CPA in the News

"The Pentagon’s recent release of its requirements for firefighting suppressants that could substitute for PFAS-based aqueous film-forming foam increases the pressure on fire departments to stop using AFFF, said Bradley M.… …

We cannot expect to transition to a sustainable circular economy by continuing to rely on toxic chemistry.

I discovered the GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals comparative hazard assessment protocol very early in my career and am still thankful I did. The protocol walks trained users through 18 human and environmental health endpoints to assess individual… …

"Clean Production Action, a nonprofit organization that aims to design and deliver strategic solutions for green chemicals, sustainable materials, and environmentally preferable products, recently unveiled the first GreenScreen Certified Standard… …

Research suggests that the presence of certain chemicals in some healthcare equipment can compromise the benefit of the treatment the equipment enables. For example, the presence of chemicals in intravenous equipment could reduce the effectiveness… …

Though exposure through consumer products is a reasonable concern, there are two even larger facets of the problem, said Shari Franjevic, who leads the GreenScreen For Safer Chemicals program at the nonprofit Clean Production Action. One is how that… …

There are lists of companies which are PFAS-free -- or at least are in the process of becoming so, experts say. The Environmental Working Group has curated a list of companies who have not intentionally added PFAS to their products.… …

We'll also have to learn how to handle alternatives to many other PFAS-containing items, such as firefighting foams. Non-PFAS products perform differently to PFAS-containing aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) when fighting gas and oil fires, but… …

"Three years ago, the Department of Materials Design and Innovation at the University at Buffalo, Clean Production Action (CPA) and Niagara Share created the Collaboratory for a Regenerative Economy (CoRE). CoRE recognizes the critical societal… …

Clean energy is critical to solving our climate crisis. But we need to consider the full environmental and human health impacts of solar energy generation across its entire lifecycle, including mining, manufacturing, use, decommissioning and recycling.

In 2017, the Department of Materials Design and Innovation at the University of Buffalo, Clean Production Action, and Niagara Share created the Collaboratory for a Regenerative Environment (CoRE). CoRE brings together academic experts in materials… …

A potential solution One U.S. nonprofit is working with makers and buyers of PFAS-free firefighting foams to make that screening process smoother. In January, Clean Production Action launched the first eco-label certification program for PFAS-free… …

To make products better for human health and the environment, you have to know what your suppliers are using to make what they send your way. But “20 years ago, most companies didn’t have a clue about what was in their products …… …

"Clean Production Action, a nonprofit that works with businesses to encourage environmentally preferable products, will announce a voluntary ecolabel to identify PFAS-free firefighting foams today. Firefighting foams produced by four… …

“Every day in the Greenwich Public School cafeterias, our children are exposed to a toxic material that creates significant waste and environmental damage for just minutes of use… Clean Production Action cites Styrofoam as one of… …

“US organization Clean Production Action and the Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse are partnering to develop ‘a set of common principles and data practices’ around chemical ingredient transparency...From spring this year,… …

“As with green chemistry itself, far too seldom are the connections made to climate change when considering the ways in which NGOs are helping companies more easily and confidently find safer substitutes for hazardous substances. Again, with the… …