Toxic chemicals in plastics cost society a fortune. Here’s how to avoid it The social costs of plastic pollution are huge, ranging in the hundreds of billions of dollars. The number one culprit behind these massive costs are the chemical...
Will companies try to Texas two-step their way out of PFAS liabilities? More and more scientific reports are showing the incredible scale of the PFAS pollution crisis. Not surprisingly, PFAS-producing companies are now being sued like there’s no tomorrow. Some...
Chemicals are part of the triple planetary crisis. Here are 3 things that must be done The world is facing a triple planetary crisis. Climate change, chemical pollution and loss of biodiversity are three separate but also highly interlinked issues. Chemical...
This is what delaying the REACH revision actually means A couple of weeks ago, the EU Commission announced that the revision of the REACH regulation will be delayed. Instead of the first months of next year, the revision is now...
Are you climbing Mount Everest, or just going to work? I’ve spent a lot of time discussing the importance of chemical substitution at different meetings and conferences, and pretty much heard all the arguments. But one thing I heard an...
What the F-gases!? “What are F-gases?”, you might ask. Although you may not have heard this term before, you surely know of them. They’ve acted as cooling chemicals in air conditioners and refrigerators since they were first developed in the...
How an 80’s hit song puts the finger on my PFAS blood test results “You’re poison, running through my veins”. The 80’s hit song from Alice Cooper immediately started playing in my head when I saw the results… A couple...
Don't believe everything you hear — European chemical industry is doing fine Lingering effects of the pandemic, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, energy shortages and raised prices. You might think that it’s all doom and gloom when it comes to European...
We tested our blood for PFAS and this is what we found out At ChemSec, we knew that we would all have PFAS in our bodies. What we didn’t know was how much. A couple of weeks ago, twelve of...
Dear Mrs. President, hold on to your promises Last week, ChemSec wrote a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. We urged her to move forward with sustainability commitments despite growing pressure from industry trying...
