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.
Kids’ health
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.
The Latest on Kids’ health
STATEMENT: FDA says PFAS completely phased out of U.S. food packaging
School air monitoring: A win for public health
Updates
280 more school districts are getting clean buses
Why we’re supporting a ban on TCE
Slime Licker liquid candy recalled; 70 million products could be dangerous
Featured Resources
State of Electric School Buses
VR risks for kids and teens
The Threat of “Forever Chemicals”
Green schools guide
Did You Know?
Medical experts estimate that more than 24 million American kids are at risk of losing IQ points due to lead exposure.
What We're Doing
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.
The Latest
Type
Media release: Maryland PIRG holds ‘pollution-free cooking’ event
Induction cooking demo supplements presentation on federal home electrification incentives, research and gas stove health risks
Consumer safety official sets his sights on gas stove pollution
At a webinar hosted by PIRG, CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka talked about the agencies work to address the risks of gas stove pollution.
Pollution Free Cooking for the Holidays
At this webinar we discussed the health impacts of cooking with gas and got an induction cooking demo from Chef Chris Galarza.
Rowhome explosion in Pigtown, Baltimore
A rowhome exploded in the Pigtown neighborhood of Baltimore less than a week after a similar explosion in Gaithersburg.
I’ll have the turkey, hold the pollution
How to protect your family from gas stove pollution this Thanksgiving
Team
Murray
Teresa
Murray
Consumer Watchdog, PIRG