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April 2022: The Biggest Best Ban
In this edition:
- Why are Flame Retardants in Children’s Car Seats?
- From Beagles to the Bay—Pet Pesticide Pollution (Updated)
- Stopping PFAS: How Best to Test?
- Breathe Easy with Better Building Products
- Our Institute in the News
- Calendar
March 2022: PFAS Harms You Haven't Heard About?
In this edition:
- Legal victories in the EU: Healthier Products and Planet
- PTFE: Producing Toxic Fluorochemicals?
- Healthier Affordable Housing Leads the Way
- The “One Health” Approach and “One Planet” Progress
- Building Awareness of PFAS
- Calendar
February 2022: Study Invite: Are there flame retardants in your car?
In this edition:
- Study Invite: Are There Flame Retardants in Your Car?
- Toxic Flame Retardants in Tents
- How Plastics Make Us Fat
- Waterproof, Stain-Resistant, & Toxic: Forever Chemicals Identified in Dozens of Products
- Calendar
January 2022: PFAS in Sea & Spectacles Spray?
In this edition:
- Mist Connection: Concerning Levels of PFAS in Anti-Fogging Products
- Are there “Forever Chemicals” in Your Kitchen Counter?
- Making the Most of PFAS Central
- European Chemicals Agency publishes first set of assessments for chemical groups
- Calendar
December 2021: Chanukah, Christmas, & Chemicals
In this edition:
- Healthy Holiday Shopping Guide
- PFAS Legislation Roundup 2021
- Misleading Chemical Claims Need to Go
- Why Such High Levels of PFAS in New Zealand Dolphins?
- A Toxic-Free Christmas Tree
- Calendar
October 2021: PFAS Beware! The Comedians are Coming!
In this edition:
- Third Time's a Charm? Toxic Tris Still in Cars
- Common Chemicals in Electronics and Baby Products Harm Brain Development
- Thousands of PFAS, Hundreds of Contaminated Sites, One Home for Data
- Scientists Urge EPA to Close PFAS Loopholes
- Purchasing Fire-Safe & Healthier Furniture
- Antimicrobials in Building Products: Why?
- CALENDAR
September 2021: Less Carbon, More Toxics?
In this edition:
- Managing PFAS as a Class: Best Paper Award & Video
- Parting Words on PFAS
- Webinar: Purchasing Fire-Safe & Healthier Furniture
- We’re Breathing PFAS: Study Finds Harmful Forever Chemicals in Indoor Air
- Upcoming PFAS Reporting Rule for Manufacturers
- Calendar
August 2021: Chickens, Carpets, and Communications
In this edition:
- Can You Avoid PFAS in Makeup?
- Could There be PFAS in Your Carpet? What Can You Do?
- Protective Public Health Goals for PFOA and PFOS
- UP Scorecard: A New Tool for Evaluating Food Packaging
- Welcome to Our New Staff
- CALENDAR
June 2021: Ugly Chemicals in Beauty Products
In this edition:
- Are Forever Chemicals Hiding in Your Makeup?
- Watch Now: PFAS in the Built Environment
- An Unwanted Ingredient: Chlorinated Paraffins
- Welcome to Our New Science and Policy Fellow Lydia
- CALENDAR
May 2021 : Floor-to-Ceiling Forever Chemicals
In this edition:
- PFAS in Building Materials: Persistent and Pervasive
- Looking for Health Studies of PFAS? Look No More.
- Thousands of Industrial Chemicals Identified in Moms and their Babies
- Hormonally Active Dust
- CALENDAR
April 2021 : COVID-19 and Dangerous Doorknobs
In this edition:
- Watch Now: Science and Communication Strategy for Change
- How to Have “Clean” Dust
- Avoiding Both Harmful Antimicrobials and COVID-19
- Toward Toxics-Free Online Shopping
- Welcome to Our New Science and Policy Fellow, Hannah Ray
- CALENDAR
February 2021 : Shades of Green
In this edition:
- 'Green Buildings' with Hazardous Chemicals Aren't Really Green
- Toxic Metals in Baby Food! Really?
- California is First to Regulate the Entire Class of PFAS
- Help Us Improve Our Newsletter and Win a Prize
- CALENDAR