"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 for Medical Supplies & Devices, developed by healthcare providers, medical product manufacturers, scientists, and environmental groups. NewGen Surgical is the first company to achieve the GreenScreen Certified Standard for medical supplies and… …
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. Consumers can also check the list of GreenScreen Certified products, which is a "globally recognized tool designed to assess and benchmark chemicals based on hazard," said Shari Franjevic, the GreenScreen program manager for Clean Production… …
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 non-PFAS foams are already used around the world. Shari Franjevic is the programme manager for GreenScreen, which certifies products as free of PFAS and other chemicals. "In countries where PFAS-free products are allowed, for use at airports, for… …
"'There’s also a lot of interest in having firefighters use foams that don’t contain PFAS, not just to protect the firefighters, but also because the PFAS foams have contaminated a lot of groundwater and drinking water across the U.S.,' said study co-author Ruthann Rudel, research director at Silent Spring Institute. Because many manufacturers do not disclose the ingredients contained in firefighting foam, the project GreenScreen has recently launched… …