Breast Cancer Prevention Partners

Breast Cancer Prevention Partners Let's eliminate the environmental exposures linked to breast cancer to stop this disease before it starts. Learn more and join us at www.bcpp.org!

We are the leading science-based policy and advocacy organization working to prevent breast cancer by eliminating our exposure to toxic chemicals and radiation. Our focus is on the intersection of breast cancer prevention and environmental health. We've published 30+ scientific reports and passed 15 laws to improve the health of people and the planet.

04/22/2026

🌎 This , take a stand for the health of our people and planet and send a letter to Celestial Seasonings, one of the largest tea companies in the world, demanding they make their tea plastic-free.

☕ One study found that steeping a bag of tea in water at brewing temperature released approximately 11.6 billion microplastics and 3.1 billion nanoplastics into a single cup of tea. Exposure to microplastics has been linked to Type 2 Diabetes, coronary heart disease, and stroke.

Celestial Seasonings took a step in the right direction by eliminating the plastic overwrap that sealed the boxes containing their teas — saving 165,000 pounds of plastic a year — but the company could make the tea itself so much safer by switching to plastic-free tea bags.

We should be able to get Celestial Seasonings to eliminate the plastic from its teabags, but only if we overwhelm the company with how much we want it.

➡️ Take 2 minutes and send Celestial Seasonings a message now - 🔗 https://www.bcpp.org/take-action/tell-celestial-seasonings-to-make-its-tea-plastic-free/

✨ D-3 days until BCPP’s Luminary Gala! Reducing our exposure to toxic chemicals linked to disease protects not only us, ...
04/20/2026

✨ D-3 days until BCPP’s Luminary Gala! Reducing our exposure to toxic chemicals linked to disease protects not only us, but the generations that come after us.

Breast cancer rates have been rising for the last 50 years, and most recently are rising the fastest among younger women.

BCPP’s work is to change that trajectory. Not just for ourselves - but for our daughters, and for future generations.

That’s why this year, youth advocates will be taking the Gala stage to share their story and how BCPP’s cause - to prevent preventable breast cancer - has become their own.

👏 Please join us in cheering on these fresh faces of breast cancer prevention!

Paper receipts are often coated with toxic chemicals called bisphenols that then get absorbed through your skin.BPA and ...
04/18/2026

Paper receipts are often coated with toxic chemicals called bisphenols that then get absorbed through your skin.

BPA and other bisphenols like BPS are linked to serious health harms, including but not limited to:
👎increased risk of breast and prostate cancers
👎obesity
👎infertility
👎low birth weight

It’s time the companies that make receipt paper clean up their act!

That’s why Breast Cancer Prevention Partners is co-sponsoring Assembly Bill 1604 to ban bisphenols in receipts.

We believe receipt paper manufacturers can and should use already available safer alternatives. AB 1604’s ban on toxic bisphenols in receipt paper needs widespread public support from people like you!

Join us in sending a message to the California Legislature: https://www.bcpp.org/take-action/ban-bisphenols-in-receipts/

✨ We’d like to illuminate one of BCPP’s Luminary Gala Presenting Sponsors: survivor, advocate, BCPP Board member, and mo...
04/14/2026

✨ We’d like to illuminate one of BCPP’s Luminary Gala Presenting Sponsors: survivor, advocate, BCPP Board member, and mother Parul Somani.

Parul was diagnosed with an aggressive stage 2 triple-negative breast cancer one week after giving birth to her youngest daughter. 

“Facing breast cancer as a 31-year-old new mother reshaped how I think about uncertainty, choice, and the future. That journey inspired The Path of Least Regret and my work with Breast Cancer Prevention Partners. As a mother of two daughters, working to create a world with fewer diagnoses is my path of least regret.”

BCPP is honored to recognize Parul as a major supporter of both the organization and this year’s Luminary Gala.

➡️ Visit Parul Somani to learn more about The Path of Least Regret

✨ This year’s Luminary Gala honorees include two people whose work BCPP has been proud to stand beside for years.Greg an...
03/30/2026

✨ This year’s Luminary Gala honorees include two people whose work BCPP has been proud to stand beside for years.

Greg and Joanne Starkman, founders of Innersense Organic Beauty, built their brand on a simple but powerful belief: that safer hair products - free of harmful ingredients - should be the standard, not the exception.

