{"id":88171,"date":"2026-04-23T17:41:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=88171"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:41:50","slug":"mps-push-for-forever-chemicals-in-uniforms-and-pans-to-be-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/04\/23\/mps-push-for-forever-chemicals-in-uniforms-and-pans-to-be-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs push for &#8216;forever chemicals&#8217; in uniforms and pans to be banned"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA21xFep.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6&amp;x=445&amp;y=223&amp;s=200&amp;d=200\" alt=\"Evidence suggests PFAS have a cost on human health, Labour MP Toby Perkins said (PA Archive)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A group of MPs are calling for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/drinking-water-forever-chemicals-pfas-toxins-b2912402.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">government<\/a>\u00a0to ban a group of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/climate-change\/news\/pfas-health-impacts-pregnancy-asthma-children-b2953575.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">synthetic chemicals<\/a>\u00a0from being used in school uniforms, food packaging, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/pfa-forever-chemicals-water-non-stick-pans-b2916647.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">cookware<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/mps-push-for-forever-chemicals-in-uniforms-and-pans-to-be-banned\/ar-AA21yc9D?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69ea4ab271aa4f54ba521fd602f2e5b1&amp;ei=29\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A group of MPs are calling for the\u00a0government\u00a0to ban a group of\u00a0synthetic chemicals\u00a0from being used in school uniforms, food packaging, and\u00a0cookware. Read&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-88171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PFAS.png","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88172,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88171\/revisions\/88172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}