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When shopping for back to school supplies, you might reasonably assume that products on your school’s supply list or your
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Reducing the plastic crisis starts with using fewer single-use plastics, improving recycling systems, and supporting reusable or biodegradable alternatives whenever possible. Businesses, governments, and individuals can all help by reducing unnecessary packaging, investing in sustainable materials, and keeping plastics out of our oceans and landfills.

When shopping for back to school supplies, you might reasonably assume that products on your school’s supply list or your

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Bobby DeMuro of ENHESA’s Chemical Watch News & Insights, an industry-focused publication, highlighted Defend’s cookware compliance monitoring and multi-state regulatory

After launching last Tuesday, Defend Our Health’s searchable directory of more than 200 cookware, bakeware, and kitchen appliance companies’ chemical

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While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to “authorize” certain PFAS for use in food-contact materials, state lawmakers

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Defend Our Health reviewed the public websites of more than 200 cookware brands and attempted to locate their California-required AB

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