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Climate change’s threats to human health and life are growing. Will you join our latest effort to roll back climate change?
The shelves of your local drug store hardly seem like the source of dangerous chemicals such as lead and formaldehyde. But these and other potentially harmful chemicals are sold to consumers for direct application in makeup, shampoo, hair treatments, and lotions due to a poorly-regulated cosmetics industry.
The statute that regulates the $50 billion cosmetics industry is over 70 years old. It allows the cosmetics companies themselves to make decisions about the safety of their own ingredients, and prevents the Food and Drug Administration both from requiring safety assessments and from implementing product recalls.
This is a backwards approach to protecting public health. Now we have a chance to change that approach. Last month, the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011 (H.R. 2359) was introduced by Reps. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc. You can help build the momentum needed to move this bill through the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Tell your Representative that you don’t want lead in your lipstick. Please urge them to support this Act.
Take Action »Climate change’s threats to human health and life are growing. Will you join our latest effort to roll back climate change?
Many products we buy are seriously toxic – they can disrupt the hormone system, cause cancer, even birth defects. Join us in asking major retailers to remove toxic products from their shelves.
Extreme Weather Impacts on Public Health
Dr. Catherine Thomasson's presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center on April 10, 2013 on the effects of climate change. Read more »
Climate Change Flyer
Handout was developed by writer Bruni Estrada and graphic designer Daniel Pizarro, in collaboration with Mathias Pollock, Program Coordinator - Student PSR. To see more of Daniel's graphic design work visit http://www.danielpizarro.info. Read more »
States Take the Lead on Toxics Policy Reform
In the absence of federal action, states move forward on toxics legislation. Learn what the states are doing in this month's Environmental Health Policy Institute. Read more »
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