A presentation by and discussion with Dr. Akos Kokai on, "Sustaining a chemical knowledge commons."
Akos will present his research and findings from studying the safer chemical substitution knowledge landscape. Thinking about chemical knowledge as a “commons” opens up a range of possibilities for better understanding the challenges we face and for imagining transformative new pathways. In this webinar, Akos will present research findings from his recent case studies of the GreenScreen hazard assessment ecosystem and the Chemical Hazard Data Commons project. Akos will… …
Demand Is Rising for Chemical Footprinting
Every year CPA turns out new reports and standards, and these materials are chock full of information, but not everyone has the time to sit down and read a 40-page report, which is why we are introducing CPA’s Toxic-free Tidbits, curated content to ensure that as we arise from COVID-19, we are on the path for building back better. You can think of this as a small piece of delectable content pulled from a multi-course meal. Meet demand: participate in this… …
State governments, who are at the frontline of fighting COVID-19, are also at the frontline of requiring businesses to disclose chemical ingredients in their products to consumers and public agencies. From California to New York consumers are demanding, and states are requiring, that companies to disclose chemicals in cleaning, children’s, cosmetics, menstrual, and other products. But what are these disclosure requirements? And what can we learn from them? …
A truly global threat like COVID-19 affects all of us, and toxic chemicals can affect immune system defenses against infections. Workers, vulnerable populations, and other groups at higher risk for disease can have their risk for serious illness increased by their exposure to everyday toxic chemicals. But Clean Production Action is changing this course. By developing a standard to eliminate PFAS in firefighting foam. By encouraging companies to measure and reduce… …
Learn the different types of chemical ingredient disclosure policies as well as their requirements. Read the report written by the Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA) Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2) and Clean Production Action: Chemical Ingredient Transparency in Products. For details on disclosure requirements in public policies, download the appendix. …
Announcement
State governments, which are at the frontline of fighting COVID-19, are also at the frontline of requiring businesses to disclose chemical ingredients in their products to consumers and public agencies. From California to New York consumers are demanding, and states are requiring, that companies disclose chemicals in cleaning, children’s, cosmetics, menstrual, and other products. But what are these disclosure requirements? And what can we learn from them? The Northeast… …
It not only prohibits PFAS but reduces the chemical footprint of the entire product
New evidence of the dangers of PFAS to firefighters seems to increase every week. Firefighters already have a 9 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer than the general U.S. population. Now a recent study found San Francisco’s women firefighters are exposed to higher levels of certain toxic PFAS chemicals than women working in downtown San Francisco offices. Women firefighters who took part in the study had observed multiple breast cancer cases among their colleagues. As Heather… …
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. The American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) since its founding in 2009 has made educating and engaging business leaders on state and federal chemical public policy a priority. Its “Companies for Safer Chemicals” initiatives have… …
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 firefighting foam has contaminated drinking water for millions of people across the planet. Today nearly every US resident and place in the world is contaminated with PFAS chemicals. View this webinar to learn about the release of version 1.0… …
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 ecolabels such as EPEAT and TCO due to the framework’s ability to assess human health, environmental, and physical hazards of organic and inorganic substances, including polymers. ToxServices is a U.S.-based scientific consulting firm… …