Health

Dangerous chemicals, inadequate health care and a polluted food supply all contribute to serious public health risk. We work our clients and the media to raise awareness about these issues.

Toxic Chemicals in Gardening Products

Health

Ripple’s release of a study on toxic chemicals in gardening products made major headlines with articles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, CNN and many other TV, radio and print outlets.

Toxic Children’s Jewelry

Health

The Ecology Center’s recent study of toxic chemicals in low-cost jewelry proves that lead, cadmium, nickel, mercury and other hazardous chemicals are contained in many of these products marketed to children.

BPA: On The Money

Health

To generate media attention on behalf of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, Ripple came up with the idea for them to conduct a study on BPA on dollar bills. The report found this dangerous chemical on 95% of the bills tested.

Sick of Dust Report

Health

Clean Production Action knew that their study, “Sick of Dust,” on the hazardous chemicals found in household dust needed media attention in order to be heard by key legislators, and Ripple delivered.

BPA In Canned Foods

Food Safety

Ripple worked with the Breast Cancer Fund and Silent Spring Institute to release a groundbreaking, peer-reviewed study which found food packaging to be the number one source of BPA exposure in humans.

HealthyCar.org

Health

When it comes to automobile safety most people think of seatbelts and airbags. But cars also pose hidden hazards that endanger drivers and passengers before even turning on the ignition.

Autism, Infertility & Childhood Cancers

Health

While our client, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, was lobbying to overhaul our failed federal chemicals policy, Ripple was working to draw connections in the public sphere between toxic chemicals and various health implications.

Health

Issues We Work On