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Starbucks announces ban of toxic “forever chemicals” in its food packaging

Starbucks commits to eliminating PFAS from all U.S. packaging by the end of 2022, and international packaging in 2023

Toxic-Free Future and its Mind the Store program applaud this commitment and urge Congress to pass ban on PFAS in food packaging

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Congress, FDA, food packaging, Liz Hitchcock, Mike Schade, mind the store, state policy, toxic chemicals, Erika Schreder, PFAS, Burger King, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Starbucks, success, Wendy's, Polluted Polly, Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act, forever chemicals, federal policy

Bipartisan bill to ban PFAS chemicals in food containers introduced in Congress today

The Keep Food Containers Safer from PFAS Act would ban the use of toxic PFAS in food containers and cookware and empowers the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to deem PFAS substances in any food containers or cookware as unsafe. The bill gives the FDA until 2022 to enforce this ban.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: FDA, food packaging, Liz Hitchcock, Mike Schade, Mind the Store Campaign, Safer States, Sarah Doll, toxic chemicals in food packaging, Erika Schreder, Toxic-Free Future, Who's Minding the Store? retailer report card, PFAS, Debbie Dingell, Maggie Hassan, Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act, Don Young

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New study rates best and worst garden hoses: lead, phthalates & hazardous flame retardants in garden hoses

Lead leaches into water from hoses, study finds, the market is shifting to safer materials and products

Filed Under: Find Safer Products, Mind the Store, Lead Tagged With: antimony, birth defects, BPA, bromine, chemicals, DEHP, drinking water, early puberty, Ecology Center, EPA, FDA, flame retardants, hormone disruption, lead, liver toxicity, Lowe's, organotins, phthalates, PVC plastic, PVC-free, vinyl, Walmart, water, tin, hose, garden hose, The Home Depot, Amazon, impaired learning, premature births, worst products, water safety, water standards, polyurethane

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