It's generations too late to keep toxic PFAS out of the environment. A clutch of startups is developing methods for eliminating these ‘forever chemicals’.
Researchers are only beginning to uncover the toxic cocktail of chemicals, microplastics and heavy metals hidden in car and truck tires. But experts say these tire emissions are a significant source of air and water pollution and may be affecting humans as well as wildlife.
Sponsored: Katherine Agapitos, chair of Together for Sustainability’s (TfS) Scope 3 GHG program, reflects on one year of the PCF Guideline and its progress.
The transition to greener chemicals offers holistic solutions to plastics pollution, climate change and biodiversity, but we need more investments to scale innovation.
Innovation alone will not save us from climate catastrophe. We must first acknowledge the many forms of toxicity that have contributed to our human-made emergency.
When materials such as asbestos were put into use, lead was added to paint and gasoline and we discovered the properties of PVC, we didn’t know any better. Now we do, and it is time to start acting like it.
Cancer Alley, an 85-mile stretch along the Mississippi River in Louisiana, is home to over 200 plastic and petrochemical plants — and some of the most polluted air in the U.S.
