Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) and Representative Dan Kildee (MI-5) introduced the PFAS Firefighter Protection Act in the House and Senate to ban firefighting foams containing PFAS.
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EPA’s action on asbestos is a good step forward but there’s more work to do
At one of his last public events, the founding director of Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Andy Igrejas accepted the 2017 Tribute of Inspiration award from Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) on our behalf. In his remarks, he made it clear that the true honor belonged to all the families who had lost loved ones to […]
REI earns ‘F’ grade in new scorecard on toxic “forever chemicals” commitments by major retailers
Today, NRDC, Fashion FWD, and U.S. PIRG Education Fund released a scorecard ranking PFAS policy commitments from 30 popular retail and apparel brands, giving REI a failing ‘F’ grade for its incomplete commitment that excluded many PFAS.