If you're a regular reader of the beauty channel then you very likely are concerned about toxic chemicals in your personal care products and your home. If you're on twitter, here are some people and organizations you should be following to stay abreast of the dangers from toxic chemicals, alternatives and actions you can take to protect your family:
@SaferChemicals - A national coalition of over 250 orgs representing more than 11 million concerned citizens asking Congress to pass common sense limits on toxic chemicals.
@Healthy_Child - National nonprofit igniting a movement that inspires parents to protect children from harmful chemicals.
@NRDC - The National Resources Defense Council. The Earth's Best Defense
@TheSmartMama - Mom Blogger Author Env Attorney Lawyer CPSA CPSIA Proposition 65 XRF Testing Lead Cadmium Consumer Products Labeling Green Non Toxic Living Expert Gardening
@SafeCosmetics - Co-founder of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and author of the book Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry.
@SilentSpringIns - Silent Spring Institute is a scientific research organization that studies links between the environment and women's health, especially breast cancer.
@breastcancerfnd - Prevention Is Power! The Breast Cancer Fund is the leading national organization working to identify and eliminate the environmental causes of breast cancer.
@OrganicConsumer - Campaigning for health, justice, sustainability, peace and democracy!
@Women4Earth - Women's Voices for the Earth is a national organization that works to eliminate toxic chemicals that impact women's health.
@NotAGuineaPig - We're a campaign led by Environmental Defense Fund in partnership with other key orgs to build support for chemicals policy reform.
@RodaleNews - Your trusted news source for healthy living on a healthy planet.
@NoMoPesticides - I am a Mother and a Children's Environmental Health Advocate. It's time for us to come together and put people and planet before profit and politics.Let's roll!
@SafeMama - Mom behind the One-stop parents safety resource - Toy recalls, health, product safety, and eco-conscious well-being resource for parents.
@YourOrganicLife - I add myself only because if you read what I write, you might also like to read what I tweet.
Are there any other people on twitter that you love who tweet about toxins? List them in the comments so the rest of us can follow them too.
Update: I can't believe I forgot my friend Alicia of @TheSoftLanding. She has taught me sooo much about toxic plastics.


Joanna Runciman
said on October 20, 2011
Danika Carter @Your Organic Life
said on October 20, 2011
Brenna Burke
said on October 24, 2011