Environmentalists Tie PFAS Manufacturing To Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A new report from an environmental group links the manufacturing of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for use in food packaging to the release of greenhouse gases, arguing that limiting use of the chemicals -- as several states have recently sought -- would not only limit exposures to toxic chemicals but reduce GHG emissions. The report from Toxic-Free Future (TFF), “Path of Toxic Pollution”, was released Sept. 16, claiming to reveal “for the first time that a U.S. chemical manufacturing...