Alexandra Zissu started a petition asking Halle Berry, who has 5 perfumes in her name, to disclose the individual ingredients that make up the fragrance in her perfumes. Fragrances—which are in everything from perfumes to lotions to diapers to food –are considered government protected trade secrets. This means that companies don’t have to tell consumers what’s in…
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Disney is Pushing Me Outside of My Comfort Zone
As most of you know I’ve been working really hard to get Disney to change their ways. Here’s a quick recap: Back in August the Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) published a national report, Hidden Hazards: Toxic Chemicals Inside Children’s Back to School Supplies, which found that seventy-five percent of children’s “back-to-school” supplies tested…
Groovy Green Gig and Other Updates
Time for an update on the Groovy Green Livin front. From time to time I like to share with you what I’ve been up to- under one condition: that you do the same and share with me your latest and greatest! Podcast with Amber Strocel Two years ago at BlogHer in San Diego I…
Why There Were Television Cameras in My Kitchen
This week has been far from ordinary and yesterday was no exception. The back-to-school transition is challenging for all on so many different levels. I decided that I wanted to complicate my life even more and add to it the launch of my petition asking Disney to get toxic chemicals out of princess and Spiderman…
Since When is Cancer “Free and Gentle”?
As many of you know, I started a petition with the support of Healthy Child Healthy World and Women’s Voices for the Earth asking Procter & Gamble (makers of Tide) to strip a harmful cancer-causing chemical out of Tide Free & Gentle®. The petition launched in February, 2012 and in just 2 1/2 months we…
Groovy Green Livin on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer
It started off as a normal work day: writing, tweeting, responding to emails and catching up after a few days out of town. I was also prepping for my guest appearance on Gina Murphy-Darling’s radio show: Mrs. Greens World (tune in tomorrow, 3/31 at 3 pm EST). ABC World News with Diane Sawyer comes…
Campbell’s Goes BPA-Free
I remember the Campbell’s soup jingle all too well- remember “soup is good food”? Well it turns out that Campbell’s soup doesn’t really fall into the “good food” catagory–it’s cans are laden with bisphenol A (BPA). In September of 2011 a report was released by the Breast Cancer Fund that found Campell’s soup to have…
