Please don’t be fooled by a breast cancer pink ribbon on a beauty product made with toxic chemicals that cause cancer—regardless of the amount its manufacturer plans to donate to breast cancer research, these products do more harm than good. Want a short list to avoid? I’ve got it!
Please don’t be fooled by a breast cancer pink ribbon on a beauty product made with toxic chemicals that cause cancer. Here’s a short list of what to avoid.
I learned these two rules when researching pinkwashing, defined by the Breast Cancer Action non-profit’s “Think Before You Pink” campaign as “a company or organization that claims to care about breast cancer by promoting a pink ribbon product, but at the same time produces, manufactures and/or sells products that are linked to the disease.”
Case in point? Susan G. Komen’s “Promise Me” perfume, which contained carcinogenic toluene, banned by the International Fragrance Association, which donated a mere 3% of its’ $59 purchase price to breast cancer research.
Last year, I published tricks to avoid pinkwashing in food and beauty products, and earlier this year, I shared information on Harvard University study that identified the 17 breast-cancer causing chemicals in products we use every day.
Statistically, one in eight women—12% of American women—will get breast cancer in her lifetime, and one in 36 will die. This fight is personal for me: Recently, both my aunt and mother-in-law were treated for the disease. (Thankfully, both are fine.)
Look for great products that fight breast cancer the right way, like California Baby’s vegan, organic and sustainably made I Love You Massage Oil donates 15% of proceeds to the California Breast Cancer Research program. Or Eos Lip Balm Breast Cancer Awareness 2-Pack, which donates 5% of sales to the Young Survival Coalition to support and educate young women with breast cancer.
Ladies, let’s rethink the pink!
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