Toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ threaten both humans and wildlife. It’s time to stop using them.
How our use of PFAS chemicals in manufacturing is putting our natural world in jeopardy.
Toxic threats
It’s up to us to protect our ecosystems and communities from toxic chemicals.
Most of the 80,000 chemicals on the market in the United States have been put into use without testing long-term consequences for the environment, or their impacts on our health. We should make sure that any chemical in use is safe, eliminate those we know are dangerous, and stop using any that are damaging healthy ecosystems. And if an industry makes a toxic mess, we should know right away, and they should be the ones to pay for cleaning it up.
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Congress passed one of the largest infrastructure investments in U.S. history on November 5, 2021.
A pipe dream no longer: Congress moves to get the lead out
The bipartisan infrastructure bill provides unprecedented funding to replace toxic lead pipes that are contaminating our drinking water.
Make Polluters Pay: How public education and advocacy revived the polluter pays principle
After 26 years of citizens footing the bill for polluters’ messes, polluting industries will finally be held accountable for the cost of cleaning up toxic pollution their industries create.
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Congress is providing more funding for infrastructure to help keep our waters clean.
Statement: Federal court invalidates ‘Dirty Water Rule’
The United States District Court for the District of Arizona on Monday vacated the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), which wiped out federal protections for half the nation’s remaining wetlands and thousands of streams that provide drinking water to millions of Americans. Citing serious legal errors and harm caused by the rule, the court decreed that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers need to draft a new rule defining the scope of waterways protected under the federal Clean Water Act.