Toxic chemicals have no place being in our food packaging where they can leach into our bodies the environment when discarded 🤮 ACT NOW: Tell your Assemblymember to vote YES on AB 2761!
📢 bit.ly/BanToxicPlastic #AB2761 Breast Cancer Prevention Partners BCPP Californians Against Waste CA Clean Water Action NRDC 🌎🏡

A new legal action seeks to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to halt the manufacture and distribution of hundreds of millions of plastic containers with dangerous levels of PFOA, a carcinogenic PFAS.

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Center for Environmental Health #PublicHealth

Solutions to the plastic pollution crisis exist and must be widely adopted and systemic. 🌍 Sign the petition for a Global #PlasticsTreaty that caps plastic production & puts plastic-free principles in place. ✍🏾 bit.ly/global-plastic…
#PlasticPollutes #BreakFreeFromPlastic
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According to Andrea and @pc4ej, consumer demand is only part of the problem. Andrea shares with The @Guardian how the government and logistics industry must also act to improve the supply chain for consumer products and protect communities from emissions. bit.ly/3wacVIV

Plans to build what would have been one of the largest #chemicalrecycling plants in the country in Pennsylvania were recently canceled.

Residents who fought the proposed plant are celebrating the cancellation as a win for the environment & their health.

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When's the last time you saw a #CocaCola ad? Was it a glass or plastic bottle?

We’re taking an inside look at how one of the world's biggest brands strategically uses #advertising and #greenwashing .

Watch on YouTube:
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Some items are seemingly not made of plastic but once disposed of, release plastic into the environment.

Graham Forbes of Greenpeace USA said that it will be impossible to end plastic pollution without massively reducing plastic production.

Read more 👇
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New: At a conference meant to address the plastic crisis, pro-plastic messaging was inescapable. Meanwhile, industry insiders — some positioned as government delegates — were given access to vital negotiations.
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Plastic doesn’t belong in our environment ❌

Our recently published paper revealed just 56 companies are responsible for more than half of all branded plastic pollution. Read the full paper to learn more: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

📸: Meg Haywood Sullivan

The recently announced EPA limit on the 'forever chemicals,' known as PFAS will impact roughly 66,000 water systems nationwide. Check out our interactive map to find out if your tap may be affected.
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YESSSSS COLORADO!!! 👏👏🏽👏🏾

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Happy Mother's Day from CEH! 💐

Did you know that the world’s largest source of primary microplastics is clothing? 🤯

Our CEO Kizzy Charles-Guzman was interviewed by goop, and offers her thoughts on how you can reduce exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical BPA, found in workout clothes. goop.com/wellness/healt…

The single-use products that we use—from straws and coffee cups to plastic bags and leftover containers—have a big impact on the planet.

This new blog from Center for Environmental Health offers policy solutions for switching to eco-friendly products: ceh.org/we-dont-just-h…

We're just an environmental health nonprofit, but yeah, this suddenly has us caring about sports.

Go Canucks! Beat fossil fuels!

This is fantastic! They even included diapers and menstrual products. #PFAS #PFOA #PFOS #foreverchemicals

YESSSSS VERMONT!!! 👏👏🏽👏🏾 vermontpublic.org/local-news/202…

'When are we, the citizens [of Flint, Michigan], going to be thought about? When are our children who were affected by the water and who are having learning difficulties in school going to receive what they need?”

ProPublica story by Anna Clark propublica.org/article/flint-…