fact, allergic reactions to fragrance chemicals are common, and have increased significantly among children in the past few decades. Women are [...]

Passing Pesticide Reporting in Maryland – Is the Fourth Time the Charm?

The Smart on Pesticides Maryland coalition recently commissioned a poll to learn what Maryland voters’ attitudes towards pesticides are.

Guess what?

It found that a whopping eight out of 10 voters said they are concerned about the risk of pesticides to their families’ health. (I want to meet the two out of 10 who are not concerned!) When informed about the links to chronic illnesses and environmental problems, that number rose to 92 percent.

Why We Need a Pesticide Reporting System in Maryland – And You Do, Too

In 1990, when I lived in Los Angeles, my 4-year old son and I were both poisoned by the aerial spraying of malathion. The state had sprayed vast residential areas in an attempt to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly—a devastating pest that threatened California’s multi-billion dollar agriculture industry. That terrifying experience led me to where [...]

Victory for Moms! Tide Agrees to Reformulate!

You did it! Procter & Gamble has just agreed to reformulate Tide and Tide Free & Gentle to drastically reduce the levels of the cancer-causing chemical 1,4-dioxane! Learn more. In just one short year, you moved the biggest consumer product company on the planet to make this change.  Together, we not only made a difference [...]

Next EPA leader? This choice matters. A lot.

President Obama faces a profound decision as he considers who will step into Lisa Jackson’s shoes. Over the past decade, EPA has become a lightening rod for the heated partisan debate about the size and role of government. The agency has also come to serve as a rhetorical punching bag for those determined to pit [...]

“Parent Warrior Brigade” for Toxic Chemicals Reform

On January 3rd, I met with MomsRising members in Wilmington, NC for a “Parent Warrior Brigade” for toxic chemicals reform. We were joined by Jerry Ensminger, fellow “Parent Warrior” and former Marine drill sergeant, whose daughter died from leukemia after exposure to toxic chemicals in the water at Camp Lejeune. He shared some words of [...]

Non-Toxic Holiday Shopping Guide!

Women’s Voices for the Earth’s Non-Toxic Shopping Guide has everything you need to make responsible choices without compromising the fun and excitement of gift-giving. With this Guide, you can use your consumer power to tell and show companies that you demand safer products!

Illegal on pets & seeds. But kids’ shampoo? No problem.

It makes no sense. FDA’s decision this week to allow continued use of the neurotoxic pesticide lindane in children’s lice shampoos has me completely stumped. The pesticide’s use in pet products were withdrawn long ago. Then agricultural uses were pulled, back in 2006. Yet FDA just re-blessed the lindane products that put children most directly [...]