7th Gen Blog

A new report by the women's health advocacy group Women's Voices for the Earth has found that allergic reaction and sensitivity to fragrance chemicals is more widespread than previously thought. According to the report Secret Scents: The Allergens Hiding in Your Scented Products, fragrance is one of the most frequently identified allergens, and tens of millions of people in the U.S. are sensitized to common fragrance ingredients found in household and personal care products.

Volunteering is a way of life in Vermont. Neighbors are cared for, children nurtured, homes restored and lives rebuilt with the help of community.  It’s a tradition Seventh Generation has always embraced wholeheartedly. And while giving back is its own reward, we’d like to pause and thank the kind hearts and helping hands of our 100+ employees for an extraordinary year of giving back. Here’s just a brief look at a few of the many ways in which their 2,767 volunteer hours were spent in 2012:

What do Sumatran Orangutans, Seventh Generation, The Philadelphia Zoo, Dr. Seuss and a Burlington elementary school have in common?

Far more than you might imagine.

This past April, The Philadelphia Zoo launched the "Unless" Campaign. Based on the prophetic words of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, the campaign is a five-year initiative to raise awareness of the near extinction of the Orangutan and to promote the use of sustainable palm oil as a means of protecting the remaining habitat of this great ape.

In the United States, a woman's lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is an alarming 1 in 8, and no more than 1 in 10 women with breast cancer have a genetic history of the disease. A growing body of scientific evidence links toxic chemicals and radiation to high rates of breast cancer.