RSL Development

The BizNGO Chemicals Management Work Group developed a set of questions for consideration by manufacturers, brands, and retailers when developing a list of chemicals of concern that can be used as the basis of an RSL or MRSL. …

Announcing new ASBC-BizNGO partnership on Safer Chemicals Public Policy Work Group

Since its founding in 2006, Clean Production Action’s BizNGO, a collaboration of forward-leading business people and the NGO community, has sought to inform and influence federal and state chemicals legislation and regulation.… …

Women firefighters face high exposure to toxic ‘forever chemicals’

"'There’s also a lot of interest in having firefighters use foams that don’t contain PFAS, not just to protect the firefighters, but also because the PFAS foams have contaminated a lot of groundwater and drinking water… …

GreenScreen Certified®  Standard for Firefighting Foam Webinar

For decades, chemical manufacturers have manufactured PFAS-containing aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) and firefighters have unknowingly been exposed to them during use in petroleum-based fires, training, and testing of equipment. PFAS use in… …

Newsletter February 23, 2020

GreenScreen program events and updates

The GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals program has many new and exciting updates and events to report on. See what’s new with GreenScreen: GreenScreen Certified Standard for Firefighting Foam GreenScreen Certified Standard for… …

Webinar: Advancing GreenScreen® Assessments with ToxServices’ ToxFMD Screened Chemistry Library

GreenScreen® is a leading chemical hazard assessment methodology developed by Clean Production Action that serves to classify and benchmark hazard characteristics of chemicals.  GreenScreen® has been incorporated into many leading… …

Chemical Footprint Project 2020 Survey Webinar Series

CFP Pillars Webinar Series Do you want to be a leader in proactive chemicals management? The CFP Survey provides a standard metric for evaluating and tracking an organization’s overall chemicals management policies,… …

Newsletter January 29, 2020

Webinars on PFAS-free firefighting foam, chemical footprint survey, and more

Join us for these upcoming webinars: Learn how to gain quick access to hundreds of GreenScreen Assessments with ToxServices new Screened Chemistry Library (February 13th) Identify PFAS-free firefighting foam products… …

New label will identify PFAS-free firefighting foams, January 22, 2020

"The NGO Clean Production Action (CPA) has launched the first ecolabel for firefighting foams free of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs).  The GreenScreen certified label will identify foam products that do not contain the… …

Press Release: New ecolabel meets demand for identifying PFAS-free firefighting foam products

GreenScreen Certified® firefighting foam products are PFAS-free and avoid other chemicals of high concern to people and planet

Somerville, MA—As global concerns grow around the use of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—now widely known as the ‘forever chemicals’ because they can persist for thousands of years in the environment—Clean… …