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January 2021: A Fresh Start

In this edition:

  • PFAS, Forever or Never?
  • Science and Communication Strategy Workshop
  • New EPA Announcements on PFAS a Mixed Bag
  • A Big Mistake in Michigan -- Decades Later
  • Could PFAS reduce the effectiveness of your COVID-19 vaccination?
  • CALENDAR

December 2020 : Can Biden and the EU Tackle Toxics Together?

In this edition:

  • Help us improve our newsletter and win a prize
  • The Fossil Fuel to Breast Cancer Pipeline
  • PFAS-free Holiday Shopping
  • Flame retardant-free climbing
  • Seabird Sentinels
  • Calendar

October 2020 : Sharing Our Strategy for Success

In this edition:

  • A Tribute to Jamie Redford and Kirby Walker
  • PFAS Science & Policy Workshop Talks
  • Squash the Quats
  • Clearer Vision with Safe Simple Soap
  • PFAS: When do we really need them?
  • CALENDAR

September 2020 : Sun, Smoke & Mirrors

In this edition:

  • Aerial Fire Retardants: It’s Raining Red
  • Deep-six the C6?
  • Water Filtration May Reduce Reproductive Harm from PFAS
  • Brominated Flame Retardants in Soft Drinks?
  • Welcome Carol Kwiatkowski, PhD, Our Institute’s New Science and Policy Team Member
  • CALENDAR

July 2020: Staying Healthy: Chemicals and Coronavirus

In this edition:

  • Class-based Approach Makes Strides in Europe
  • Avoiding both Harmful Antimicrobials and Covid-19
  • Interactive Workshop: Science & Policy of Reducing PFAS in Our World
  • Green Science Policy YouTube Channel
  • CALENDAR

June 2020: Don’t Get Sick While Trying to Stay Well

In this edition:

  • Another Reason to Wash Hands: Flame Retardants
  • A Repeating Story of PFAS Contamination
  • PFAS-Free Shopping
  • Toxicity Comes Standard
  • CALENDAR

May 2020: From the Forest to the Zoom

In this edition:

  • Retreat Day 1: Antimicrobials in the Time of Coronavirus
  • Retreat Day 2: Petrol, Plastic, Poisons
  • Retreat Day 3: PFAS and the Class Concept
  • Chemicals, Children, and Celiac
  • Toxics in Tap Water: Problematic for Water Reuse?
  • CALENDAR

April 2020 : Post-Pandemic World, A Better Place?

In this edition:

  • Good News and Bad News About Carpets
  • Where Does Your Sushi Come From?
  • California Wildlife Doing Well During Shutdown
  • Balancing Health, Fire Safety, and Circularity in Europe
  • CALENDAR

March 2020: Why Soap Works Best

In this edition:

  • Rainy Weather and Rain Jackets: A Toxic Combination?
  • Can We Protect Against Viruses Without Harming our Health?
  • It Takes a Global Village: How Denmark Took Action on PFAS
  • And the Chemical Industry?
  • CALENDAR

February 2020: Better Luck for the Irish?

In this edition:

  • PFAS in Drinking Water: Will California Lead the Way?
  • Material Buyers Club: Our Health Is not for Sale
  • Better Luck (and Furniture) for the Irish?
  • CALENDAR

January 2020: The New Year delivers...

In this edition:

  • Flame Retardant Dilemma and Beyond 2020
  • Our Institute Petitions EPA to Regulate PFAS as Hazardous Wastes
  • European Reforms Rally behind Class Concept
  • Regrettable Substitutions in our Bodies
  • CALENDAR

December 2019: Forecast: Fluorine-Free Flurries

In this edition:

  • Flame Retardant Dilemma and Beyond 2020
  • A Non-Toxic Winter Wonderland?
  • Volatile Voles
  • Sinister Synergists
  • New Flame Retardants, Old Problems
  • Welcome Our Newest Team Member – Candy Kasalo
  • CALENDAR