🚨Report from @healthandenv.bsky.social links men’s exposure to #EDCs with health risks like cancer and #infertility 💬Author Dr Rossella Cannarella said that the impact of the male parent’s chemical exposure on a baby’s health is a “totally neglected” factor More in #ToxicFree4EU: buff.ly/Aa6feVx

#PFAS hardly break down in the environment, can accumulate in our bodies, and harm our health: There are many reasons to regulate these forever chemicals 🧪   We have summarised 5 of those reasons in our new brochure – read now! ⬇️

🛍️ #BlackFriday Tip 5:   ✅ The best way to reduce your risk of exposure to #HarmfulChemicals is to consume less in general.   ⚠️ Aim to only buy things you really need, not just because they are on sale.   More info on reducing your risk here:

💪 Strong national action on #PFAS drives real change.   ‼️ However, so far, national bans mainly target consumer products.   📈 They do not address industrial uses of PFAS, which are a major source of emissions.

🛍️ #BlackFriday Tip 4:   ✅ Avoid handling receipts where possible.   ⚠️ Receipts can contain harmful chemicals – instead, opt for email receipts, don’t store receipts in purses or wallets, and don’t give them to children to hold.   #ToxicChemicals

🛍️ #BlackFriday Tip 3:   ✅ Try to buy products with eco-labels.   👍 Labels to look out for include: the EU Ecolabel, Blue Angel, Nordic Swan, PFAS-free or PFC-free, and bisphenol-free.   #ConsumerSafety

📦 EU ministers have formally adopted the #OSOA package. 👏The proposals include establishing a common data platform, which the @ec.europa.eu must ensure is fully functioning within three years. More in our latest #ToxicFree4EU: buff.ly/brWBWPH

👏 The European Parliament has voted today on the last step in the revision of the Toy Safety Regulation, introducing stronger protections for children against the most harmful #chemicals in toys! This is great news for families across the EU!

🛍️ #BlackFriday Tip 2:   ✅ Check the ingredient lists of cosmetics and toiletries where possible.   ⚠️ Try to avoid: fluoro-/PTFE, parfum/perfume, and parabens.   #ToxicFree

🔬 Scientists are calling on the EU to better protect people and nature from chemical cocktails. 🧪 We are constantly exposed to a complex cocktail of #HarmfulChemicals. ⚠️ They are present in our air, water, food, many consumer products, & more, and can add up to have harmful effects.

🛍️ #BlackFriday Tip 1:   ✅ Only buy from reputable shops.   ⚠️ This helps you to avoid counterfeits, which can come with serious health risks – often being poorly made and potentially containing toxic substances.   #ShopSmart

🛍️ #BlackFriday is this week – but while you may be on the lookout for the latest deals, be aware that many products on sale may contain #HarmfulChemicals 🧪   💪 But don't worry, this week we will be sharing some tips to help you reduce your risk of exposure to harmful chemicals this Black Friday!

⏰ With #BlackFriday around the corner, we’ve put together some tips on how to reduce your risk of exposure to #HarmfulChemicals while looking for deals. 📱To check the ingredient lists for cosmetics, try using a mobile app. For the UK, use Impact Score Shopping! Read more 👉 buff.ly/hYVvCAZ

🚨The much anticipated #REACHrevision proposal will likely come after the new year, following an update that the Commission is working to adopt it in “early 2026”. 💬This was confirmed by Director-General for the Environment Eric Mamer More in our #ToxicFree4EU: buff.ly/brWBWPH #REACHRevisionNow

🗓️ #BlackFriday is approaching, and products on sale may contain #HarmfulChemicals. 🔍 When buying items, look out for eco labels like the #EUecolabel, Blue Angel, and Nordic Swan. For more advice check out our latest news story ➡️ buff.ly/hYVvCAZ

👶 Today is #WorldChildrensDay 2025.   🧪 Children are exposed to a cocktail of #HarmfulChemicals in their everyday lives, such as from their toys.   💪 The EU is close to finalising its toy safety regulation to make it more protective, banning some of the most hazardous chemicals in children’s toys.

