Synthetic dyes, creating a better tool for toxicity prediction, Safer Made Holiday Gift Guide, and a round up of recent fundings.

Overview of plastic toxicity and function, plus a new plastic recycling breakthrough, and new technology to remove PFAS from frying pans.

A look at how to remove plastic from paper coatings and financing activity related to safer chemistry.

Insights into plastic recycling, the push to remove harmful chemicals from cleaning products in gyms and the latest fundings.

The Need for Safer Chemistry in Beauty: Opportunities for Innovation, a report released on October 19 by Safer Made, a venture capital...

PFAS Phase out The Polyfluorinated Alkyl substances class are also known as PFAS or as “forever chemicals” includes thousands of...

The Foam of Polyurethane Polyurethanes (PU) are part of a broad class of polymers that are used, among many other things, to make rigid...

Circling the Square of Fashion The apparel industry is trying to make itself more sustainable, in response to consumer demand and...

California moving forward with additional PFAS restrictions. Safer Made insect repellent update. Safer Chemistry funding roundup.

Thermal processing for biobased resins, highlights from 2021, and financing activity in safer chemistry.

PFAS in cosmetics, benzene in sunscreen, EPA bans Chlorpyrifos, and financing news in safer chemistry.

The challenges of climate, plastic pollution and chemical toxicity are interrelated and require a systems approach.

Safer Made advisor, Mia Davis, launches Pact Collective to address packaging waste in the beauty industry. Safer Made announces investments.

PHA vs LPA, Waterless dyeing, Ecologic Acquired, and Safer Made invests in Defunkify.

If we ask someone to choose between two products, identical in all respects except one is safer, chances are most people would choose the sa

Moisture in Balance Frequent hand washing and sanitizing in recent months have caused dry skin for some of us. The skin is an amazing organ,

A deeper dive into the chemistry of disinfecting and how we think about the future of antimicrobial technologies.

Bio-degradable? By Nature? Depending on one’s perspective and the particular use case, the solution to our packaging problems may be to...

An overview of the latest developments to phase out PFAS chemicals.

Test thyself, if you dare. Check out the new companies offering chemical testing to the savvy consumer.

Scratch and sniff chemistry: the challenge of ingredient transparency in the cosmetics industry; also microplastics, recycling, and a safer

The traditional chemical sunscreen active ingredients are facing increased scrutiny. The EU has estimated the cost of PFAS pollution. Plasti

Along with food, we also “eat” the packaging and materials food touches on the way to us.

We’re dedicating our first 2019 newsletter to a review of 2018. Corporations and governments continued to take steps to reduce toxics

Plastic straw bans, new investment in Repurpose, and holiday gift guide.

Would You Like Some PFCs On That Chicken? A statement published in July this year by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) outlines the

Watch Your Polystyrene! The state of California has added food packaging as a priority area under the Safer Consumer Products Act, identify

We like healthy food but dislike food packaging because we see it wasted and it harms our health and the environment. We use most single-use

Safer Chemistry - 2017 in Review Safer Made was Born: We had our first close in February with Forsythia Foundation as our anchor investor.

Pollution Kills A new study published by The Lancet’s Commission on pollution and health finds that “Pollution is the world’s greatest envir

Safer Made Updates On August 9 we made our first investment, in eco.logic Brands. The company makes packaging for liquids and powders using

Safer Made Updates On August 9 we made our first investment, in eco.logic Brands. The company makes packaging for liquids and powders using

Plastic packaging is everywhere. Everything from food to building products and children’s’ toys comes wrapped in plastic. Plastic packaging

Target announced its renewed chemicals strategy on January 25. The new strategy requires ingredient transparency for all products, aims to

The Washington Post on Regrettable Substitutions Harvard Professor Joseph Allen highlights the practice of swapping one hazardous chemical

Seventh Generation acquired, new research on endocrine disrupting chemicals and safer materials for food packaging.

Looking at water contaminants, trends in safer chemistry and FDA demands triclosan be removed from hand soap.

A closer look at glyphosate, chemicals of concern in the news, and recent fundings.

Read about the impact of The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, a bill designed to reform TSCA.