Persistent and Pervasive: Feminists Take on Toxics
A crash course in feminist environmental health! Learn with us through case studies of products marketed to women and girls including cleaning products, cosmetics/personal care, menstrual/intimate care products and more. We discuss the health effects of toxic chemicals in these products and hear from feminist scientists and activists who are designing creative solutions by raising awareness, advocating for policy reform, and community organizing for action!
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- Update frequency
- every 176 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 5
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
The Beast in Beauty: Toxic Chemicals in Hair Straighteners
Many hair care products marketed particularly to Black women and girls contain chemicals that are endocrine disruptors and thus may interfere with the body’s hormone system. Some of these chemicals…
Advocating for Safe and Just Cleaning
In Part 2 of our mini-series on toxic chemicals in cleaning products, we focus on the efforts of organizers, domestic workers and scientists to strive towards safe and healthy working conditions, as…
Cleaning: A Stained Industry
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