Sustainable Packaging Coalition Impact 2020
- Published in: Environment, Health, Past Events
March 31, 2020
Tom Bruton made a presentation on PFAS and food packaging at SPC Impact 2020.…
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Tom Bruton made a presentation on PFAS and food packaging at SPC Impact 2020.…
Read moreI 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.…
Read moreAugust 8, 2019
Millions of people have eaten out of them: Molded fiber bowls, the popular food containers from restaurants like Chipotle and Sweetgreen.
They are supposed to be compostable and environmentally friendly, but some public health experts say the chemicals that allow these bowls to hold hot, wet, and greasy foods without falling apart are toxic to both the environment and you.…
Read moreSpeaker: Alicia Culver
Executive Director, Responsible Purchasing Network
Event: Highly Fluorinated Chemicals in Food Packaging Symposium
February 9, 2017
Berkeley, California, USA…
Read moreSpeaker: Sabrina Burkhardt, MSc
Chemical Products Technical Director, Sustainable Fiber Technologies
Event: Highly Fluorinated Chemicals in Food Packaging Symposium
February 9, 2017
Berkeley, California, USA…
Read moreSome love it, some hate it: that overwhelming buttery, salty smell that fills the house every time you throw a bag of popcorn in the microwave. However, larger concerns have led Danish retailer Coop Denmark to pull microwave popcorn from the shelves of their 1,200 stores. Highly fluorinated chemicals like those used in food packaging have been linked to immune system problems, increased risk of miscarriage in women, and several types of cancer. Highly fluorinated chemicals are commonly used in microwave…
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