Read the full article by Tom Perkins (The Guardian)
“The Trump administration is quietly carrying out a plan that aims to kill hundreds of bans on highly toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ and other dangerous compounds in consumer goods.
The bans, largely at the state level, touch most facets of daily life, prohibiting everything from bisphenol in children’s products to mercury in personal care products to PFAS in food packaging and clothing.
If successful, the public would almost certainly be exposed to much higher levels of chemicals linked to a range of serious health issues such as cancer, hormone disruption, liver disease, birth defects, and reproductive system damage, the plan’s opponents say.” …