Almost every week, there is another news story about PFAS. PFAS are a class of chemicals that are widely used in hundreds of consumer products and industrial processes.
Unfortunately, those PFAS that have been studied are toxic in tiny amounts. And PFAS have been found in water, soil, air, plants, and animals world-wide. Ninety eight percent of Americans have PFAS in their blood.
Massachusetts has spent hundreds of millions to get PFAS out of drinking water–but the real solution to the PFAS contamination crisis: Stop making things with PFAS!
Sure, it takes a little more time to print out our cards but sending a personal hand-written card also has more impact.
Print out 2 copies of the cards, one for your representative and one for your senator.
Write your message for each bill and add your contact information. Remember to write clearly.
Put your card in an envelope, stamp it, and address to: (Your legislator) Massachusetts State House 24 Beacon Street (Your legislator’s room number) Boston, MA 02133 You can find you legislator’s name, room number and other contact information at: https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator
Check out our Massachusetts PFAS Action Toolkit at takeactiononpfas.org to get links actions you can take to pass the Act to protect Massachusetts public health from PFAS.
Act Now on Toxic Free Kids
Chemicals know to harm children shouldn’t be in things specifically made for children. But PFAS, phthalates, heavy metals, azo-dyes and other toxic chemicals are often found in children’s products. Physicians know that children are uniquely susceptible to the harmful effects of these chemicals. Early life exposures can cause life time harm.
That’s why Massachusetts should require that manufacturers disclose toxic chemicals in children’s products. And hazardous chemicals that are known to get out of products or to already be accumulating in people’s bodies and in household dust should be banned from children’s products.
SUCCESS! Thanks to thousands of us taking action, REI has announced that it will stop using PFAS in its textiles and cookware by fall 2024! REI will eliminate PFAS from its professional level expedition gear by fall 2026.
Now, let’s get Home Depot to stop selling products with PVC. What is PVC? It is a particularly harmful type of plastic that is widely used in building materials. There are safer alternatives and Home Depot should lead the way in getting toxic PVC out of its building materials.
