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Advocates call on lawmakers to ban toxic PFAS and protect public health
A broad coalition of public health, consumer, environmental and community organizations along with academics, scientists and firefighters urged lawmakers to protect public health from toxic PFAS at the MA State House today.
Pride Profile: Rachel Carson - Queer Marine Biologist, Author, and Environmentalist
In honor of Pride Month, Clean Water Action is recognizing influential LGBTQ+ environmental leaders.
Taking on toxic PFAS from MN to NJ
After a landmark legislative victory on PFAS prevention in Minnesota, State Director Avonna Starck shared her thoughts with a New Jersey Senate Committee considering taking their own action against these "forever chemicals".
Environmental Advocates Encourage Limits for PFAS in Drinking Water
Clean Water Action and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy have partnered to submit a public comment to EPA in support of setting safe drinking water limits on six types of PFAS chemicals, a class of more than 12,000 that bioaccumulate and do not break down naturally, causing them to be referred to as “forever chemicals.” There are currently no federally enforceable standards on any PFAS for drinking water.
Cape Cod residents fight back against Eversource herbicide spraying
Eversource (and before it NSTAR) has been spraying herbicides on long stretches of its transmission line rights-of-way (ROW) for years at great risk to those in the surrounding areas. These ROWs are close to homes, public spaces, and above an EPA-designated sole-source aquifer. NSTAR/Eversource has been spraying without the consent of those affected by these harmful chemicals, and in violation of state regulations set for them in the Massachusetts Pesticides Control Act (M.G.L. c.132), the Pesticide Board’s rights of way management (333 CMR 11.00), and the Yearly Operational Plans (YOP). There