Their commitment has made them long-standing partners in BCPP’s Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, powerful advocates for federal ingredient transparency legislation, and genuine champions of a healthier beauty industry for consumers, salon workers, and the planet.

We are honored to recognize them as 2026 Luminaries and grateful for Innersense Organic Beauty’s continued support as a Gold Sponsor of this year’s gala.





03/23/2026

Get that formaldehyde OUT!

Formaldehyde has been linked to cancer for nearly 50 years. It’s still in 50% of all beauty products marketed to Black Angelenos.

Despite knowing of the dangers that surround formaldehyde for decades, the has yet to act—while formaldehyde is already banned in the European Union and Japan.

Join our letter campaign to demand action! safecosmetics.org/gtfo

We are so proud to celebrate this year’s Luminary Gala honorees - three extraordinary champions of a healthier, safer wo...
03/18/2026

We are so proud to celebrate this year’s Luminary Gala honorees - three extraordinary champions of a healthier, safer world.

✨ Representative Jan Schakowsky: Longtime champion of safe cosmetics and health-protective legislation.
✨ Greg and Joanne Starkman: Founders of Innersense Organic Beauty, for their leadership in creating safer personal care products without harmful ingredients.
✨ BCPP’s Science Advisory Panel: The SAP’s expertise guides our evidence-based work.
✨ Swipe to also see our incredible Gold and Silver sponsors who make this work possible.

🎟️ Tickets are nearly sold out, so make sure to grab yours before they’re gone: 🔗 donate.bcpp.org/event/bcpps-2026-luminary-gala/e694962

03/17/2026

Plastic is not just an environmental issue; it’s a human health emergency.

Plastics are in our brains, our blood, and our unborn children – with health risks linked to rising rates of chronic illnesses like cancer. For millions of hopeful couples, plastic exposure is harming our fertility and stealing our right to a family.

But there is something we can do. With simple, affordable swaps and actions, we can unplastic our homes, our bodies, our families, our communities, and our futures.

Our bodies are no place for plastic. It’s time to take action and unplastic our lives.

➡️ Visit bcpp.org to learn more about the link between plastic and breast cancer.
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03/13/2026

The chemical industry is in Washington right now talking to your representatives, so we need to make our voices heard.

The industry is trying to weaken the Toxic Substance Control Act, our main federal chemical safety law.

➡️ Enough pollution already. Tell Congress to protect our health instead of the chemical industry’s profits.

Send a letter to you representative
🔗 https://www.bcpp.org/take-action/safeguard-our-health-no-to-gutting-chemical-safety/

03/03/2026

When six couples embark on a plastic detox within their homes, it changes their families forever.

This eye-opening documentary explains what microplastics and their chemicals are doing to our health and how we can take matters into our own hands.

is streaming globally on starting March 16!

Visit bcpp.org to learn more about the link between plastic and breast cancer.

Follow - the impact campaign behind the film

Formaldehyde has been linked to cancer for nearly 50 years. It’s still in 50% of all beauty products marketed to Black A...
02/27/2026

Formaldehyde has been linked to cancer for nearly 50 years. It’s still in 50% of all beauty products marketed to Black Angelenos.

Despite knowing of the dangers that surround formaldehyde for decades, the FDA has yet to act—while formaldehyde is already banned in the European Union and Japan.

RFK Jr. has the power to change this. Join our letter campaign to demand he take action!

🔗 https://www.safecosmetics.org/gtfo/

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Beauty products marketed to Black women are some of the most toxic on the market, increasing our risk of breast and uter...
02/24/2026

Beauty products marketed to Black women are some of the most toxic on the market, increasing our risk of breast and uterine cancer, infertility, and birth defects.

Black women spend 9x more on hair care products than any other demographic, but these products often contain formaldehyde (a known human carcinogen) and other toxic chemicals!

Black beauty deserves better choices.

➡️ Join our beauty justice movement! Tell and the to GTF(ormaldehyde)O.

www.safecosmetics.org/gtfo/

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We are the leading science-based policy and advocacy organization working to prevent breast cancer by eliminating our exposure to toxic chemicals and radiation. Our focus is on the intersection of breast cancer prevention and environmental health.