🤑It’s #BlackFriday soon, and we’ve put together advice on avoiding #HarmfulChemicals when shopping the sales. 🔍Many types of products may contain harmful chemicals, from cosmetics to cooking equipment, but there are easy steps you can take to avoid them! More in our news story 👉 buff.ly/eOZp2cN

📝 A recent letter to the UK government highlights the risks posed to children by #ToxicChemicals in toys. ⚠️ Children are at higher risk from the health impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals (#EDCs) because their organs and nervous system are still developing. Read more 👉 buff.ly/f8PEtct

⚠️New report connects rates of hormonal disorders, infertility and certain cancers in European men with exposure to #HarmfulChemicals. 📣Commissioned by @healthandenv.bsky.social, the report calls for stronger and health-focused #ChemicalRegulation in the EU. More in our news story👉 buff.ly/iRljN9V

📝 A new report commissioned by @healthandenv.bsky.social links the male health crisis with #ChemicalPollution. 💪 They call for the EU to strengthen chemical regulation to protect health. More in our news story ➡️ buff.ly/iRljN9V #Infertility

📮 In October 50 healthcare professionals, patient organisations and scientists wrote to the UK government asking them to take action on #HarmfulChemicals in children’s toys. They called for alignment with the EU’s update to its #ToySafety regulation. Read more 👉 buff.ly/f8PEtct

📝 @rsc.org is encouraging people to write to their MPs asking for companies to be held financially responsible for their #PFAS pollution. ⚠️ RSC analysis found that over 1/3 of water courses in England and Wales contain #PFAS at medium or high-risk levels 📖Find out more👉https://buff.ly/UKj0YRW

🚨A report commissioned by @healthandenv.bsky.social highlights link between harmful #ChemicalPollution and rising #infertility and hormonal #cancer rates amongst European men. 🧪Key chemicals of concern include endocrine disruptors, #PFAS, and heavy metals. More in our news story👉 buff.ly/iRljN9V

📄 A new report by @global2000.bsky.social and AK ÖO has found alarming levels of harmful chemicals in clothing from Shein and Temu. 👚 They tested 20 items, and 7 showed levels that were well above permitted limits. 🧪 Chemicals detected included #PFAS and #phthalates.

📮PFAS-free companies urge @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to adopt a full restriction on #PFAS without broad exemptions for green-tech. 💬They say alternatives are already available for key #GreenTechnologies, including refrigerants, solar panels and batteries. More in our #ToxicFree4EU: buff.ly/87WcAbq

🚰Water companies told to act on potentially harmful #PFAS levels in untreated drinking water sources serving 6m in the UK. ⚠️Among the notices issued by the Drinking Water Inspectorate are some concerning PFOA, a PFAS classed as cancer-causing by @who.int. More in our news story 👉 buff.ly/TYD6uzR

‼️ The Drinking Water Inspectorate has told water companies in England and Wales to take action on #PFASContamination. 📣 Industry body Water UK has called for a restriction on PFAS and for a national clean-up plan funded by the chemical manufacturers. More in our news story 👉 buff.ly/TYD6uzR

🚨 @consilium.europa.eu opposed #deregulation in the Chemicals #Omnibus over health protection. 💄 The Council rejected proposed exemptions for substances in cosmetics classified as #CMRs only via inhalation or ingestion. Read more in our latest #ToxicFree4EU: buff.ly/87WcAbq #HumanHealth

📣 Water companies have been ordered to take action on potentially harmful levels of #PFAS. ‼️ Joint analysis from @watershed-i.bsky.social and the BBC reveals that notices have been issued for untreated water sources serving 6 million in the UK. More in our news story 👉 buff.ly/TYD6uzR

New HEAL report! Chemical pollution is fuelling a growing men’s health crisis in Europe. Prostate cancer, testicular cancer, male infertility are on the rise, and parental exposure can even mean health impacts in the next generation. Read the report: ➡️ www.env-health.org/new-report-c...

📢Patient organisations, healthcare professionals and academics have urged the UK Government to protect children from #HarmfulChemicals in toys. ⚠️They call for alignment with the EU’s updated #ToySafety regulation, which bans #EDCs, #Bisphenols and #PFAS in toys. Read more here 👉 buff.ly/jrssV6o

🚨A letter to the UK government has highlighted concerns about the risks posed to children by #ToxicChemicals in toys, particularly from hormone-disrupting chemicals (#EDCs) 📣The letter calls for alignment with the EU’s recently updated #ToySafety regulation More in our news story ➡️ buff.ly/jrssV6o

✍️ CHEM Trust & over 40 other environmental organisations sent a letter to the PM urging him to uphold the Aarhus Convention.   The Convention protects your right to: 1️⃣ Access to environmental information. 2️⃣ Take part in decisions affecting nature. 3️⃣ Seek justice when the environment is harmed.

