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Tackling toxic “forever chemicals” in products PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), also known as “forever chemicals,” are toxic substances added to a wide range of products—from clothing and food packaging to firefighting foam and gear. These chemicals are dangerous to our [...]

Toxic-Free Future’s Retailer Report Card benchmarks and scores the biggest retailers on their safer chemicals policies. By highlighting retailer leaders and identifying the laggards, we drive a competitive race to the top to eliminate toxic chemicals and replace them with safer alternatives.

We’ve come a long way from the days when anyone with a DIY project could go to the hardware store and buy paint strippers with methylene chloride. Now, methylene chloride is banned not only in paint strippers, but in all consumer and most industrial uses of this dangerous chemical.

Spring brings new opportunities for cleaning up our food choices, and having some fun doing it. Here are our tips to spring clean your food choices, prioritizing fresh produce, safer seafood, and healthier products!

Since 2019, Sephora has made important progress to reduce toxic chemicals in the beauty and personal care products it sells. It's time for Sephora to build on its successes and expand its policy even further to reduce and eliminate harmful chemicals in its products and packaging, and ensure substitutes are verifiably safer.

Newly published research shows that quats, the active chemicals in many household disinfectant cleaners, are frequently found in breast milk.

Don’t let reports of toxic chemicals in face paint and costumes frighten away your fun on Halloween. Follow these easy tips to make sure the only thing scaring you and your kids are ghosts and goblins!

REI members are demanding that outdoor retailer REI set a clear timeline to eliminate toxic PFAS as part of a year-long national campaign led by Toxic-Free Future’s Mind the Store program, Safer States, and partners.

Antioxidants act as stabilizing chemicals that are added to plastics and food packaging to prevent them from degrading, as well as to personal care products and food as preservatives. Antioxidants are widely used in consumer products and some are associated with toxic effects.

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