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Challenges and Opportunities at the Intersection of Materials and Health: A Recap

By David Marcus on 19 Mar 2014 • 3 minute read

What happens when you gather 76 passionate and informed professionals in a room to discuss challenges and opportunities at the intersection of health, materials, and the built environment? Progress. That’s how I felt at the end of the day on Thursday, February 2 …

States Lead on Safer Chemical Policies

By Ken Geiser, PhD on 17 Mar 2014 • 5 minute read

Last week the California Department of Toxic Substances (DTSC) announced three “priority products” containing chemicals of concern that will inaugurate its Safer Consumer Products Program. The program requires that the manufacturers of these products will need to …

Advancing Solutions through a Focus on Safer Alternatives

By Joel Tickner, ScD on 31 Jan 2014 • 5 minute read

Tens of thousands of chemicals are in commerce today. Thousands of these end up in the products we use every day. A number of analyses have noted how little we know about which chemicals are in our products and what the health and environmental hazards are. In fact, …

End of the Rainbow: A Vision for the Future of Building Materials

By Chris Pyke, PhD on 07 Nov 2013 • 1 minute read

The products used to create and operate our homes and commercial buildings have far-reaching consequences for human health and the environment. Today, we are in the middle of revolution in the consideration of the attributes and impacts of the products used in our built …