#EU to drop ban of #HazardousChemicals after #industry pressure | #PFAS | The Guardian

This is a bad step by the EU, bowing to pressure from #lobbying.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/11/eu-to-drop-ban-of-hazardous-chemicals-after-industry-pressure

#Pollution

Check out some new factsheets from @CHEMTrust on harmful chemicals in food contact materials like packaging

The factsheets - in multiple languages - focus on 5 countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) and feature information on studies that have found harmful chemicals in food packaging, biomonitoring studies, public perceptions and actions taken:

#Packaging #HazardousChemicals #Toxics #FCM #BPA #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

https://chemtrust.org/food-contact-materials/

RT @jmuncke: THANK YOU MEP @martinhojsik for pushing the EU on getting rid of #HazardousChemicals in #FoodPackaging no time to waste!great interview https://www.endseurope.com/article/1796728/interview-mep-martin-hojsik-tackling-chemicals-crisis
Hear MEP @SchaldemoseMEP speak on EU #foodcontactmaterials policy @fpffoundation 10th workshop https://t.co/8HR7IcrrdC

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/martinhojsik/status/1564904886151663617

“Wear #sunscreen.” That’s the number one mantra many of us live by now that summer has finally arrived.

Although sunscreens protect us from the sun’s UV radiation, many of them contain #HazardousChemicals.

Read more: https://chemsec.org/how-to-protect-yourself-against-the-sun-without-applying-toxic-chemicals-onto-your-skin/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2022_07_07

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday #SafeAndWarm