
Campaign for Safer Cosmetics
Using smarts and sass to pressure the cosmetics industry to make safer products.
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics coalition, a project of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (formerly the Breast Cancer Fund) is a coalition of over 1,100 public health, educational, religious, labor, women’s, environmental and consumer groups and organizations working to eliminate dangerous chemicals linked to adverse health impacts from cosmetics and personal care products.
The Campaign has educated millions of people about the problem of toxic chemicals in cosmetics, which has led to an increased demand for safer products in the marketplace. Now hundreds of cosmetic companies fully disclose ingredients and avoid the use of cancer-causing chemicals, reproductive toxicants and other unsafe chemicals, demonstrating these practices are not only possible, but profitable. Retailers, too, are becoming part of the solution by requiring the national brands they sell to eliminate chemicals of concern and practice a higher level of ingredient transparency.
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics does not support unnecessary, repeated or senseless testing of toxic chemicals on animals, and supports all efforts to seek a methodology that would replace animal testing while ensuring that safety testing meets the most rigorous standards to protect human health and the health of the planet. We believe that the overall goal of reducing animal testing while protecting human and wildlife health can be achieved with more efficient testing protocols, a reduction in unnecessary or duplicate testing, ongoing research of available alternatives, and better dissemination of existing studies.
The health of the planet and all life on it requires that we work together toward a sustainable future. The Campaign’s role in building that future is an overhaul of current chemical policy, which is built on the amount of risk that is “acceptable” rather then the amount of risk that is avoidable. A fundamental change in the way the market and the government view exposure to toxic chemicals will benefit all species.
More than 175 organizations have endorsed the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Platform, indicating their support for the Campaign’s over-arching goal: stricter federal oversight and regulation of the cosmetics industry and safer personal care products for people and the planet.
In 2017 the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics endorsed the MADE SAFE seal. This means it’s encouraging its Business Network of over 1200 companies to become MADE SAFE certified
Some Supporting Orginizations
Advocates For Environmental Human Rights
African American Women Evolving
American Clinical Board of Nutrition
The American Fertility Association
American Nurses Association
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
Beyond Pesticides
BOLD Teens
Breast Cancer Action
Breast Cancer Resource Center
Breast Cancer Prevention & Community Research Group
Center for Environmental Health
Citizens’ Environmental Coalition
Clean New York
Clean Production Action
Code Pink: Women for Peace
Endometriosis Association
Environmental Research Foundation
Families for Conscious Living
Fashion Empowering Women Foundation (FEW)
Fibromyalgia Treatment Center
Girls, Math & Science Partnership
Green America
Greenpeace
Green Spa Network
Holistic Moms Network
Institute for a Sustainable Future
Institute for Children’s Environmental Health
Kids Against Pollution
Light Up The Darkness
Living Toxin Free
National Black Environmental Justice Network
National Council of Churches
National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance
National Organization of Women
National Womens Health Network
North American Hazardous Materials Management Association
Organic Consumers Association
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Prevention is the Cure
Sustainable Living and Interconnected Education
Teens for Safe Cosmetics
TIME Ecoprojects
Vermont Public Interest Research
Women’s Health & Environmental Network
Women’s Health and Justice Initiative
Working Group on Right-to-Knowrap