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Alternatives to Toxic Air Fresheners

Tweet Alexandra Scranton Director of Science and Research Although air fresheners have become a staple in many homes and offices, the ingredients that make up those fresh and tropical scents are...

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Something Stinks About Fragrance Safety Standards

Tweet Alex Scranton Director of Science & Research Fragrance scents can be found in almost anything: cleaners, personal care products, perfume, tampons and pads, air fresheners, and even baby...

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Fragrance Industry Responds to Our Report on Safety Policy Failures

Tweet Alex Scranton Director of Science & Research Our newly released fragrance report – Unpacking the Fragrance Industry: Policy Failures, the Trade Secret Myth and Public Health — has grabbed...

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Another New Cosmetics Safety Bill Fails To Provide Protection Consumers Need

Tweet Jamie McConnell Director of Programs & Policy A new bill was recently introduced into Congress to address the issue of cosmetic safety. Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX) introduced the...

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Toxic Chemicals Found in Fragrance

Tweet Exactly what are the fragrance industry’s standards of safety? The term “fragrance” represents a chemical cocktail that can be made up of hundreds of ingredients. Fragrances are found in...

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Moira’s Story: Fragrance & Formaldehyde

Tweet Moira Brouillard Owner or Earthly Roots Hair Studio My name is Moira Brouillard, and I own a small, eco-friendly hair studio in Concord, New Hampshire called Earthy Roots Hair Studio. I’ve been...

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Is SC Johnson Really Committed to Transparency?

Tweet Beth Conway Communications Director Did you hear? SC Johnson announced this week it is disclosing all fragrance ingredients – down to the component level — in a new 3-product collection, the...

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Take the Fragrance-Free Pledge!

Tweet Beth Conway Communications Director Take our fragrance-free pledge by March 6, 2016 and you’ll be entered for a chance to win one of three $50 giveaways from natracare.  I’ll choose three...

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P&G Says No to 140 Fragrance Chemicals

Tweet Alex Scranton Director of Science & Research There is a lot to like about P&G’s updated fragrance ingredient palette, but they don’t provide details on why they decided to remove some...

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Let’s Abolish the Toxic Tampon Tax Too!

Tweet Sarada Tangirala National Campaigns Manager NPR dubbed 2015 the Year of the Period, but from the looks of it, 2016 has some real changes in the works that will make having periods a lot less...

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Safer Choice: 64 Cleaning Products Now Carry EPA’s Fragrance-Free Label

Tweet Jamie McConnell Director of Programs & Policy Last year the EPA launched the new “Safer Choice” and “Safer Choice Fragrance Free” labels for cleaning products, which replaced the old Design...

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Is Your Morning Routine Riddled With Toxic Chemicals?

Tweet Kenzie Lombardi WVE Intern When I first started to learn about toxic chemicals in personal care and cleaning products, my first reaction was “Surely, there can’t be that many dangerous...

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‘Proprietary Ingredients’ Should Not Come Before Children’s Health. Ever.

Tweet Eighteen year old Brandon Silk and countless others like him suffer serious, sometimes deadly, reactions to the secret ingredients in fragranced cosmetics and personal care products. In...

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Non-Toxic Life Lessons from Mom

Tweet Kenzie Lombardi WVE Intern On a national holiday when we celebrate moms, and other influential women in our lives, it only seemed fitting to share a few of the invaluable pieces of wisdom I’ve...

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SC Johnson’s Journey Along ‘Disclosure Road’

Tweet Sarada Tangirala National Campaigns Manager   In 2007 WVE released its Household Hazards Report, the first-ever report to investigate toxic chemicals in household cleaning products. Ever since...

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The Fragrance Funhouse

Tweet Ruth Crystal WVE Intern How our affinity for fragrance has built a spooky empire of weird, unnecessary, and unhealthy products. Scent plays a key role in our daily lives. We are all attracted to...

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Open Letter to SC Johnson from Leading Scientists Asking Company to Remove...

Tweet In this open letter to SC Johnson & Son (SCJ), top scientists join us to express their concerns about the environmental impacts of Galaxolide, a chemical that is ending up in the environment...

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How You Can Support Fragrance Free Public Spaces

Tweet Jamie McConnell Director of Programs & Policy We’ve all been there—you walk into a store and are bombarded with the smell of fragrance (Bath and Body Works anyone? Ugh.). Or the perfume your...

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WVE’s Top Five Blog Posts of 2016!

Tweet Beth Conway Communications Director Voices Blog readers – the results are in! Taking inspiration from our friends at Savvy Women’s Alliance, I’m recapping WVE’s most popular blog posts of 2016!...

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Phthalate Exposure Linked to Increased Risk of Miscarriage, Gestational Diabetes

Tweet Jamie McConnell Director of Programs & Policy Two recent studies from the Harvard School of Public Health underscore the reproductive health impacts of exposure to phthalates. The studies...

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