#ToxicFreePackaging: Chemicals and the Circular Economy
We need safe food contact materials to use, reuse and recycle, in order to achieve a toxic-free circular economy.
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#ToxicFreePackaging Truth & Myths
We need safe food contact materials in a toxic-free circular economy
HEAL: The Problems with PFAS
PFAS: short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, chemicals used in products such as non-stick cookware, food packaging, water-resistant clothing and stain-resistant carpeting
HEAL: The Problems with PFAS
PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a class of thousands of “forever chemicals” constituting a global threat to public and environmental health.1
Arnika/CHEM Trust/HEAL: Throwaway Packaging, Forever Chemicals
This report is based on a European study, carried out by 8 civil society organisations, into the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in paper, board and moulded plant fibre disposable food packaging and tableware, sold in six European countries
HEAL: Turning the Plastic Tide
Toxic substances are at the root of plastics production and processing, and they represent an essential barrier to the sustainable transition that the world urgently needs. The problem of plastics is the problem of chemical safety.
HEAL: Food Contact Materials and Chemical Contamination
There are multiple health concerns related to chemicals in food contact materials in Europe. This briefing looks at the current legislative system in the European Union for these materials and defines what is missing in the existing system and what must be changed if public health is to be protected. It also outlines the policy … HEAL: Food Contact Materials and Chemical Contamination