What's hiding in the fragrances of top brand-name cleaners? You have a right to know--and SC Johnson should be telling you instead of keeping toxic secrets.

Women's Voices for the Earth recently launched our Glade: Stop Keeping Toxic Secrets Campaign. Learn more here. Join us to ask Glade to stop keeping their fragrance ingredients a secret! Air freshener seems to be more and more prevalent in our society these days. One market analysis forecast that home fragrance sales would reach $6 billion by 2012. I was unable to find an exact sales number for last year, but I have no doubt that it’s a shockingly high number, given the staggering array of air freshening devices available in the supermarket aisle. Aerosols, sprays, candles, plug-ins, oils,...

A new report from Women's Voices for the Earth, Secret Scents: How Hidden Fragrance Allergens Harm Public Health , finds that millions of people are affected by skin allergies caused by chemicals in fragrance. In fact, allergic reactions to fragrance chemicals are common, and have increased significantly among children in the past few decades. Women are also more impacted by fragrance allergy; women are exposed to more perfumed personal care products and cleaners, and are 2-3 times more likely to suffer from fragrance allergies than men. Unfortunately, it’s nearly impossible for consumers to...

Women's Voices for the Earth's Non-Toxic Shopping Guide has everything you need to make responsible choices without compromising the fun and excitement of gift-giving. With this Guide, you can use your consumer power to tell and show companies that you demand safer products!

An open letter from Women's Voices for the Earth to one of the biggest consumer product companies on the planet: make the obvious moral decision to remove a cancer-causing chemical from Tide ® and Tide Free & Gentle ® . Dear Mr. McDonald, We’d like to point out some serious discrepancies between P&G’s stated principles and its toxic products. The Procter & Gamble website proudly displays a quote from its founder, front and center, regarding product safety: "Throughout our history, P&G has believed that the safety of our products is a prerequisite for responsible business. Our...

Does the thought of trying to get toxic chemicals out of your home make you want to run screaming in the opposite direction? BPA in cans, cancer-causing chemicals in baby shampoo, hormone disruptors in laundry detergent – do you start to get completely overwhelmed? What if we told you that detoxing your home can actually be fun? Yep, fun – we promise! Green Momma Parties are the newest DIY party that makes creating a non-toxic home fun and affordable. Women’s Voices for the Earth’s (WVE) free Green Momma Party Guide has everything you need to host a great party, including a room-by-room guide...

Detoxing your home shouldn't be a chore. Make it a party instead! As a busy parent, you have a lot on your mind, and the last thing you want to worry about is exposing your baby to harmful chemicals in your own home. But it’s not always easy to figure out where those toxic chemicals might be lurking. For example, did you know that: Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo was found to contain formaldehyde – a known cancer-causing chemical?! Or that Tide Free & Gentle laundry detergent contains 1,4-dioxane, also a carcinogen?! Or that many canned foods contain Bisphenol-A (BPA), a hormone...

The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) released polling results this week showing that 75% of moms would be “angry” if the government took antibacterial soap off the market. Wait a minute…the government is taking antibacterial soap off the market? No, of course not. But ACI may have led these moms to think so. The ACI represents cleaning product manufacturers who don’t want the antibacterial chemical triclosan taken off the market. And restricting this chemical wouldn’t remove antibacterials from the market—it would simply require companies to use alternatives to triclosan. Recently, several...