Save the Date for October 4, 2018! Join us at our Cheers for Health Champions celebration as we say cheers to a safer future and strong health protections for all! Details and tickets: www.toxicfreefuture.org/party
It was a packed house at the Get the Lead Out forum this past weekend. Toxic-Free Future staff Nancy Uding joined Living Well Kent, Somali Health Board, Being Empowered Thru Supported Transition, Horn of Africa Services, JMA Group, and Public Health - Seattle & King County to educate communities on how to reduce exposures to lead. Read more about this important project: toxicfreefuture.org/new-partnership-reduce-lead-exposure-king-county/
Stunning new information on the extent of toxic #PFAS contamination of drinking water. "Far more people have likely been exposed to dangerous levels of them than has previously been reported because contamination from them is more widespread than has ever been officially acknowledged."
How the EPA and the Pentagon Downplayed a Growing Toxic Threat — ProPublica
propublica.org
A family of chemicals — known as PFAS and responsible for marvels like Teflon and critical to the safety of American military bases — has now emerged as a far greater menace than previously disclo...This cannot stand. The Trump Administration is hiding a health study that shows Americans are being exposed on a daily basis to levels of formaldehyde to be at risk of developing leukemia and other health problems. This chemical is used in everything from cosmetics to wood furniture. The public and policymakers deserve to see this study.
Sources: EPA blocks warnings on cancer-causing chemical
politico.com
Burying the formaldehyde study is part of an effort by Pruitt and aides to undermine EPA's research program, current and former officials tell POLITICO.GOOD NEWS and good riddance! An EPA Administrator should be fighting for clean water, clean air, and healthy people—not dismantling health protections, spending taxpayer dollars on expensive trips and pleasures, and cozying up to polluters www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/climate/scott-pruitt-epa-trump.html
Scott Pruitt, Trump’s E.P.A. Chief, Resigns Under Cloud of Ethics Scandals
nytimes.com
Mr. Pruitt, a former Oklahoma attorney general, had been hailed by conservatives for his zealous deregulation, but could not overcome the stain of ethics questions.
