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House Passes PFAS Action Act of 2021

The United States House of Representatives today passed a bipartisan bill that would begin to address the country’s PFAS crisis, H.R. 2467. The PFAS Action Act of 2021 will restrict PFAS air and water pollution and help to jumpstart cleanup at polluted sites across the country.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: breast milk, drinking water, Environmental Protection Agency, Liz Hitchcock, Lowe's, PFOA, PFOS, The Home Depot, Toxic-Free Future, Who's Minding the Store? retailer report card, PFAS, success, REI, PFAS Action Act

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Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle show concern about PFAS water contamination crisis at hearing

This week the House Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee held a hearing on perfluorinated (PFAS) chemicals in the environment. Millions of people across the United States are exposed to drinking water contaminated by toxic PFAS chemicals.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: cancer, John Shimkus, PFOA, PFOS, Frank Pallone, PFAS, Fred Upton, Debbie Dingell, Richard Hudson

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Would you like a side of arthritis with your pizza?

Due to modern technology it’s amazing that the grease from our pizza doesn’t stain the passenger seat when we bring it home… but have you ever paused to think of what chemicals are used to treat the pizza box to make it grease resistant? New research on perfluorinated compounds (PFOA and PFOS), sheds light on […]

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: action, arthritis, cancer, chemicals, chemicals in food packaging, environmental, EPA, exposure, families, food packaging, green cleaners, health, hormone disruption, natural cleaners, organic cleaners, organic food, oseoarthritis, PFCs, PFOA, PFOS, phthalates, pizza, pizza boxes, policy, products, retailers, Safe Chemicals Act, sustainable food, toxic, toxic chemicals, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store, PFAS

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