Want single-use foodware without harmful chemicals? A new certification will help you find it
11 Apr 2022 | Environmental Health News
Here’s a secret about single-use foodware: brands and manufacturers don’t have to tell what’s in it, and in some cases, they don’t even know.
3M cuts output of PFAS used in chip production
11 Apr 2022 | EE Times
3M has suspended production in Belgium of the polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) used in the chipmaking process, which is considered hazardous to human health.
Two area landfills show high PFAS levels in leachate
9 Apr 2022 | The Finger Lakes Times
In testing that took place four years ago, high levels of polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and several related compounds were found in leachate originating from the Seneca Meadows and Ontario County landfills.
Aclarity Closes $3.3 Million Seed Round To Deploy PFAS Destruction Technology, Eliminate Cancerous Chemicals From Water
7 Apr 2022 | Forbes
A federal roadmap for addressing PFAS chemicals calls for more cleanup work in the United States.
Scientists sound alarm at US regulator’s new ‘forever chemicals’ definition
5 Apr 2022 | The Guardians
The EPA responsible for protecting the public from toxic substances is working under a new definition of PFAS “forever chemicals” that excludes some of their widely used compounds.
The ski wax industry is working to leave PFAS behind
4 Apr 2022 | MarketPlace
From what he knew, these “fluorinated” or PFAS, additives had been in ski equipment in some form or another for decades.
Starbucks announces ban of toxic “forever chemicals” in its food packaging
1 Apr 2022 | Toxic Free Future
On March 15, 2022, international coffee giant Starbucks announced its first-ever commitment to eliminate toxic PFAS in its food packaging materials.
[Press Release] Does Chick-fil-A's packaging contain PFAS?
31 Mar 2022 | Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A has eliminated intentionally added PFAS from all newly produced packaging going forward in our supply chain.
Years after flags, Wolverine Worldwide plant caught in PFAS probe
30 Mar 2022 | MLive
Investigators have finally made their way to a Wolverine Worldwide facility where the company manufactured shoe parts near the Rogue River, five years after the initial discovery of widespread toxic ‘forever chemical’ pollution in the northern Kent County suburbs.
PFAS in household waste may be going airborne
28 Mar 2022 | Environmental Health News
Now ‘PFAS in air emissions and incineration are becoming more of a focus,’ Lydia Jahl, a science and policy associate for the Green Science Policy Institute, told EHN.
Dangerous PFAS Chemicals Are in Your Food Packaging
24 Mar 2022 | Consumer Reports
PFAS exposure has been linked to a growing list of problems, including immune system suppression, lower birth weight, and increased risk for some cancers. This raises alarms about the use of these compounds, especially in items such as burger wrappers and salad bowls.
How PFAS Can Harm Your Health
24 Mar 2022 | Consumer Reports
Recent Consumer Reports tests of more than 100 food packaging products from U.S. restaurants and supermarkets found dangerous PFAS chemicals in many of the products, including paper bags for french fries, wrappers for hamburgers, molded fiber salad bowls, and single-use paper plates.
‘I don’t know how we’ll survive’: the farmers facing ruin in Maine’s ‘forever chemicals’ crisis
22 Mar 2022 | The Guardian
Songbird Farm’s 17 acres (7 hectares) hold sandy loam fields, three greenhouses and cutover woods that comprise an idyllic setting near Maine’s central coast.
EPA: ‘Forever chemicals’ in pesticide barrels may be illegal
22 Mar 2022
The presence of so-called forever chemicals in pesticides may stem from a violation of federal chemical law, according to an announcement today from EPA.
How the way we eliminate toxic PFAS from water also takes an environmental toll
21 Mar 2022 | WHYY.org
But protecting people’s health has a consequence: The technology most effective at removing PFAS contributes to the carbon footprint.