Breast Cancer Fund – Education and Awareness

With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, there has been no better time to consider the impact our environment may be having on our risk of developing this disease.

The Breast Cancer Fund (www.breastcancerfund.org) are at the forefront of providing awareness and information about the prevention of this disease.

What do they do?

The Breast Cancer Fund’s aim is to transform how our society thinks about and uses chemical and radiation with the goal of preventing breast cancer and sustaining health and life.

Pretty powerful stuff!

Backed by the scientific evidence of the links between breast cancer and environmental factors, the Breast Cancer Fund’s website is packed with information on:

• Breast Cancer and Our Environment
• Chemicals and Radiation
• The Biology of Breast Cancer
• Reducing Your Risk
• Campaigns to make products safer

Have a look at the website www.breastcancerfund.org and see what you can learn today about reducing the risk of breast cancer.

Safe Beauty Products for Your Family

In our last post, we were talking about the potential health hazards found in the ingredients in many beauty products.

Now we’ve found a great way to help you avoid unsafe ingredients and the beauty products in which they are found. The best part is that you can carry it with you at all times on your phone!

It’s called EWG’s Skin Deep app. Here’s how it works:

By typing in the name of your product or scanning the barcode, the app searches the EWG’s database and returns a rating on your product based on health hazards associated with the ingredients on the product. You can then decide whether or not this is the best beauty product for you before you head to the checkout. Their database is constantly updated, so if your product doesn’t return a result, it is added to their “to do” list so they can investigate and provide this information in the future.

EWG (Environmental Working Group) is an organisation driven by providing information to consumers to empower them to make informed decisions on the products they use on their bodies. They also advocate for responsible corporate and government policies to protect the vulnerable among us. Their website www.ewg.org also has a wealth of information on skin care, fragrances, make up, oral care and products for babies and men.

Let us know what you think of this app and website. Have you found anything surprising about the products in your bathroom?