Fast Fashion: Cute Clothes and Our Planet, Health and People — You Can Have It All
These clothes didn’t just wash up. Our wasteful consumption practices sent these clothes to this landfill in Ghana, which is similar to thousands of others globally. Credit: Muntaka Chasant, Shutterstock …
Good News: Historic victory for tribes and salmon as EPA will restrict toxic chemical 6PPD in tires
Coho salmon returning from its years at sea to spawn, seen near the Suquamish Tribe’s Grovers Creek Hatchery. Credit: K. King We are excited to share some great news following …
Bad News: Tires are poisoning us and their microplastics contaminate our water — what we can do
Tire emissions vastly outweigh more easily measurable tailpipe emissions. Did you know that 78% of ocean microplastics are synthetic tire rubber? Credit: Jim Allen, FreightWaves By Kaitlyn Scanlon, Alliance Intern …
Bad News: Our toilet paper has forever chemicals and they end up in our drinking water
Researchers found a high concentration of a dangerous PFAS chemical in wastewater—and a significant portion of that was coming from toilet paper. Credit: Healthline By Derek Ren, Alliance Intern from …