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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.

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

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

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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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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02/21/2026

In the same week that Bayer, the company that makes the w**d killer Roundup, proposed a seven billion dollar settlement to cancer patients — because it was clear enough that their product was linked to this disease — the Trump administration just announced an effort to boost the production of glyphosate.

Glyphosate is the main chemical in Roundup, and the very one that is causing cancer.

This just shows that the government is not using science to protect our health from toxic chemicals in the environment.

That’s why we need organizations like BCPP to fight for regulation to protect us all.

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02/10/2026

☕ Your tea might be serving you billions of plastic particles with every cup!

New research found that common teabags made from nylon, polypropylene, and even cellulose release HUGE amounts of tiny plastic particles when you steep them in hot water - we’re talking up to 1.2 BILLION nanoparticles per milliliter! 😱

Scientists tested what happens when these particles meet human gut cells and found they’re definitely getting absorbed. Different types of plastics were taken up by different types of intestinal cells, showing our bodies are interacting with these materials in ways we don’t fully understand yet.

This isn’t just about ocean plastic - it’s in our kitchen, in our tea, and in our bodies. The health effects? Still being studied, but this is a wake-up call that everyday products we consider safe might be exposing us to much more plastic than we thought.

🌿 It’s time to switch to loose leaf tea—there’s a wide variety of tea leaf sieves to choose from—until companies prove their teabags are plastic free.

Click 🔗in bio to learn more. Then share this post with tea-loving friends. ☕

02/06/2026

Consumer Reports Advocacy’s recent article on toxic chemicals hiding in everyday cosmetics reinforces what we've been saying for years.

From phthalates in fragranced products to PFAS in "long-lasting" makeup, formaldehyde-releasers in hair straighteners to parabens in lotions, too many beauty products contain harmful ingredients linked to breast cancer, reproductive harm, and hormone disruption.

✨ Swipe to see how to identify and avoid 5 of the most concerning chemicals and 5 tips to shop safer.

Women of color face disproportionate exposure to these toxic chemicals through products explicitly marketed to them. This isn't just about ingredients—it's about beauty justice.

We've been fighting for safer cosmetics for years through our Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. While we wait for stronger federal regulations, you can protect yourself by voting with your wallet and demanding better from brands.

02/04/2026

Phthalates, common chemicals used in plastics, personal care products, food packaging, and much more may drive breast cancer—now the leading cause of cancer death among women ages 20-39, according to a study from the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine.

❌ The research suggests that phthalates interfere with the body’s hormone systems, activate cancer-promoting genes, and make tumors both easier to form and harder to treat.

❌ The review also points out that while EuropeanCommission has restricted several phthalates from all uses, the U.S. has only banned a handful and still allows phthalates in most food packaging and personal care products.

🏛 Luckily, there is action to take! Building on the success of BCPP’s historic California Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act (AB 2762), we’re pushing for passage of the Safer Beauty Bill Package, a federal legislative package aimed at making personal care products safer for everyone, especially women of color and professional salon workers.

Sign up at the 🔗 in bio for updates and to get involved.

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