[cmsmasters_row data_shortcode_id=”s4dxghw4w” data_width=”boxed” data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_img=”26618|https://ehsciences.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Looking-ahead-kids-580×410.png|cmsmasters-project-thumb” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”300″ data_padding_bottom=”320″ data_resp_vert_pad=”true” data_padding_top_laptop=”160″ data_padding_bottom_laptop=”180″ data_padding_top_tablet=”100″ data_padding_bottom_tablet=”120″ data_padding_top_mobile_h=”100″ data_padding_bottom_mobile_h=”120″ data_padding_top_mobile_v=”70″ data_padding_bottom_mobile_v=”90″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″ data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_border_style=”default” data_animation_delay=”0″ data_shortcode_id=”tsg36hzfki”][cmsmasters_heading shortcode_id=”kpb0w54sci” type=”h2″ font_size=”62″ line_height=”70″ font_weight=”default” font_style=”default” text_align=”center” color=”#ffffff” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ custom_check=”true” animation_delay=”0″]Threats to our health, finances and future[/cmsmasters_heading][/cmsmasters_column][/cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_row data_padding_bottom=”0″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_color=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_top_style=”default” data_columns_behavior=”true” data_padding_right=”0″ data_padding_left=”0″ data_width=”fullwidth” data_shortcode_id=”81xstep3jr”][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″ data_shortcode_id=”fds70fuqos” data_padding=”195px 17% 160px 18%” data_resp_padding=”true” data_padding_laptop=”114px 8% 88px 9%” data_padding_mobile_v=”70px 8% 55px 9%” data_border_style=”default” data_animation_delay=”0″][cmsmasters_heading shortcode_id=”mond314fk” type=”h2″ font_size=”46″ line_height=”52″ font_weight=”default” font_style=”default” text_align=”left” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ custom_check=”true” animation_delay=”0″]Today’s chemical industry is threatening our future. But advances in science and public policy are threatening the industry. Investors should pay attention[/cmsmasters_heading][cmsmasters_text shortcode_id=”zdvgl0msyb” animation_delay=”0″]
By Pete Myers
I am not anti-chemical, nor anti-chemist. We need chemicals, including plastics, to make modern civilization work. What we need, however, is to do a much better job at designing the next generation of inherently safer materials, safer than the mix we have today, which has been deployed with far too little attention to its inherent toxicity.
I’ve spent a significant part of my work over the last decade helping chemists design safer chemicals. I want to help them grab market share in the booming demand for safer materials. I want to help them make money.
Some people claim that chemical regulations stifle innovation. Just the opposite is true. It will require tremendous innovation to move away from hazardous chemicals and toward materials that are safer. It can be done. The scientific knowledge we possess today about what causes chemical harm is deep and wide, so much better than what we knew when hazardous materials in widespread use today were designed. Let’s use that knowledge to innovate.
Read the full article on EHN.org
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