Clean Water Action and Toxic Free Futures, two partners in the Mind the Store campaign, recently announced that Burger King had decided to remove all PFAS from its food packaging by 2025 at https://cleanwater.org/releases/burger-king-announces-global-ban-toxic-forever-chemicals-food-packaging
If you are in climate circles, you might be familiar with Daikin America. The company produces refrigerants and air source heat pumps. Their logo often appears in the list of corporations supporting major climate conferences, and the company emphasizes its commitment to sustainability. On September 16, 2021, Toxic Free Future released a new report, showing another side of the company’s operations. Daikin manufacture PFAS for food packaging. PFAS coating prevents wet and fatty food from soaking through paper-based food containers.…
In May 21, 2021, Sierra Club and the Ecology Center tested fertilizer products made from sewage sludge, and found that all contained toxic PFAS, despite several brands being marketed as “eco” or “natural.” Read the report at: https://www.sierraclub.org/sludge-garden-toxic-pfas-home-fertilizers-made-sewage-sludge
Sonya Lunder is a scientist and toxics advisor for Sierra Club. She is also a mother. Read her terrific Ms Magazine editorial, on her reaction to a recent studying finding PFAS in the breast milk of 100% of breastfeeding mothers (50 mothers tested in Seattle). The Infuriating Case of Toxic Chemicals in Breast Milk
May 11, 2021, Vermont Public Interest Research Group: “Today, the Vermont Legislature gave final approval to a nation-leading bill that would restrict the sale of consumer products that contain toxic chemicals known as PFAS. The bill now heads to the Governor for his signature. The Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), and Vermont Conservation Voters released the following statements in response. “The legislature has taken a major step forward to protect communities and firefighters from toxic forever…
If you are sipping coffee at Starbucks, nibbling on McNuggets, or picking up a sweaters at Marshall’s, you are shopping at one of the retailers that earned an “F” in Mind the Store’s recently released 2019 Retailer Report Card. Fourteen brands earned this grade for their failure to make even the most basic commitments to removing toxic chemicals from their products and packaging. This is the 4th year the Mind the Store has released its report card, which evaluates store…
