The EPA and others are tackling the issue of how to dispose of PFAS chemicals, but their conclusions can’t come soon enough for communities like one in upstate New York, where families may have already been exposed to the chemicals.
In WEMU's "Issues of the Environment," Michigan Environmental Council engagement director Sandra Turner-Handy explains why this is the time where real progress can be made on systemic racism and environmental justice.
Independent experts are questioning the adequacy of plans to examine how much fluorochemical pollution is entering the Rogue River from Wolverine World Wide contamination sites and subsequently washing downstream toward Lake Michigan.
Military service members and their families are especially at risk from forever chemicals because of the DOD’s 50-year use of fire-fighting foam made with PFAS. Vietnam Veterans of America’s Rebecca Patterson and Environmental Working Group’s Scott Faber say Congress needs to help accelerate the cleanup of legacy PFAS contamination in installations and reduce ongoing exposures.
The organizer of Non Toxic Portsmouth says he will continue to ask city councilors to reconsider two planned synthetic turf fields after testing showed indicators of per- and polyfluoroalkyl contaminants.
Four of the fellows who participated in the program this year will discuss their ongoing research, activism, and experiences with publishing their ideas in the public sphere.
With job loss and stifled development in the renewable energy sector, economists, politicians, and advocates say policy action is necessary to stay on track.
