Law Reform: PFAS – The Forever Chemicals Among the worst of the toxic chemicals found in consumer products are “perfluorochemicals” also known by various acronyms: PFAS, PFOA, PFOC, PFCs. They have slippery, heat-resistant properties that are used to repel water…
Is it because we don’t have a problem with these chemicals in Canada? The evidence shows otherwise. Blog posted by Beverley Thorpe.
The PFAS problem, the ‘Forever Chemicals’, is not on the public radar in Canada. But it should be. Research shows it’s raining ‘forever chemicals’ around the Great Lakes. And it’s not just the Great Lakes being impacted – it’s now a Canadian problem.
How to Reduce Your Exposure to These Hazardous Chemicals and Increase Community Right-To-Know
Comments and recommendations from the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), Health Environmental Justice Support (HEJSupport), Toxics-Free Great Lakes Binational Network (TFGLBN), Clean Production Action (CPA) and Northwatch in response to the following consultation document: Objective for Canadian Drinking Water Quality Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, released for comments on February 7, 2023.
Posted by Michael Murray, Ph.D., U.S. Co-chair, Toxics-Free Great Lakes Binational Network; Staff Scientist, National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Regional Center and
John Jackson, Canadian Co-chair, Toxics-Free Great Lakes Binational Network
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