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In Today’s Eco Update
- Yellowstone is getting dryer.
- Germany’s wildflower meadows.
- A mystery disease is killing birds.
And a look at how the Senate is trying to protect us from toxic makeup.
– summaries below written by Angely Mercado
Your Makeup Is Probably Toxic. The U.S. Senate Is Trying to Protect You
High levels of a marker for toxic “forever” substances have been found in 52 percent of makeup products tested in a new study. Accordingly, the U.S. Senate has recently moved to ban them from cosmetics.
According to CNN, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of man-made chemicals that are pervasive in modern life. They’re widely used because they’re resistant to heat, water and oil, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) reported. A 2015 report by the CDC detected PFAS in the blood of 97 percent of Americans. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) believes most people have been exposed to them through food, water, clothing, furniture, etc. In homes, PFAS are most commonly found in non-stick cookware Teflon coatings, fast food wrappers, shampoo, detergent and paint. Outside the home, they’re used in carpeting, commercial aircrafts, firefighting foams and more.