Archive for June 2019
Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet
Our speakers discuss Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet, a report published in February 2019 by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). The report brings together research that exposes the distinct toxic risks plastic poses to human health at every stage of the plastic lifecycle, from extraction of fossil fuels,…
Read MoreCommunities Tell EPA: Proposed PFAS Policy Not Protective of Infant Health
EPA relies on discredited lifetime health advisory of 70 ppt; federal scientists recommend 11 ppt Alaska Community Action on Toxics joined more than 40 groups from communities across the country with toxic PFAS contamination in their drinking water and groundwater in a unified statement today criticizing EPA’s proposed cleanup goals as not protective of public health,…
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