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Massachusetts Legislative Priorities for 2021-2022
When it comes to protecting children from toxic chemicals, getting lead out of drinking water, putting a stop to climate change or protecting our most vulnerable – the time is now. Clean Water Action is prioritizing the following bills in the 2021-2022 Massachusetts legislative session.
TOXICS-PFASAn Act to ban the use of PFAS in food packaging/An Act relative to chemicals in food packaging ( H2348, S 1494)
Sponsored by Representative Jack Lewis and Senator Michael Moore
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a class of chemicals that are used to make materials non-stick, stain proof and
Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund 2020 Annual Report
2020 accomplishments set the stage for continued progress protecting our water and our health. Despite the past year’s very challenging circumstances — a hostile anti-environment administration and the coronavirus pandemic’s devastating health toll, social and economic disruptions — 2020 proved to be surprisingly productive, in each of Clean Water Action’s priority program areas.
Community Letter -- Invest in Our Water -- July 2021
Our organizations thank you for your continued leadership and commitment to clean and safe drinking water, public health, and environmental justice. As you implement the American Jobs Plan and Build Back Better agenda, we respectfully ask that you enact substantial spending for badly needed water infrastructure investments and in particular we emphasize the need for $45 billion to replace the nation’s lead services lines. Such investments will ensure that this unprecedented effort will leave a legacy of public health and justice for generations.
It is well known that there is no safe level of
Community Letter -- Pass the PFAS Action Act
The science is clear: PFAS have been linked to serious health problems through decades of animal, worker, and human studies. Unfortunately, EPA has failed to take steps to restrict air and water releases, reduce PFAS in our tap water, or clean up the nation's most contaminated sites. H.R. 2467 will set clear deadlines requiring EPA to do just that.
Clean Water Action joins the January 23 Letter to McConnell & Senate Republicans - End the Shutdown
This is extortion, plain and simple. It is outrageously undemocratic and a betrayal of the American people.