The best way to end forever chemicals, is to end their use altogether.

Forever chemicals are used a lot in manufacturing. It is time to remove the danger and end the diseases.

March 1, 2023

By Sharon Udasin

...Paper production processes (click here) often include PFAS as additives during the wood-to-pulp conversion process, the authors explained.

These compounds are used as a wetting agent to boost the efficiency of the pulping process — making paper mills a known source of environmental contamination, according to the study.

Not only might standard toilet paper contain PFAS, but so too could rolls made from recycled paper — as they may be made with contaminated fibers, the authors found.

The researchers asked a volunteer network of students and professors to collect toilet paper sold in North, South and Central America, as well as in Africa and Western Europe. In addition, they evaluated sewage sludge samples from eight wastewater treatment plants in Florida....

August 15, 2022

By Emily Henderson,B.Sc.

...A far more effective strategy (click here) from a public health point of view is to regulate the chemicals at their source, so they don't make it into our food and water, our personal and household care products, and the built environment in the first place. But industries fight this kind of regulation, and governments worry about the costs politically as well as economically....