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 Endorsed by over 100 business, government, health care, investor, and NGO leaders All stakeholders have a fundamental right to know the chemicals in products and the functions of those chemicals. Businesses, governments, investors, institutional… …
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 GreenScreen Certified for Firefighting Foam this Wednesday, June 23rd, at 3:00 PM EDT! Learn how GreenScreen Certified goes beyond PFAS-free, and hear from an active firefighter and a government employee on the value of GreenScreen Certified to… …
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 motivated violence than any one person can truly comprehend. It is heartbreaking and disturbing that this continues to be the reality many people of color continue to endure. And while it can be uncomfortable, and even painful at times… …
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 active firefighter with the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) and serves on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation (SFFCPF). Holly Davies is a Senior Toxicologist with the Washington State Department of… …
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 to identify thousands of known chemicals of high concern as determined by authoritative lists, such as the European Union’s Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern and California’s Proposition 65. GreenScreen… …
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 idea that potentially unsafe chemicals should be limited or eliminated even in the face of scientific uncertainty about their risks -- even if only on a voluntary basis. “I think that we have seen, over the last 30-plus years in this country, a… …
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 retailers, brands, and purchasers to prohibit PFAS in products – the writing is on the wall for PFAS. Over the last twenty years, awareness has grown about the pervasive nature of these ‘forever chemicals’ and their widespread, and largely… …
5th Annual Chemical Footprint Project Report features best practices in proactive chemicals management by Beautycounter, Herman Miller, HP Inc., Humanscale, Naturepedic, RB (Reckitt Benckiser), & Seventh Generation Somerville, MA – Today Clean Production Action Released the 5th Annual Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Report analyzing the results of the CFP 2020 Survey. The Survey evaluates and benchmarks participating companies on their progress to best practices in… …
2020 in the rearview mirror
In the midst of a global pandemic, the team at Clean Production Action continued to bend the course of the toxic chemicals economy to safer solutions. We transitioned to a completely virtual organization, ceased all travel, yet continued to move markets to safer chemicals. Impacts of our 2020 work included: Working to replace PFAS, the “forever chemicals,” with safer alternatives in Firefighting Foam, Furniture & Fabrics, and Food Service Ware Raising demand for… …
GreenScreen trainings open for registration
Learn all the elements of hazard assessment as defined by GreenScreen. Start with Advanced Topics and progress to being a Practitioner. If you are new to GreenScreen, check out the Introductory Course. Register for Advanced Topics at https://www.greenscreenchemicals.org/learn/advanced-courses - limited space, register now Apply for Practitioner Program at https://www.greenscreenchemicals.org/learn/certified-practitioner-program … …