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Showing posts with label Phthalate. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

An Official Statement on Environmental Toxins and Pregnancy

Today's post was shared by RWJF PublicHealth and comes from www.theatlantic.com

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For years, the debate over restricting the stew of industrial chemicals that we live in has suffered from a case of he said, she said.

Environmental groups sounded the alarm about the thousands of chemicals in our air, water, food, housewares, and shampoo that science suggests — but doesn’t outright prove — could make us sick. They warned about such commonly used substances as BPA (in cans and plastics), fire retardants (in furniture), and phthalates (in cosmetics). Chemical industry representatives countered that there is no clear evidence that their products are unsafe, and tighter regulation would squash innovation.

But now it’s about pregnant moms and unborn babies.

For the first time ever, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) this week came out with a strong statement about the risks of environmental toxins to pregnant women and fetuses. Also for the first time, the group is going so far as to urge individual doctors to advocate for policy changes to protect women and babies from exposure.



“The scientific evidence over the last 15 years shows that exposure to toxic environmental agents before conception and during pregnancy can have significant and long-lasting effects on reproductive health,” wrote ACOG. Another group of reproduction specialists, the American Society...
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Friday, September 6, 2013

Procter & Gamble Eliminating Phthalates, Triclosan from Products Worldwide

Today's post was shared by WCBlog and comes from www.safecosmetics.org


Procter & Gamble Eliminating Phthalates, Triclosan from Products WorldwideSafe cosmetics activists pressure other companies to stop using toxic chemicals in personal care products, fragrances
Due to public pressure and growing concerns about the safety of chemicals found in common cosmetics, household cleaners and fragranced products, Procter & Gamble (P&G) will achieve total elimination of the toxic chemicals triclosan and diethyl phthalate (DEP) from all its products by 2014, according to an announcement on the company's website. P&G is the worlds largest manufacturer of consumer products, home to iconic brands including Cover Girl, Tide, Crest and Ivory.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics congratulates P&G for taking bold and globally-significant action to protect the health of its 4.8 billion consumers by eliminating two dangerous toxic chemicalstriclosan and DEPfrom all its products, said Janet Nudelman, program director at the Breast Cancer Fund and co-founder of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics has been urging companies to eliminate phthalates from personal care products since 2002. Because of this pressure, many cosmetics companies have stopped using two dangerous phthalates, DBP and DEHP, but the industry has continued to widely use DEP in fragrance.

P&G is taking an important step in the right direction, said Nudelman. Major multinational cosmetic companies have no...
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