FOREVER CHEMICALS: PFAS in the Outdoor Industry: A Performance Chemistry
Outdoor Minimalist11 Maalis 2024

FOREVER CHEMICALS: PFAS in the Outdoor Industry: A Performance Chemistry

In episode three of the Forever Chemicals ten-part podcast series, we give an overview of how PFAS is used in modern-day production, and get an inside look at why it became a performance chemistry in the outdoor industry.

Subscribe to the Forever Chemicals Podcast to hear the full series: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forever-chemicals/id1724693010⁠

Guests featured in this episode:

- Mike Schade,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Toxic Free Future⁠⁠⁠⁠

- Ammi Borenstein, ⁠Snaplinc Consulting⁠

- Arlene Blum,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Green Science Policy Institute ⁠⁠⁠⁠

- Stefan Posner,⁠ ⁠⁠textile and polymer chemist⁠⁠⁠

- Alex Lauver, ⁠Outdoor Research⁠

- James Pollock,⁠ ⁠⁠Marten Law LLP⁠⁠

- Philippe Grandjean,⁠ ⁠environmental epidemiologist⁠⁠

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

Bloomberg Originals. (Nov 16, 2023). Why 'Forever Chemicals' Are Still Spreading [Video]. YouTube. ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/a-Hu4HQvA_U?si=LEfQeRCczWvAsgr3⁠⁠

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Inhance Technologies. (n.d.). Inhance Technologies Launches Commercial Process to Eliminate PFAS from Fluoropolymers. Retrieved from ⁠https://www.inhancetechnologies.com/news/inhance-technologies-launches-commercial-process-to-eliminate-pfas-from-fluoropolymers-1⁠

Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC). (2020, August). Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): History and Use [PDF]. Retrieved from ⁠⁠https://pfas-1.itrcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/history_and_use_508_2020Aug_Final.pdf⁠⁠

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