Supporting the Safe Chemicals Act

Imagine if you didn’t have to worry about BPA in your canned food or phthalates in your plastics. Imagine having the peace of mind that the pan you are cooking dinner in won’t release a toxic chemical linked to cancer, or that the fragrance you’re breathing in isn’t linked to birth defects.

I am so thankful to my sister-in-law Lisa – another strong woman advocating for healthy change – for telling me about the Safe Chemicals Act! It has the power to protect us and our families from toxic chemicals linked to cancer, reproductive harm like infertility and birth defects, hormone disruption, asthma, and other serious illnesses by requiring chemicals to be proven safe before they are allowed for use in products. Continue reading

Get BPA out of our Food

According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), this month, we have an unprecedented opportunity to make sure our food is free of bisphenol A.

By March 31, the federal Food and Drug Administration plans to decide whether or not to continue allowing food packaging that leaches BPA. It’s time for the government to know that Americans will not stand for food contaminated with toxic chemicals.  Continue reading