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Clean Water Action Minnesota Applauds California’s Passage of SB 682 to Phase Out PFAS in Consumer Products
Clean Water Action Minnesota, home of Amara’s Law, congratulates the State of California and our partner office, Clean Water Action California, on the successful passage of Senate Bill 682. This legislation phases out unnecessary uses of PFAS (“forever chemicals”) in numerous consumer products with full implementation by 2031.
SAFER Water for California's Future
“Multiple organizations strongly supported Proposition 4 last year. That funding is even more important now, when federal decisions have reduced funding for water infrastructure and increased pressures on the state’s General Fund. This funding will allow us to continue investing in urgently needed solutions.”
Our Testimony on the California State Water Board's New Drinking Water Standard
"Over the last 15 years I’ve seen protecting the public from hexavalent chromium become politicized at the expense of public health. I’ve seen how ratepayers, particularly in low income communities and communities of color are used as pawns with claims that they can’t pay the high costs of treatment. Its been a dark stain on California."
We’re Not Done With PFAS Yet! Earth Day Thoughts on Our Next Steps
On this Earth Day, I can’t help but think about the ideas that motivated the first Earth Day in 1970, about how far we have come, and about how much-unfinished business we have to ensure that this planet – our life-support system – is healthy for all of its inhabitants.
Chrome-6 Standard Set but Falls Short in Protecting Community Health
After seven years, the California State Water Board (SWB) finally set a needed limit for Hexavalent Chromium (chrome-6) in drinking water. Unfortunately, the set maximum limit of 10 μg/L fails to protect human health, being 500 times the Public Health Goal of 0.02 μg/L. Community partners from the Central Coast and Central Valley previously made comments before the SWB urging them to fulfill their duty and protect the health of impacted communities.