📣In a letter addressed to the UK government, 50 healthcare professionals, patient organisations and academics have urged action on #HarmfulChemicals in children’s toys. They call for alignment with the EU’s recently updated #ToySafety regulation. More in our latest news story 👉 buff.ly/jrssV6o

Great to see this letter covered in The Independent and a range of other outlets: buff.ly/VmY8oKk 📄 This week, 50 patient organisations, healthcare professionals and scientists sent a letter to the UK Government urging it to align with the EU’s new Toy Safety Regulation.

📣📨 138 organisations urge @ec.europa.eu - in the context of the simplification omnibus on Food and Feed Safety - to boost ambition and protect citizens and the environment from harmful #pesticides 👶🥕🍏🐝🐦🦋💧 👉 www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

📄 To coincide with the letter sent today by healthcare professionals, patient organisations and scientists, a number of health and environment charities also wrote to the UK government urging them to match the EU’s updated Toy Safety Regulation. Read more in our blog ➡️ buff.ly/sA1GFuX

We've signed this letter urging the UK to align its UK toy safety legislation with the recent EU update. Children and babies in the UK should be protected from exposure to harmful chemicals in toys as much as their peers across the EU. #EDCs #EndocrineDisruptingChemicals

🧪A recent study by @forbrugerraadet.bsky.social found that 5 out of 30 micellar water products reviewed contained unwanted chemicals. Therefore contributing to our overall exposure to #HarmfulChemicals. More in our news story 👉 buff.ly/Z9c7UGY

💪 Environment Ministers are demanding clarity on the REACH revision.   🇸🇪 Sweden led the initiative, asking for a timeline, while Hungary asked about which sections of the draft are causing issues.   Read our latest #ToxicFree4EU ➡️ buff.ly/3xtksZP   #REACHrevisionNOW #ChemicalRegulation

🆕 50 patient organisations, healthcare professionals, and scientists have written to the UK Government urging it to update its Toy Safety Regulation in line with the EU’s new regulation. 📄 The signatories call on the government to match the EU’s science-led approach. Read more: buff.ly/sA1GFuX

🪻 Period Tip 4:    👆 Choose products labelled ‘TCF’.   😰 This stands for ‘totally chlorine free’. Some products are bleached with chlorine, and the byproduct, Dioxin, can disrupt the hormone system.    #EnvironmenstrualWeek

🧴 A recent study by @forbrugerraadet.bsky.social reviewed 30 micellar water products and ranked them based on their chemical content. 👏 13 products were rated the best rating of ‘A’ as they were found to be free of #HarmfulSubstances. More in our latest news story ➡️ buff.ly/Z9c7UGY

🌸 Period Tip 3:   👃 Choose unscented products.   🚫 Some menstrual products may contain fragrances, but the manufacturer does not need to list the ingredients in the fragrances, which may include harmful chemicals.    #EnvironmenstrualWeek

🌼 Period Tip 2:   🔎 Look for menstrual products with the EU Ecolabel.   💪 These have stricter rules about what is allowed in them.    #EnvironmenstrualWeek

📣 Member states are calling for stronger action on persistent pollutants, including #PFAS.   😰 @eureau.bsky.social says persistent chemicals are a great concern, being hard to remove and requiring expensive technologies.   Read our latest #ToxicFree4EU ➡️ buff.ly/3xtksZP   #WaterPollution

Yesterday CHEM Trust attended @wen-uk.bsky.social's event in the House of Lords for their Environmenstrual Week of Action, hosted by @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social! The discussion focused on the presence of #HarmfulChemicals & heavy metals in period products with brilliant panellists.

‼️ A recent study by @forbrugerraadet.bsky.social found unwanted substances in some micellar water products. 👏 But there was also good news as many of the products were free from harmful substances. Read more in our latest news story 👉 buff.ly/Z9c7UGY

What a day! Today we took our call for #ToxicFreePeriods to Parliament. Starting with our House of Lords event with @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social, experts, campaigners & producers - we then went to DEFRA - with our call to make all period products safe. #ToxicTippingPoint #EnvironmenstrualWeek

🌺 Period Tip 1:   ⚠️ Conventional, disposable pads and tampons may contain harmful chemicals.   💪 Opt for alternatives such as organic cotton tampons and pads, silicone menstrual cups, and reusable fabric pads.    #EnvironmenstrualWeek