Getting the lead out, 10 years after Flint
The Biden administration has taken the most significant step toward protecting our drinking water from lead since the start of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis a decade ago.
Clean water
Together we can protect the waterways that sustain our communities and our health.
Our waterways should be safe for swimming, fishing and drinking. But weak regulations and lax enforcement allow many of our rivers, lakes and streams to become so polluted they are no longer safe. This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk. We need to work together to make sure our water is treated like the life-giving resource that it is.
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Legislature passes bill to ban PFAS in firefighting protective gear
STATEMENT: Senate passes bill to phase out PFAS in firefighting protective gear
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RELEASE: EPA sets 10-year deadline for replacing lead pipes
While EPA sets critical 10-year deadline for replacing lead pipes, more needs to be done to get rid of lead in school drinking water.
Bill calls for statewide ban on products containing PFAS
Worcester Telegram and Gazette reports that even after new law passed to ban PFAS in firefighting gear, work to remove and restrict the "forever" chemicals in the state continues.
The time to protect public health from toxic PFAS is now
Broad coalition speaks to the need for urgent legislative action on PFAS in Massachusetts.
Progress toward a future safe from PFAS “forever chemicals”
Dangerous PFAS chemicals are common in drinking water and household items – but these recent victories are making a safer future possible.
