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Urgent Town Hall Addressing PFAS Concerns to be Held in Minnesota
Clean Water Action and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) have partnered to hold a PFAS prevention community town hall on Sunday, February 26th in Coon Rapids, MN. The town hall will feature authors of the legislation, community leaders, and residents.
REI announces it will ban PFAS in all textiles
Leading outdoor retailer REI has announced it will ban PFAS “forever chemicals” in all textile products and cookware from its suppliers, in a major update to its “Product Impact Standards” for its 1,000+ brand partners. REI’s restrictions take effect in the fall of 2024 for cookware and textile products including, but not limited to, apparel, accessories, footwear, packs, and bags. REI has granted a longer timeline for professional, expedition-level apparel to fall of 2026.
Clean Water Action Launches 2023 Legislative Campaign for “Healthy Futures”
Clean Water Action launched its 2023 legislative campaign this week, announcing a list of priority bills, the Healthy Futures for All package.
MN Environmental Community Urges Legislature to Support PFAS Legislation
Today Clean Water Action in partnership with 13 Minnesota environmental, civic, and citizen organizations delivered a letter in support of PFAS prevention legislation to Minnesota state lawmakers.
Groups praise new bill banning toxic PFAS in Massachusetts
BOSTON - A broad coalition of public health, consumer, academic, environmental and community organizations praised the filing of a new bill to ban toxic PFAS. This group further urged lawmakers to cosponsor the bill and called for its swift passage. The proposed Act to Protect Massachusetts Public Health from PFAS, HD 3324 & SD 2053 filed by Rep. Kate Hogan (Stow) and Sen. Julian Cyr (Truro) for the new 2023-24 legislative session, will be one of the nation’s strongest bills to protect the public from PFAS contamination. PFAS are a class of over 12,000 synthetic petrochemicals that help