Showing 286-300 of 405
-
We’ve added several hundred PFAS to the SIN List. This is the reason why
Policy
2 Feb 2023
In one of the biggest SIN List updates ever, ChemSec adds 370 new “forever chemicals” to the list. In doing so, the staggering number of PFAS chemicals is boiled down to the most relevant ones for supply chain communication and substitution work.
-
Inside the Race to Get Forever Chemicals Out of Raincoats
News
2 Feb 2023 | Bloomberg
Patagonia, Inc. has spent nearly a decade rejiggering its supply chain, redesigning products and dumping millions of dollars into a high-stakes trial-and-error process that’s nearly complete.
-
Occupational exposures to airborne per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-A review
Science
31 Jan 2023 | Am J Ind Med
Ski waxing exhibited the highest total PFAS airborne concentrations when compared to other reported occupational and residential exposures, and the authors suggest that safety measures should be developed to protect workers from the adverse health effects of PFAS.
-
EPA Takes Key Step to Stop Unsafe PFAS from Reentering Commerce
Policy
30 Jan 2023
The U.S. EPA proposed a rule that would prevent companies from starting or resuming the manufacture, processing or use of an estimated 300 PFAS that have not been made or used for many years without a complete EPA review and risk determination.
-
Australian period underwear makers deny using ‘forever chemicals’ after Thinx settles suit in US
News
28 Jan 2023 | The Guardian
Modibodi and Bonds say they avoid using PFAS chemicals, which break down slowly over time and have unclear health impacts.
-
[Translated from Danish] PFAS expert finished after statements
News
26 Jan 2023 | TV2
According to Professor of Environmental Medicine Philippe Grandjean, Harvard prohibited him from hiring employees and using its research funds.
-
What to Know About PFAS in Period Underwear
News
23 Jan 2023 | The New York Times
Thinx just settled a lawsuit alleging its products contain harmful chemical compounds, raising further questions about the safety of period products overall.
-
Optimizing Chemicals Management in the United States and Canada through the Essential-Use Approach
Science
19 Jan 2023 | Environ Sci Technol
If optimized and expanded into regulatory systems in the United States and Canada, other policymaking bodies, and businesses, the essential-use approach can improve chemicals management and shift the market toward safer chemistries that benefit human and ecological health.
-
[Blog] Hungry for more: The EU limits “forever chemicals” in food – but the universal PFAS ban is still far away
Policy
17 Jan 2023
The EU has set limits for how much PFAS food sold within the union is allowed to contain.
-
Evaluation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in leachate, gas condensate, stormwater and groundwater at landfills
Science
17 Jan 2023 | Chemosphere
To prioritize and improve PFAS remediation from discarded consumer products, relationships were found between PFAS and landfill characteristics, including aqueous samples like leachate and stormwater.
-
Bills to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’ died in Congress
Policy
13 Jan 2023
Lobbying industry flexed muscle to ensure bills that aimed to set stricter standards on PFAS compounds went nowhere.
-
PFAS Biotransformation Pathways: A Species Comparison Study
Science
12 Jan 2023 | Toxics
A metabolic pathway map was made to aid researchers in determining possible PFAS breakdown products in fish when no metabolic data is present.
-
PFAS Bans, Restrictions Go Into Effect in States in 2023
Policy
4 Jan 2023
Laws and regulations restricting “forever chemicals” in more than a half dozen states are entering effect in 2023, including the start of a timeline for a first-in-the-nation ban on PFAS in all products in Maine.
-
PFAS in Consumer Products are Targeted by State Regulators and Class Action Plaintiffs
Policy
4 Jan 2023
Consumer product manufacturers, importers, and retailers of products containing PFAS must comply with new regulations in four states in 2023: California, Maine, Vermont, and Washington.
-
New York to ban ‘forever chemicals’ from clothing by end of year
Policy
4 Jan 2023
New York will be joining California in banning toxic “forever chemicals” from clothing, under a law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) just before the new year.