PFAS in the news

PFAS is contaminating our drinking water and harming our health. Every week there are new stories about the harm caused by PFAS.

Toxic at very low levels, PFAS increase risk of cancers, immunosuppression, liver disease, endocrine disruption, developmental and reproductive harm, high cholesterol, asthma, and neurological problems.

People are exposed by drinking and eating food and water that has been contaminated, and using products with PFAS. PFAS in products escapes into air and dust, which we breathe. When products containing PFAS are manufactured and disposed of, PFAS leach into the soil, groundwater and drinking water.  In Massachusetts, at least 171 public water systems in 96 cities and towns, and many private wells, have exceeded the state’s legal limit (Maximum Contaminant Level) for PFAS.

The Massachusetts legislature can protect our health passing H.4486 to phase out PFAS. The bill is cosponsored by a bipartisan majority of lawmakers from the House and Senate.