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BOSTON — What’s the first step in dealing with an overflowing bathtub? That’s the question MASSPIRG Legislative Director Deirdre Cummings asks to make her pitch for a sweeping new bill aimed at wrangling the presence of PFAS chemicals in food...
BOSTON — What’s the first step in dealing with an overflowing bathtub?That’s the question MASSPIRG legislative director Deirdre Cummings asks to make her pitch for a sweeping new bill aimed at wrangling the presence of PFAS chemicals in food...
A host of environmental and consumer protection groups including MASSPIRG, the Environmental League of Massachusetts and Massachusetts Sierra Club are lined up behind legislation that would take a two-pronged approach to PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances: ban their use in most products to prevent new contamination, and create new programs to clean up contamination that already exists.
"This omnibus legislation covers a lot of ground," state Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro, said, such as prohibiting unsafe fire fighting foams.
Massachusetts Sierra Club Chapter Director Deb Pasternak declared that her group "considers PFAS to be the greatest toxic threat we face today."