Erika Wilhelm

Director Marketing Communications @Breast Cancer Prevention Partners Bcpp

San Francisco, CA, US

I am: Working to create a healthier world for all. Protecting the health of current & future generations from cancer through science, education, action, corporate accountability, advocacy, and systemic change. Saving lives by eliminating our environmental exposure to toxic chemicals.Redefining the notion of beauty to be free of cancer-causing ingredients. Representing and elevating BIPOC community voices.Passing laws, pressuring corporations, kicking butt, and taking names. Functioning in the realms between public health, women\'s issues, and environmental and social justice.Achievements-NEW LAW: Toxic-Free Medical Devices Act (AB 2300)-NEW LAW: Modernization of Cosmetics Regulations Act-NEW LAW: CA Safer Clothes & Textiles Act (AB 1817)-NEW LAW: CA PFAS-Free Beauty Act (AB 2771)-Core organizing committee member of the campaign that got Johnson & Johnson to stop selling toxic talc-based baby powder globally due to asbestos contamination-NEW LAW: CA Safer Food Packaging & Cookware Act (AB 1200)-Published Paths to Prevention: The CA Breast Cancer Primary Prevention Plan, a first-ever comprehensive primary prevention plan for breast cancer-NEW LAW: Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act (AB2762) nation’s first state-level ban of 24 toxic ingredients, including mercury and formaldehyde, from beauty & personal care products-NEW LAW: Cosmetic Fragrance & Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act (SB312-Leyva) 1st in the world to require the public disclosure of hazardous fragrance & flavor ingredients-NEW LAW: Firefighting equipment & foam: PFAS chemicals (SB 1044-Allen)-NEW LAW: CA Salon Product Ingredient Disclosure Act (AB 2775)-NEW LAW: CA Cleaning Product Right to Know Act, the first law in the nation requiring disclosure of cleaning product ingredients-Successfully petitioned the U.S. FDA to ban seven cancer-causing flavorings from food-Released landmark report Right to Know: Exposing toxic fragrance chemicals in beauty, personal care & cleaning products