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Unpacking the complex forces that threaten public health & our environment. Awarded activist and Author of CLEANING HOUSE.
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The Law I Helped Pass Turns 10 This Year. Congress Might Gut It As a Birthday Present. (opens the original)
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Welcome to the The Environmental Health Brief—by Lindsay Dahl—a nationally awarded activist and author of Cleaning House (HarperCollins). This newsletter gets into complex topics through a lens of credible peer-reviewed science (no pseudoscience folks), my experience as a lobbyist (I’ve helped pass over 30 laws on toxic chemical pollution), and today’s wild, weird, wellness culture (“clean wars” and beyond).I’m letting you in on a little ne
Congress Is Just ‘The Office’, But With Worse Coffee (opens the original)
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If you’ve ever called your senator’s office and talked to a very polite 24-year-old asking you to spell your last name, congratulations: you’ve just met Pam. As we head closer to the midterm elections, I want people to understand how their government works and more specifically how important our voices still are in shaping our future. Since most people found civic class boring, but love The Office, let’s think about your senator’s office like Dunder Mifflin for a minute.I’ve spent 20 years worki
Most Clean Brands Are Missing This One Thing: Someone Who Knows How to Do the Work (opens the original)
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We’re deep in the age of greenhushing, brands are quietly backing off sustainability talk, worried that saying anything invites a lawsuit, a gotcha headline, or a regulator’s attention. We are simultaneously in the era of cleanwashing, brands who are built on the premise of ingredient safety but they haven’t done the work. Doubling down on safety is the right move: packaging
Clean Beauty Isn’t Just Marketing, It’s a Smart Business Strategy (opens the original)
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If you’ve ever wondered why your foundation glides on so smoothly or why your conditioner leaves hair feeling silky instead of coated, you can probably thank a family of ingredients called cyclic silicones: D4, D5, and D6, for short. They’re workhorse texture agents, found in everything from makeup and hair products to antiperspirants and body creams. And starting in June 2027, they will be effectively phased out of the E
Congress Could Gut Our Chemical Safety Law This Week, Unless We Speak Up (opens the original)
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You're reading The Environmental Health Brief—by Lindsay Dahl—a nationally awarded activist and author of Cleaning House (HarperCollins). This newsletter gets into complex topics through a lens of credible peer-reviewed science, my experience as an environmental health lobbyist, and today's wild, weird wellness culture.Roll backs to some of our most important laws often happen quietly, or at least that is what the industr
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