Toxic Chemicals

From before we are born until the time we die, we are repeatedly and regularly exposed to toxic chemicals with the potential to seriously harm our health. Toxic chemicals can be found in our homes, schools and workplaces – in products we use on a daily basis. We're fighting at local, state, and federal levels to fix our chemical laws and find safer alternatives to the chemicals in everyday products.

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Pennsylvania

Protect Public Health by Protecting Philly’s Public Spaces

Contact your city councilperson TODAY and tell them to support the HOPS Bill #200425 which would ban the use of herbicides in our public spaces such as playgrounds, parks, and playing fields as well as encourage sustainable management of public lands and transparency with the use of pesticide applications.

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California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, National, Rhode Island, Virginia

Tell McDonald's: Go PFAS Free!

More than a million Big Mac boxes are used and thrown out each each day.

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Virginia

Urge the Virginia General Assembly to Take Action on PFAS in Drinking Water

Clean Water Action and our allies have led efforts during this year’s General Assembly session to address toxic per and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances by pressing for legislation to study the occurrence of these chemicals in Virginia’s public drinking water, and to address sources of human exposure.

Urge the Virginia General Assembly to Take Action on PFAS in Drinking Water
Pennsylvania

Plan to protect Pennsylvania's air and communities

Urge your legistors to support HB 1752 and protect Pennsylvania's air and communities.

Take Action! Support HB 1752 - a plan to protect Pennsylvania's air and communities
Maryland

Tell the General Assembly: override Governor Hogan's chlorpyrifos veto

This year, the Maryland General Assembly voted to pass a ban on chlorpyrifos in Maryland, but Governor Hogan vetoed the bill.

Tell the General Assembly: override Governor Hogan's chlorpyrifos veto

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In Massachusetts, we count every vote
November 12, 2020

Because “count every vote” isn’t just a slogan – it’s an acknowledgement that every single voter’s voice matters, and an affirmation that we will stand by our electoral process even – and especially – when it’s hard.

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Fire – Smoke – Future
September 22, 2020

There was a fire in my neighborhood (in Dorchester, MA) this week. I woke up at about 4:40 to popping sounds – wondered if they were fireworks (annoying at that hour but ok) or maybe gun shots (yikes). It didn’t sound quite like either. But quickly I heard sirens…lots of sirens...converging very nearby.

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Mama Love -- a Powerful Force of Nature
September 17, 2020

If you're like me,  you are watching more cute animal videos during the pandemic than ever before. A lot of my favorites include animal mamas and babies, especially when mamas take heroic steps to keep their babies safe.

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