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Time to Protect MA from Toxic PFAS!
The more we make, use, and throw away things with toxic PFAS, the more PFAS accumulates in the environment and in our bodies. Tell the Massachusetts Legislature they must act to stop the flow of toxic products into our state.
Take action to keep dangerous chemicals out of kids’ products!
An Act for Toxic Free Kids (H4357/S2660) protects children from early life exposures to chemicals that can cause lifelong harm by restricting toxic chemicals in children’s products.
Being the Bridge
In the sub-freezing temperatures of January, I started working as a door-to-door canvasser in Clean Water Action’s Northampton office.
Flame Retardant Bills are on fire-pun intended!
As the summer kicked off in June and many went on vacation, the Joint Committee on Public Health was hard at work setting up hearings and listening to testimony. This legislative session has started with a lot of hope for the Children and Firefighters Protection Act; it passed the Senate unanimously last session and Clean Water Action and allies are determined to see it pass both the Senate and the House this time around. The Children and Firefighters Protection Acts were heard by the Public Health Committee early on in the committee’s 8 month stretch of scheduled hearings. On June 6 th the
What is an activist?
I recently had the privilege of speaking to the Savvy Women’s Alliance a great group of women focused on non-toxic living. They asked me to focus on an unusual (for me) topic: “What is an activist? How do I become one?” Such good questions! In case you’re wondering too, here’s what I told them: When you think of an activist you might conjure up images of people hanging banners, chaining themselves to trees or living in tents as part of Occupy. All of these are activism, but lots of activists have never done any of these things. To me, activism means using your influence to change something
