With a new season just around the corner, we look to news from another spring, the Silent Spring Institute's research on Consumer Products Contain Potentially Harmful Chemicals Not Listed on Labels published in Environmental Health Perspectives. 

Many of us dutifully read the ingredients list in order to avoid toxins known to cause cancer. Unfortunately, SSI found that many substances linked to cancer and asthma are slipping through the cracks and not making it onto the product label. 

Here at MBCC we advocate for the elimination of these harmful chemicals through public policy, but first we need to know what and where these chemicals are. Big thanks to our sister organization the Silent Spring Institute for investigating this and bringing our attention to the issue.