While more investors are now actively considering how the transition to a low-carbon economy might impact the future performance of various companies, the potential risks associated with companies producing hazardous chemicals are still underestimated.
European teenagers are high – on PFAS
According to a large-scale human biomonitoring study, HBM4EU, high levels of PFAS have been found in the blood of teenagers in all nine of the examined European countries.
A plastic industry association “corrected” us on PTFE in an open letter – this is our reply
Earlier this year, we wrote an article about the Teflon chemical PTFE. We then received an open letter from the German plastic industry association PRO-Kunststoff, questioning some of the claims we made in the article. Here’s the letter, along with ChemSec’s answers to it.
How many PFAS bans does it take to ban PFAS?
How many PFAS bans does it take to ban PFAS? Tweet There are so many current and upcoming regulations regarding the restriction of PFAS on EU level that they have started to overlap. But that’s a good thing, right –...
Nobody really knows what happens to PFAS when we throw our old products away
We know by now that PFAS is bad for a myriad of reasons. But it’s also bad because of something we don’t know much about at all, namely what happens when products containing PFAS are thrown in the garbage bin.
The PFAS Story: How did we end up here and what can be done about it?
A combination of factors has created nothing but the perfect storm, spreading this chemical family in a totally uncontrolled way all over the globe, into all of us.
You have never seen a rap battle like this before
You have never seen a rap battle like this before Probably the first time someone used Mark Ruffalo as the killer punchline in a rap battle.
The Teflon chemical PTFE is often touted as a safe cousin of toxic PFAS. But is it really?
As regulators and growing public awareness have put the screws on some of the more well-known PFAS chemicals, other variants are marketed as safe and are rarely scrutinised. One such chemical is PTFE – an unregulated chemical in the PFAS family – which is used in a plethora of consumer products, giving materials that desired non-stick function. The question is – is PTFE really as safe as manufacturers claim?
Companies: Speak up loud and proud on PFAS! – Join ChemSec’s briefing to find out how
Five EU Member States have started gathering evidence for a broad PFAS ban. But they need help from companies, and ChemSec can show you how to provide it.
50 companies have joined the PFAS Movement – we asked them about their biggest PFAS challenges
As the movement grows, we thought it would be interesting to ask the companies about the biggest challenges connected to moving away from PFAS.