Trouble in the water? MD issues new fish consumption advisories for PFAS
On December 8th, the Maryland Department of the Environment released new fish consumption advisories for PFAS and other toxic contaminants.
Few things are more important than keeping kids safe and healthy. Working together, we can protect them from hidden dangers, toxic threats and unsafe products and practices.
We all work hard to make sure the young ones in our lives and communities can grow up happy and healthy. In many ways the world is safer than it has ever been for kids — but there are still way too many avoidable risks and hidden dangers that kids face every day. Together, we can better alert parents and communities about threats to kids’ health; we can ensure everyone has access to resources that will help them keep their families safe; and we can work together around commonsense solutions.
On December 8th, the Maryland Department of the Environment released new fish consumption advisories for PFAS and other toxic contaminants.
With research indicating that most states are failing to protect children from lead in schools’ drinking water, we need policies that are strong enough to “get the lead out” at schools and preschools.
Groups representing millions of parents and teachers joined environmental and public health advocates to urge the EPA to get the lead out of drinking water at schools and child care centers.
Just a few years ago, electric school buses were practically unheard of. Today, more than five million students across America attend school in a district with electric buses on the road - and that number is growing fast.
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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined 11 Attorneys General calling on the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to take action to address health and safety concerns related to gas stoves.
The kitchen appliance has been all over the news since CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka, Jr. discussed the cons of these appliances
Consumer Watchdog, PIRG
State Director, Maryland PIRG Foundation