Press Coverage

Check out the latest news coverage.  Stories are in reverse chronological order, under the headings:

  • AHT in the News

  • PFAS News

  • Other Toxics news

2023 Press Coverage

https://nantucketcurrent.com/news/nantucket-residents-honored-for-pfas-advocacy

https://www.ack.net/stories/barbers-mitchell-honored-for-pfas-work,32161

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/03/science/artificial-turf/

 

Fall River and Nantucket firefighters among those being honored for work against toxic chemicals

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/29/opinion/readers-weigh-what-may-be-causing-rise-cancer-among-younger-people/

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/environment/2023/07/25/pfas-on-cape-cod-update-massachusetts-bill-stop-forever-chemicals/70438799007/

https://www.recorder.com/PFAS-bill-could-impose-bans-51425577

https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/06/lawmakers-hope-to-turn-off-tap-of-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-mass.html

https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/lawmakers-gearing-up-address-ultimate-environmental-contaminant/PPNOGXTI3VGS5D3YVSXJK2FGBU/

https://www.statehousenews.com/?login=yes&trial=yes&path=cms/content.aspx&db=a&select=2023872

https://www.capecodtimes.com/restricted/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.capecodtimes.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fenvironment%2F2023%2F03%2F02%2Fpfas-firefighting-foam-other-products-pollutes-cape-cod-water%2F69939199007%2F

https://www.thecentersquare.com/massachusetts/article_d79d63b8-f363-11ed-80f5-435ff8067486.html

https://www.gazettenet.com/PFAS-bill-filed-by-Sen-Comerford-aims-to-protect-farms-and-crops-50980518

https://www.wwlp.com/news/state-politics/new-bill-to-address-pfas-contamination-and-protect-farmers/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2023/02/22/rei-stores-forever-chemicals-products/11321761002/

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-03-09/elevated-pfas-levels-in-fish-at-mass-parks-prompt-new-consumption-advisories

https://www.gazettenet.com/Bill-aims-to-slow-spread-of-PFAS-50141887

https://www.statehousenews.com/?login=yes&trial=yes&path=cms/content.aspx&db=a&select=2023318

 https://www.wamc.org/news/2023-02-13/bill-would-ban-pfas-in-massachusetts-by-2030

2021 Press Coverage

2019 Press Coverage

“Massachusetts sets new limits on toxic PFAS chemicals,” WBUR, December 19, 2019

“Forever chemicals are found in MWRA water, drawing alarm,” The Boston Globe, December 1, 2019

Letter to Editor: “We can’t focus just on tainted water–we have to stop using ‘forever chemicals’,”The Boston Globe, Nov 14, 2019

“What are PFAS chemicals and should I be freaking out about them?” WBUR, Nov 8, 2019

“Lowell wastewater facility will no longer accept PFAS-contaminated runoff from N.H. landfill,” WBUR, Nov. 8, 2019

“Lowell water treatment plant to stop accepting toxic water from N.H. landfill, The Boston Globe, Nov 7, 2019

“Toxic chemicals can be dumped into the Merrimack River, federal and state officials say,” The Boston Globe, November 5, 2019

“Toxic chemicals found in blades of artificial turf,” The Boston Globe, Oct 9, 2019

Letter to Editor: “Schools’ contaminated water signals and unfolding health crisis,” The Boston Globe, Sept 16, 2019

“‘Forever Chemicals’ now found in state schools,” The Boston Globe, Sept 9, 2019

“Baker seeking big outlay to address water contaminant,” The Boston Globe, Sept 6, 2019

“Attorneys general urge Congress to act on ‘forever chemicals'” The Boston Globe, July 30, 2019

“Tainted bottled water is sold in supermarkets throughout New England,” The Boston Globe, July 29, 2019

Toxic Chemicals Threaten Water Supply in Seven Municipalities, The Boston Globe, March 6, 2019

“Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water Leave Military Families Reeling,” The New York Times, Feb 22, 2019

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