I’m writing to you from the winter wonderland of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. During some productive meetings in Washington, DC, last week, I shared the concept of Essential Use of PFAS with government and nonprofit staff.…
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We’re now just weeks away from our annual symposium, the Flame Retardant and PFAS Dilemma. You are invited to join us on Feb. 7 at UC Berkeley for this important and fun event.…
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Arlene has been enjoying a well-deserved vacation in Indonesia, so this month’s update comes to you from the rest of the Green Science Policy Institute staff. While the views from our desks may not be as picturesque as coral reefs, the future is looking bright for healthier products in 2020.…
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Last weekend, our Institute hosted a fun book party in a lush Berkeley garden for environmental attorney Rob Bilott’s new book Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont. Rob captivated over 100 of our friends and colleagues with his epic tales of defending communities with drinking water contaminated by PFAS, one of the most persistent and harmful classes of chemicals on the planet.…
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I hope you are enjoying the last days of summer. A lot is happening in the world of PFAS, the class of toxic “forever chemicals.”
Earlier this week, Home Depot announced they will stop selling carpets and rugs containing PFAS by the end of the year! This is great news as carpets have been a major source of PFAS exposure.…
I hope you are having a relaxing summer. Keynoting the Oregon Clean Water Agencies meeting, I appreciated meeting and hiking with the hard-working and thoughtful people responsible for clean water for the state.…
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I’m just back from fruitful East Coast meetings. Tom Bruton and I, along with attorney Rob Bilott and North Carolina scientist Detlef Knappe, led briefings and had meetings in the House and Senate where numerous bills are in play to reduce harm from PFAS. …
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I hope you are enjoying spring. To begin on a sad note, please see below my tribute to my good friend Bob Luedeka, who passed away last month after a long battle with cancer. Bob, the executive director of the Polyurethane Foam Association, was a strong advocate for stopping the use of toxic flame retardants in furniture.…
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