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With regulatory risks on the rise for toxic chemicals, investors commend discount retailers Five Below and Dollar General for new commitments to chemical safety

SOMERVILLE, Mass.: The Presbyterian Church (U.S.) and Trinity Health withdrew shareholder resolutions in response to Dollar General’s and Five Below’s commitments to expand and improve chemical safety programs. This comes at a time when… …

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Newsletter: May 22, 2022

PFAS-free & Preferred Products

Looking for PFAS-free* and preferred products? GreenScreen Certified® certifies products that are PFAS-free* and avoid thousands of other toxic chemicals, including phthalates, bisphenols, and organohalogens… …

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5 activities of BizNGO in 2022

Join BizNGO in 2022. Here’s what we are up to … Chemicals Management Work Group: adding chemical classes to chemical footprints and specifying benchmarks for corporate chemicals management performance Hazard Assessment Work Group:… …

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Champions Designing PFAS-free and Healthier Furniture and Fabrics with GreenScreen Certified®

The entire class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is now a focus for elimination or restriction in many jurisdictions. This is because over the past few decades PFAS contamination has grown into a serious global health threat due to the… …

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Water- and stain-resistant products contain toxic plastics, study says. Here’s what to do

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.… …

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2021 Impacts

Blazing pathways to a safer & healthier future

Dear reader, Check out our 2021 impacts – Safer Products, Transparency, Market Demand, DEI/EJ, and Organizational Resilience! SAFER PRODUCTS – Incentivized companies to eliminate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as the… …

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Clearya and GreenScreen Certified® Team Up to Shift Market Away From Toxic Chemicals in Foodware

OAKLAND, CA – Today nonprofit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean Production Action (CPA) announced a partnership with the Google Chrome extension and mobile app Clearya on the GreenScreen Certified® Standard for… …

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First-of-Its-Kind Certification Eliminates Harmful PFAS in Foodware and Shifts Market to Preferred Alternatives

OAKLAND, CA -  Today, nonprofit organizations Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Clean Production Action (CPA) unveiled the GreenScreen Certified™ Standard for Food Service Ware. The groundbreaking certification program sets a new… …

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The race to replace persistent chemicals in our homes

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… …

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GreenScreen Certified® for Cleaners & Degreasers in Manufacturing launched

Promoting innovation in safer chemicals use in the global electronics sector and beyond

Somerville, MA—Today, Clean Production Action released GreenScreen Certified® for Cleaners & Degreasers in Manufacturing to promote safer chemical use and innovation in the electronics sector and beyond. Industrial cleaners and… …

Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure

Endorsed by over 100 business, government, health care, investor, and NGO leaders

Contacts: Kayla Williams, Clean Production Action, kayla@cleanproduction.org, +1.781.391.6743 x120 Terri Goldberg, Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse, tgoldberg@newmoa.org, +1.617.367.8558 x302   Principles for Chemical Ingredient Disclosure… …

Newsletter: June 21, 2021

There’s still time! Register for Firefighting Foam webinar and participate in Chemical Footprint Project 2021 Survey External Inbox

Hello, Here are two important reminders from Clean Production Action: GSC FFF Webinar June 23 CFP 2021 Survey open until August 31 GreenScreen Certified for Firefighting Foam Webinar 3:00 PM EDT, June 23 Join us for our upcoming webinar on… …

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Newsletter: June 19, 2021

In the year since our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement

Dear Reader, In the year since releasing our letter in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, the United States and the world have experienced more racially… …

Newsletter: June 8, 2021

5 activities of BizNGO in 2021

I just want to share a friendly update on BizNGO’s 2021 work: Chemical management − developing footprint metrics for packaging, manufacturing, & organizations Hazard assessment − including chemical classes,… …

Newsletter: June 2, 2021

PFAS-free Firefighting Foam - Webinar June 23: What GreenScreen Certified means for firefighters

Join us on June 23rd at 3:00PM EDT (7:00PM GMT) for presentations by and a discussion with Arlene Nuñez, Holly Davies, and Shari Franjevic on the value of PFAS-free firefighting foam and GreenScreen Certified. Arlene Nuñez is an… …

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Newsletter: May 27, 2021

New GreenScreen Registry accesses hundreds of chemical hazard assessments

Today the GreenScreen Assessment Registry joins the GreenScreen® family of tools that provide solutions on the journey to safer chemicals, materials, and products.  GreenScreen List Translator™ provides a quick pathway… …

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Voluntary ‘PFAS-Free’ Certification Program Draws Industry Opposition by Diana DiGangi

In a recent interview with Inside TSCA, Shari Franjevic, program manager on the chemical-safety certification nonprofit GreenScreen For Safer Chemicals, said the group’s work reflects efforts to adopt the precautionary principle -- the… …

Newsletter: May 6, 2021

GreenScreen Certified® -- identifying PFAS-free and preferred products for the health of people and the planet

  The per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemical class is under intense global scrutiny. From the European Union’s intention to phase out PFAS to individual state PFAS restrictions in the U.S. and the growing commitment by… …

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Safer cosmetics for women of color start with transparency about chemical footprints

Investors are increasingly scrutinizing companies for environmental, social and ethical considerations. In addition to closer scrutiny of companies’ carbon and water footprints, a third mark of consideration is emerging: their chemical… …

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GreenScreen Certified® is the world’s first independent certification of firefighting products that do not use PFAS or thousands of other hazardous chemicals.

Certified foams are listed, approved and available now.

Clean Production Action is a non-profit dedicated to producing solutions for a safer chemicals economy. In 2020 we launched GreenScreen Certified® Firefighting Foam -  the world’s first independent certification of firefighting… …