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8. Are PFAS-Free Products Possible?

8. Are PFAS-Free Products Possible?

Update: 2024-04-15
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It seems that many brands are moving in the right direction in terms of phasing PFAS out of their products, but one of the many aspects complicating this process is the potential for contamination.


In this episode, we hear directly from leading outdoor industry brands like Keen, Outdoor Research, Fjallraven, and Houdini Sportswear alongside scientists and environmental epidemiologists about how and why PFAS spreads and contaminates products so easily.


Guests featured in this episode:


- Stefan Posner,⁠⁠ ⁠textile and polymer chemist⁠⁠⁠


- Alex Lauver, ⁠Outdoor Research


- Kirsten Blackburn, ⁠⁠Keen Footwear⁠⁠


- Ammi Borenstein, ⁠Snaplinc Consulting


- Kevin Myette, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesign⁠⁠⁠⁠


- Eva Karlsson, ⁠Houdini Sportswear⁠


- Mike Schade,⁠⁠ ⁠Toxic Free Future⁠⁠⁠


- James Pollock,⁠⁠ ⁠Marten Law LLP⁠⁠


- Arlene Blum,⁠⁠ ⁠Green Science Policy Institute ⁠⁠⁠


- Philippe Grandjean,⁠⁠ ⁠environmental epidemiologist⁠⁠


- Donna Bruns, ⁠Fjallraven⁠


- Martin Axelhed, ⁠Fjallraven⁠


If you want to learn more about what PFAS are, where they are found, the proven health effects, how you can limit your exposure, up to date news on PFAS, and how to get involved in PFAS regulatory efforts visit 


⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Toxicfreefuture.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 


⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Foodandwaterwatch.org ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


Or 


⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pfascentral.org ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


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Snaplinc Consulting provided expert fact checking and guidance for the creation of this podcast.


Snaplinc Consulting provides corporate sustainability strategies and ESG support across a broad range of industries including apparel, footwear, home furnishings, software, cosmetics, professional services and more.


Head to⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠snaplincconsulting.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more and contact the experts to guide you through complex topics like CSRD, PFAS, greenhouse gas assessments, SBTi, CDP, EcoVadis, B Corp and many more compliance and certification frameworks.


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Sources


Outdoor Footwear: The PFAS Challenge. Retrieved from: https://www.keenfootwear.com/blogs/keen-blog/outdoor-footwear-pfas-challenge


SixClasses. Retrieved from: https://www.sixclasses.org/

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8. Are PFAS-Free Products Possible?

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