It's Time For Beauty Justice!

Do the products you use on your skin or hair contain chemicals that could affect your health?

Women and femmes on average use 12 products each day, and men use 6 products daily, which contain approximately 168 and 85 chemicals respectfully. As the number of products used increases, the amount of chemicals applied to their bodies surge. Our bodies store these accumulating chemicals, leading to compounding health effects.
Some of these chemicals known to be present in personal care products and cosmetics can cause or contribute to cancer, infertility, hormone disruption, learning and developmental disabilities, asthma, and other breathing and skin irritation. These chemicals also get washed down the drain, adding toxic chemicals to waste water.

Sending this letter will be most powerful if you take a couple minutes to make the sample text your own. Keep it relatively short, and keep the "ask" - to support a legislative ban of toxic ingredients in personal care products - close to the top. Do you have a personal experience with a disease of environmental origin? Talk about it. Have sensitivity to fragrances or other hidden ingredients? They need to hear it. Are you a health care professional, teacher, or parent? Share how hidden harmful chemicals can affect the people you work with and care for.

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Please Pass the Beauty Justice Act This Session

Dear [elected official],

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Please protect New Yorkers from toxic chemicals in the products we all use every day - especially those that disproportionately harm Black and Brown women and femmes.  We urge you to ensure the Beauty Justice Act (S.2057 Webb/A.2054 Glick) passes both houses in the 2025 session.

The New York State legislature has always demonstrated its deep commitment to human health and wellbeing. Please continue that tradition now by supporting the Beauty Justice Act, (S.2057 Webb/A.2054 Glick)

This legislation would protect New Yorkers from additional threat of cancer, infertility, asthma, decreased immune response, and more, by banning toxic chemicals like PFAS, parabens, formaldehyde, heavy metals.

When there is credible scientific evidence that ingredients can cause harm to people and the environment, the government has an obligation to restrict their presence in personal care products.

The Senate has an opportunity to bring about significant change by addressing harmful chemicals in personal care products. As a concerned New Yorker, I urge you to please ensure the Beauty Justice Act, (S.2057 Webb/A.2054 Glick) passes in both houses before June 8th.

Sincerely, [Your information here]