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Clean Water Fund Awarded EPA Grant to Fight Lead in Drinking Water
BOSTON, MA – Clean Water Fund announces an award from the EPA to fund an expansion of their work partnering with local community groups to identify lead service lines, help impacted residents access lead service line replacement programs, and educate community members about how to mitigate exposure to lead in drinking water.
EPA Directs States to Use Water Pollution Permits to Control PFAS
The Clean Water Act has many tools that can—and should—be used to keep these toxic fluorinated “forever chemicals” out of our water. EPA’s memo makes it clear that states can use their existing water program authorities to address PFAS in wastewater discharges immediately.
Collaborating to Protect our Drinking Water - Let’s Put the Clean Water Act to Work
The Source Water Collaborative brings everyone from water utility associations to environmental organizations to planning professionals together to elevate the need to protect drinking water sources in decisions at the local, state and federal levels.
Recognizing Women Leaders: Lee Ketelsen
As National Women’s History Month is winding down, we’d like to end it by honoring and recognizing an important women leader in the Clean Water Action family. Lee served as Massachusetts Director and then New England Director for Clean Water Action from 1985 to 2010 and is now a member of the Clean Water Action Massachusetts Advisory Board. Over her 35 years (and counting!) of activism, she has made an astounding impact on environmental health and social justice issues–from community empowerment following the civil rights movement, to winning a moratorium on new trash incinerators in
Why Cancer is Killing Boston’s Firefighters – One Year Later
In March 2017, Boston Magazine published Why Cancer is Killing Boston’s Firefighters--a powerful article about two Boston firefighters, Glenn Preston and Peter Kannler and their battles with cancer. Both men were diagnosed in their mid-30’s; Preston was still fighting but Kannler had lost the battle. The article pointed to toxic chemicals as a culprit and specifically brought to light the issue of toxic flame retardants in common household items contributing to cancer, and other adverse health effects for firefighters like Glenn and Peter. One year later, even more firefighters have been
