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Big Win for Clean Water!
Clean Water Action Leads Efforts to Pass Landmark PFAS Legislation
It’s Fall! Here are Some Tips for a Healthy Fall Lawn and Gardens While Protecting Our Water!
Many simple and easy solutions can improve water quality while simultaneously improving the health of your yard and garden as well as provide habitat for important critters in your neighborhood.
Salt in Maryland Waterways
We must address salt pollution to protect both human and environmental health.
What it Takes to Win: The Massachusetts Flame Retardants Bill Story
A tragic beginning The campaign to ban toxic flame retardants in Massachusetts started in January 2013 when Senator Cynthia Stone Creem filed the first version of the bill to ban toxic flame retardants. We knew we needed a strong coalition for it to become law. So when environmental groups and firefighter unions across the country were teaming up to co-host local “Give Toxics the Boot”events in early 2014, we signed up. The events included press conferences with firefighters’ boots lined up on statehouse steps to represent those who died “with their boots off”—from occupational illness—and a
Talking Lead Service Lines in Malden, Massachusetts
Lead exposure is a problem that America has been facing for decades. The EPA estimates that lead in drinking water can account for 20% of a person's exposure to lead ( Lead and Drinking Water). Currently, there are lead service lines in up to ten million homes across the country. Replacing them comes at a high cost. Each lead service line is owned by both the municipality in which the line resides and the resident’s house the line directly serves. Recently, I had the chance to talk to members in Malden, MA where 25% of households have lead service lines. Since half of the line is owned by the