Resources
Education is one of the keys to prevention! Use these resources to help reduce exposure to harmful chemicals in your everyday life.
Tip: Don’t get overwhelmed…make one change at a time.
Helpful Websites
Environmental Working Group (EWG): Your one stop source for safe products. Be sure to check out their Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists to determine what produce you should only buy organic and what produce is okay to buy conventional. www.ewg.org
Six Classes: Learn about the 6 classes of chemicals of concern that may be harming our health. Learn what they are, where they are found, how we are exposed, what you can do, and more. www.sixclasses.org
Water Filtration: Learn about the most effective water filtration systems. www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/water-filtration, and EWG Tap Water Database | Water Filters
PFAS Central: Sources: PFAS free products. www.pfascentral.org/pfas-free-products
Beyond Pesticides: Provides the public with useful information on pesticides and alternatives to their use. With this information, people can and do protect themselves and the environment from the potential adverse public health and environmental effects associated with the use and misuse of pesticides. www.beyondpesticides.org
Safer Chemicals Healthy Families: Fights for strong chemical policy, works with retailers to phase out hazardous chemicals and transform the marketplace, and educates the public about ways to protect our families from toxic chemicals. www.saferchemicals.org
Mind the Store Campaign: In 2013, Safer Chemicals launched the Mind the Store campaign to challenge the nation’s largest retailers, urging them to eliminate toxic chemicals in products and packaging and develop comprehensive safer chemicals policies. Go to their website to learn how your favorite retailers score. www.saferchemicals.org/mind-the-store
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics: Educates you on what is in your products and, also about easy actions you can take online to advocate for safer cosmetics. www.safecosmetics.org
Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE): Aims to amplify women’s voices to eliminate the toxic chemicals that harm our health and communities. They are a great resource to explore issues that are of particular interest to women who want to live with less toxins. www.womensvoices.org
“Never List”: Print Beauty Counter’s “Never List” and carry with you to be sure you never buy a beauty product that contains one of the chemicals on the list. www.beautycounter.com/the-never-list
The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT): A coalition of citizens, scientists, health professionals, workers, and educators seeking preventative action on toxic hazards. Go to their Healthy Living page to learn about what to buy and what to avoid. www.healthytomorrow.org
Environmental Health Trust: A coalition of citizens, scientists, health EHT’s vision is a thriving world where technology is both state-of-the-art and safe for all. www.ehtrust.org
https://www.beautyschoolsdirectory.com/blog/toxic-cosmetics: This guide provides valuable information about 11 of the most dangerous cosmetic ingredients and contaminants. You’ll also find information about what ingredients and contaminants to avoid, including when pregnant or breastfeeding, what laws surround the cosmetics industry, and what the real deal is with organic, natural, and clean cosmetics.
Apps
Healthy Living: EWG’s comprehensive app with ratings for more than 120,000 food and personal care products.
Think Dirty: Shows ingredients in your beauty, personal care and household products and guides you to safe products.
Good Guide: Makes it easy to find better products through science-based ratings.
Detox Me: A great shopping companion and can help you find key tips for choosing safer products.
Print & Carry
This printable brochure is a great consumer guide.
Print it and carry it with y6 when you shop
Environmental Working Group guides to print and carry
The label to look for to avoid flame retardants when buying new furniture or to determine whether your current furniture is safe
Common ingredients to keep on hand for DIY cleaning recipes
Try this DIY recipe to safely kill weeds in your garden
Tips for safe cell phone use
Take Action
Advocacy Websites
www.toxicsaction.org: Toxics Action Center’s mission is to work side-by-side with communities, empowering you with the skills and resources needed to prevent or clean up pollution at the local level.
www.cleanwateraction.org:Since it’s founding, during the campaign to pass the landmark Clean Water Act in 1972, Clean Water Action has worked to win strong health and environmental protections by bringing issue expertise, solution-oriented thinking and people power to the table.
www.communityhealthbook.com: Community Health was developed by Erin Brockovich and allows individuals to post and share information with Erin and other community members for the purpose of allowing communities to better harness information that will provide individuals and their families with additional data and information that will aid them in their quest for solutions.
www.saferstates.org: Safer States and their partners work to advance common-sense policies that hold all of us to our responsibilities, making human health and safety their top priority.
www.womensvoices.org : Women’s Voices for the Earth amplifies women’s voices to eliminate the toxic chemicals that harm our health and communities.
www.poccacapecod.org: POCCA’s mission is to educate residents, businesses and public agencies of Cape Cod on how to keep our drinking water safe by eliminating the use of hazardous chemicals in our environment.
