Clean Water Fund

Learn more about Connecticut's landmark 2024 PFAS ban, and why we need to defend it frm industry attacks.

Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of over 15,000 chemicals widely used in consumer products and industrial processes. Toxic at very low levels, these chemicals are already in the blood of 98% of Americans and are contaminating Massachusetts drinking water, rivers, lakes, oceans, soil, plants and wildlife. Learn about 2026 legislation to protect our water and health from PFAS!

Toxic chemicals shouldn’t be in things children use every day. Unfortunately, children’s products can contain PFAS, lead, asbestos, phthalates, bisphenols, and other chemicals that are harmful to children’s health and development. Learn more about 2026 legislation to change this!

Three local restaurants in San Jose teamed up to reduce single-use disposable waste by over 381,376 individual pieces and over 5,695 pounds annually, and they will collectively be saving over $15,000 every year by purchasing fewer disposables. These restaurants all stand as real examples of how businesses can be both eco-friendly and economical.

American Water Works Association and Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund submitted a joint comment letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to extend the compliance deadlines for coal-fired power plants set in the 2024 “Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category.”

Clean Water Action / Clean Water Fund submitted the following comment letter as part of the April 2025 public comment period for EPA's Request for Recommendations on the definition of the "Waters of the United States"