Cancer Free Economy

Join CFE’s upcoming webinar on Pesticides and Agroecology tomorrow, April 5th at 1pm PT / 4pm ET. Discover the impact of harmful pesticides on health and explore innovative solutions by #BIPOC farmers and worker-owned cooperatives to combat pesticides, prevent cancer and revolutionize our food system. Featured speakers: ✨ Yaynicut Franco, Director of Culture and Land Stewardship, Wukchumni Tribe ✨ Nayamin Martinez, Director, Central California Environmental Justice Network ✨ Rosalba Lopez Ramirez, Co-founder, Black Zocalo Secure your spot: https://buff.ly/3VFnZbk #pesticides #agroecology #landstewardship #environmentaljustice #climatejustice

Victoria St. Martin at Inside Climate News makes the important connection between climate change, toxics, and health -- this is a great example of how environmental contaminants can make their way into the products we use every day that can impact women's health. Includes comments from Silent Spring's Robin Dodson. Check it out! https://lnkd.in/g5QsA4Mr

#Cancer-causing chemicals like #pesticides can also cause significant harm to unborn babies. Thanks to CFE member American Sustainable Business Network for sharing the latest win for public health protection from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)!

As #PlasticFreeJuly comes to a close, let's remember that we don't just have a #plastics problem - we have a single-use problem. In today’s fast-paced world, we are often eating on the go or rushing from one place to the next and it is no surprise to see how we’ve become dependent upon disposable products. It has been well-documented that single-use plastic food packaging–derived from petroleum and further worsening the ongoing climate crisis–can harm human health as well as the environment. More people are increasingly aware and concerned about plastic’s connection to petrochemicals, the lack of plastic recycling, the false narrative about so-called "chemical recycling”, as well as increased research about the toxicity and prevalence of #microplastics. And finally, more people are starting to recognize the undisclosed and unknown number of chemicals that are used to make these everyday plastic products that we’re serving, storing and sometimes heating our food in. It’s encouraging to see the growing movement to phase out and cut production of single-use plastic. Early policy efforts are focused on banning single-use plastic straws or plastic bags, and the Biden-Harris Administration's newly announced plastic pollution strategy includes a government procurement phase-out of single-use plastics in food service operations and events by 2027, and in all government operations by 2035. This is all great progress but if we really want to tackle the larger systemic issue of our throwaway culture, we need to be cautious around jumping from single-use plastic over to other single-use options such as aluminum and especially paper or plant-based products. As we successfully decrease our use of harmful plastics, it is important for us to carefully think about the best long-term solution and where we should be heading - to avoid jumping from one problem to another. Learn more about this issue. Great blog from CEH's Green & Clean Procurement Director Sue Chiang: https://lnkd.in/gtfkdwhh

✨ICYMI, an incredibly important study came out showing that “Pesticides may cause cancer on a level equivalent to smoking cigarettes.” https://lnkd.in/gpfTGQsb Better solutions are available through #RegenerativeAgriculture practices that make more #business sense than using #pesticides. 👉Check out ‘The Business Case for Safer Alternatives to Fertilizers and Pesticides’: https://lnkd.in/gP755W25

“We should be eliminating PFAS from all products, but particularly pesticides because you’re spraying them on crops, and there’s not a more direct way to expose the population than that.” New study raises health concerns because of the persistence of PFAS in the environment and the potential to contaminate food and drinking water supplies: https://lnkd.in/e2FNpwEU https://lnkd.in/gHqT4SNN

🗳️ Democracy is vital for business! Today marks the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing. In 1987, Lewis was voted as the U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 5th congressional district and remained until his passing in 2020. 💼 ASBN’s Business for Democracy group has long supported the call for Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to strengthen legal protections against discriminatory voting policies and practices, guaranteeing equal access to the ballot. See our page on voting reforms: https://lnkd.in/eJnUKSAM Today, many organizations have come together for the John Lewis Day of Commemoration and Action, with over 85 events planned nationwide. 🇺🇸 🗽Join ASBN and others today in honoring John Lewis and calling on Congress to advance federal legislation to protect our democracy! Find events here: https://lnkd.in/e4DKzBFN #JohnLewis #DayofAction #VotingRights #DemocracyMatters #CivilRights #ASBN

Big News! CFE member CEHN's Executive Director (and CFE Fundraising Chair/Executive Committee member), Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, will speak as part of the Biden Cancer Moonshot panel and community conversation in July! See below 👇

New study adds to growing evidence that exposure to PFAS chemicals can impact a woman's ability to breastfeed. The study could help explain why so many women in the U.S. stop breastfeeding early. https://lnkd.in/ewQt5Pg4

A cancer-free economy relies on regulatory agencies to be able to regulate businesses. We're happy to see CFE members like American Sustainable Business Network sharing guidance on recent alarming #SCOTUS decisions.