Events

Minneapolis, MN - HomeFree Workshop Level 3
Wednesday, November 1st from 8:30am - 10:30am CT

McKnight Foundation
710 S 2nd, Suite 400
Minneapolis, MN 55401

Seattle, WA - HomeFree Workshop Level 3
Thursday, October 26th from 2pm - 4pm PT

12th Avenue Arts
1660 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122

Los Angeles, CA - HomeFree Workshop Level 2
Tuesday, October 3rd from 2pm - 4pm PT

Joan Palevsky Center
281 South Figueroa Street
Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90012

International Living Future Institute Hosts Third Annual Living Product Expo Dedicated to Healthy Products
Pittsburgh, PA | September 12-14, 2017

Spray polyurethane foam insulation (SPF) is presented as a highly-effective and versatile product that meets high R-value needs for professionals and DIYers alike. But there are widespread and legitimate concerns about the health effects of its ingredients (particularly isocyanates). An expert panel will present health concerns raised by fenceline communities, occupational and environmental health studies, fire fighters and fire investigators, and others along the life cycle of this product.

Spray polyurethane foam insulation (SPF) is presented as a highly-effective and versatile product that meets high R-value needs for professionals and DIYers alike.

But there are widespread and legitimate concerns about the health effects of its ingredients (particularly isocyanates).

After reviewing its chemistry and life cycle impacts, and where and how isocyanates are used in building products, this presentation reviews the historical and current ingredients and uses of SPF in buildings. We present health concerns about these uses raised by fenceline communities, occupational and environmental health studies, fire fighters and fire investigators, and others along the life cycle of this product -- with a focus on the toxic ingredients in SPF.

Those concerns include reports from a Syracuse occupational health clinic about the experiences of work crews and building occupants, supplemented by concerns and questions from building scientists, occupational and environmental health agencies and researchers, and other important sources over the years.

We present examples of less toxic substitutions by application for SPF and discuss how a precautionary green chemistry framework meets the goal of sustainable buildings that are healthy and safe for all.

Featured speakers include: Greg Siwinski, certified industrial hygienist with the Occupational Health Clinical Center (SUNY Upstate Medical University); moderator Rebecca Stamm (Healthy Building Network's lead researcher on insulation and sealants); and, HBN research director Jim Vallette.

Washington, D.C. - HomeFree Workshop Level 2
Wednesday, July 26th from 9am - 11am.

National Housing Trust
1101 30th Street NW, Suite 100A
Washington, D.C 20007

The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation and its Building Clean initiative are pleased to invite you to a free symposium, Pick Your Poison: How Toxic Exposure Could Increase Under Proposed EPA Changes.

Green Science Policy Institute
HEALTHIER PRODUCTS, HEALTHIER PEOPLE
Webcast Series: The Six Classes Approach to Reducing Harmful Chemicals
June 22- Introduction, Highly Fluorinated Chemicals, Antimicrobials
June 29- Introduction, Flame Retardants, Bisphenols & Phthalates
July 6- Introduction, Some Solvents, Certain Metals

New York, NY - HomeFree Workshop
Wednesday, June 21st from 9:30am - 11:30am.

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
One Whitehall Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10004