The next time you make some microwave popcorn or cook a frozen pizza, consider this: The packaging of many of these products contains a chemical that the Environmental Protection Agency considers potentially carcinogenic and wants businesses to voluntarily stop using by 2015.Studies show that this chemical -- perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA -- is present in 98% of Americans' blood and 100% of newborns. It doesn't break down and thus accumulates in the system over time.
DuPont
Carcinogen worries stick to food packaging
(via www.latimes.com)
Submitted by jcs44 on Thu, 2008-07-31 16:31. | Tags: health | DuPont | Environmenta Workig Group | environmental protection agency | EPA | EWG | fast food | food | perfluorooctanoic acid | PFOA
Sustainability Becomes a Part of CPG Bottom Lines
(via www.triplepundit.com)
According to a new study released by PricewaterouseCoopers for the Grocery Manufacturers Associtaion (GMA): green is good. Increasingly, some of the biggest brand names in the world are implementing sustainable practices into their business, and it’s starting to pay off for them.
Submitted by aseshagiri on Wed, 2008-06-18 22:01. | Tags: business | Clorox | Coca-Cola | cpg | DuPont | general mills | pepsi
Harnessing Biology, and Avoiding Oil, for Chemical Goods
(via www.nytimes.com)
Researchers are looking for new ways to use renewable sources like corn and switchgrass instead of petroleum as the raw ingredient in plastic.
Submitted by jcs44 on Wed, 2008-04-09 21:11. | Tags: technology | Cargill | cellulose | City College of New York | Draths Corporation | DuPont | Genencor | Glycerol Challenge | petroleum | Polytechnic University | renewable feedstocks