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Preventing Lead by Protecting Water in Massachusetts
Lead in water is the most significant source of lead exposure after lead paint.
Lead was a preferred plumbing material, particularly for water service lines, until it was outlawed in 1986.
The American Water Works Association estimates between 6-10 million homes are connected to a lead service line.
Lead in Water: A Health HazardLead exposure isn’t good for anyone; but pregnant women and young children are most affected. Physical and behavioral effects of lead occur at lower exposure levels in children than in adults. A dose of lead that would have little effect on an adult can have a
Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC): An Early Warning Sign
People and industry use tens of thousands of chemicals. A vast array of these chemicals have been found in our environment, where we consider them contaminants of emerging concern or CECs. Most of these CECs have not been fully evaluated for the risks they might pose to the environment— or to our health.
Factsheet - e-Waste Recycling in Minnesota
Minnesota can benefit in a myriad of ways by investing in e-waste recycling.
Comments on Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category - 09-20-2013 (Sign On Letter 2)
The undersigned organizations appreciate the opportunity to comment on The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category.
NJ Climate Superfund Act Municipal Resolution
New Jersey Municipal Resolution to oppose the proposed "Climate Superfund Act" which would impose liability on large fossil fuel companies for certain climate change related damages they caused instead of imposing all those costs on New Jersey taxpayers.