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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
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