toxics

Happy Earth Month — Join Our Pledge To Get Rid Of PFAS In California!

April 1, 2025 | By Andria Ventura

A wide group of industries have made billions making PFAS or putting them in products. Now we’re asking for them to be removed. SB 823 (Allen) is a sweeping bill that would require PFAS to be removed from most products in California just a few years.

Home Depot: Stop selling this poison plastic.

As the largest home improvement retailer in the world, The Home Depot must be a leader in transitioning away from plastic building products made with cancer-causing chemicals. We urge The Home Depot to phase out PVC by reducing packaging and selling safer, healthier materials. Tell The Home Depot: Build a safer future and ban PVC!

The Hidden Costs of Beauty: Understanding the Impacts of Toxic Products on Women of Color

February 26, 2025 | By X Braithwaite

Clean Water Action hosted The Hidden Costs of Beauty webinar to uncover the environmental and health impacts of beauty products marketed to Black women and other communities of color. This discussion brought together advocates, researchers, and community members to explore the intersections of beauty, health, and justice—and, more importantly, to chart a path forward.

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Graphic design for MA's new PFAS to Plastics legislative priorities for 2024-2025

From PFAS to Plastics: 2025-26 Toxics Legislative Priorities in Massachusetts

February 5, 2025 | By Laura Spark

This session, it’s time to make sure that everyone in Massachusetts is protected from toxic chemicals. Learn more!

Action Alert: Protect MA Families from Toxic Threats!

Tell your Massachusetts state legislators to co-sponsor and support Clean Water Action’s priority toxics legislation!

Graphic design of MA action alert for their new 2025 legislative action

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Beauty as Resistance: Where I Find My Strength

January 16, 2025 | By X Braithwaite

As an Environmental Justice Organizer who has worked in social justice spaces for nearly nine years, I am constantly uncovering new layers of how my identity has been shaped by systemic inequities. These discoveries are both painful and empowering, revealing the depth of the systems we are working to dismantle.