ACAT News & Updates
Podcast available: PFAS Contaminated Drinking Water in the U.S: A Look at the Extent of Contamination, the Failure of the EPA, and the Success of Community Action
CHE-Alaska Teleconference, Recorded, August 1, 2018
David Andrews presentation slides (PDF)
Shaina Kasper presentation slides (PDF)
About the call:
A new Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis shows that more than 1,500 drinking water systems across the country are likely contaminated with the nonstick chemicals PFOA, PFOS, and similar fluorine-based chemicals. According to the report, up to 110 million Americans could have PFAS-contaminated drinking water. PFAS chemicals
Alaska Fire Chiefs Association Opposed to Ineffective, Toxic Flame Retardants
Firefighters join movement to ban organohalogen flame retardants from household goods to protect health of firefighters and children
ACAT is working hard to make Alaska safer by eliminating organohalogen flame retardants from kids’ toys, furniture, upholstery and more. For one thing, they provide no fire safety benefit so there’s no reason for them to be in those products. But more importantly, they cause a whole range of serious health harms to firefighters and children
Podcast available: Disproportionate Exposures to Toxics: A Conversation with Environmental Justice Reporter Brian Bienkowski
CHE-Alaska Teleconference: Recorded June 13, 2018
Listen to the podcast with Brian Bienkowski, reporter and editor at Environmental Health News and the Daily Climate about how vulnerable communities across America bear a disproportionate burden of contamination from endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs).