Project Nesting WECF

#Nesting @WECF_INT - A Healthy Environment for All. Helping parents to create a safe & healthy environment; web platform in 8 languages, see also @EenVeiligNest

[Project Nesting WECF @ProjectNesting]

Next week, our partner @Wen_UK is organizing the Environmenstrual week, advocating for healthy and toxic free periods.

Read more about WECF's work on toxic free periods and how you can engage with the Environmenstrual week 👇

https://t.co/iyVMHRyJcM

[Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @HealthandEnv]

Today, we are in the European Court of Justice to support the ban of the health-harming pesticide #chlorpyrifos-methyl.

Scientific evidence points to concerns of severe health impacts and justifies protective action: https://t.co/rCik913k4a

A thread 🧵👇

[Project Nesting WECF @ProjectNesting]

@OlgaSperansk @Green_Europe @HealthandEnv @HEJ_Support @arnikaorg @EU_Commission @Wen_UK

[Olga Speranskaya @OlgaSperansk]

@Green_Europe @HealthandEnv @HEJ_Support @ProjectNesting @arnikaorg and 16 other groups signed a letter urging @EU_Commission to ban hazardous chemicals in nappies using a precautionary approach https://t.co/zjRlgc74KB

[Project Nesting WECF @ProjectNesting]

Officials say 90% of European babies have been exposed to “very severe” chemicals in #nappies / #diapers sold throughout Europe in recent years, putting them at risk of “potentially very severe diseases” later in life. https://t.co/YTawZDcm2y @Green_Europe @JuttaPaulusRLP

[Plastic Soup Foundation @plasticsoupfoun]

📣 BREAKING! 9 out of 10 cosmetics from popular brands contain microplastics, we found in a new study 🤯 That can't be healthy for us or our planet.

You can change this with one click. 📝 Send a message & dare them to be microplastics-free! 👉https://t.co/dpoDPcLMoD
#DareToCare

[Project Nesting WECF @ProjectNesting]

We need safer #toys for our kids - MEPs call for ‘outdated’ EU toy safety directive to be updated - https://t.co/VXlhuJCVPE

[WECF international @WECF_INT]

🎥Watch our video featuring #real, #ambitious, #green, #feminist, #climate #leaders!

You can support our work with over 150 partners in more than 50 countries by going to our website and donating today!

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[WECF international @WECF_INT]

Online course: What has gender got to do with chemicals? Part of @ToxicsFree Women and Chemicals training series and has been developed by WECF’s Johanna Hausmann, senior policy advisor on harmful chemicals and waste #genderandchemicals https://t.co/sO1YtTzIjg

[Project Nesting WECF @ProjectNesting]

These Chemicals Disrupt the Sexual Development of Children &They’re Everywhere. https://t.co/HMkwOekBWn @theintercept #EDCs

[Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) @HealthandEnv]

Single-use #diapers can contain a range of chemicals, including PCBs & dioxins, proven to be dangerous to newborns and toddlers’ health.

But to our great concern, @EU_ECHA’s scientific committees today dismissed proposals to take protective action.

👉 https://t.co/WTN7kDQx6H

[Project Nesting WECF @ProjectNesting]

Children between the ages of three - 15 years have been found to be carrying traces of any of a number of 261 chemical pollutants in hair samples, according to a study carried out by the consumer organisation. @Test_Achats https://t.co/aHKeBc4TPM

[Wen. (Women’s Environmental Network) @Wen_UK]

Hi! We're with Zarina Ahmad ​​@ZarinaAhmad13
Dominique Palmer @domipalmer
Kavita Naidu @kavnaidu
Sherilyn MacGregor @dr_smacgregor
Sascha Gabizon @SashchaGabizon @WECF_INT and
Anne Karpf @AnneKarpf #FeministGreenNewDeal
https://t.co/cNeQoFsDBs

[Wen. (Women’s Environmental Network) @Wen_UK]

"The 22 richest men in the world have more wealth than all the women in Africa." says Kavita Naidu @kavnaidu "Our systems are broken". We need #grassroots #feminist #fossilfree #genderjust #carebased solutions #FeministGreenNewDeal

[Project Nesting WECF @ProjectNesting]

Nearly half of #toys from third-party online sellers found to be dangerous https://t.co/55b8L2qObi

[Project Nesting WECF @ProjectNesting]

Fire-resistant chemicals used in baby seats and electronics may harm brains of babies and young children, scientists warn. https://t.co/e3VHxZeu60

[Plastic Soup Foundation @plasticsoupfoun]

Is it jeopardising our health? 🤔

Research into the effects of #microplastics and the even smaller #nanoplastics are still in its infancy, but more and more scientists are starting to worry about their effects on human #health.

Want to know more? 👉 https://t.co/2Qjd22qq2X

[Project Nesting WECF @ProjectNesting]

Another toxic legacy from @JNJNews - this time benzene in sunscreen - they really don't care do they? https://t.co/HPfZLd8EDo

[IPEN: toxics-free @ToxicsFree]

Many consumer products contain phthalates, alkylphenols, parabens, and other #EDCs, threatening #health, particularly for women during pregnancy, without sufficient labeling about risks.
https://t.co/sCg2A0XqiY

[European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) @ESEndocrinology]

More must be done to investigate the many #chemicals whose impact on our health and environment remains unknown. #EUGreenWeek2021 @UNEP @WHO_Europe @EU_ECHA @beuc @mhojsik @HealthandEnv @chemicalwatch