Uncategorized – Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow

WBUR: “Report by BC researchers calls for plastic regulation to protect people’s health”

March 27, 2023

WBUR’s Lynn Joliceur reported on a major new report by the Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health. Formed by the United Nations, the Commission states that plastics are harming human health. During production, use, and disposal, plastics harm people and the planet. And, according to WBUR, single-use plastics make up 1/3 of plastics in use today. Joliceur quotes Boston’s Dr. Philip Landrigan of Boston College, who chaired the commission, who said: “I’m a pediatrician, and I trained at Boston…

Propublica: “Why the U.S. is losing the fight to ban toxic chemicals”

December 15, 2022

Laura Spark

Flame Retardants, PFAS, Toxic Chemicals, Uncategorized

Why the U.S. is losing the fight to ban toxic chemicals by Nell Bedi, Sharon Lerner, and Kathleen McGrory When ProPublica published stories this fall cataloging new evidence that American chemical workers are being exposed to asbestos, readers reacted with surprise over the most simple fact: Asbestos, the killer mineral whose dangers have been known for over a century, is still legal? Asbestos is only one of many toxic substances that are linked to problems like cancers, genetic mutations and…

Report recommends blood testing, medical monitoring for people exposed to PFAS.

September 6, 2022

Laura Spark

PFAS, Uncategorized

Barbara Moran, WBUR, “Report recommends blood testing, medical monitoring for people exposed to PFAS” A new report from the National Academies recommends blood tests and medical monitoring for people likely to have high exposure to the toxic chemicals known as PFAS. The report offers the first comprehensive summary detailing links between PFAS levels in the blood and specific health concerns. It concludes there is now “sufficient evidence” of association between PFAS exposure and kidney cancer in adults, decreased infant and fetal growth,…

Care about climate? Get PFAS out of food packaging

April 8, 2022

Laura Spark

Mind the Store, PFAS, Uncategorized

New investigation reveals U.S. chemical manufacturing facility released a potent climate pollutant equivalent to 1 billion pounds of carbon dioxide in one year

The Infuriating Case of Toxic Chemicals in Breast Milk

May 27, 2021

Laura Spark

PFAS, Toxic Chemicals, Uncategorized

Sonya Lunder, Ms Magazine, Last week, pandemic-weary parents were hit with more heavy news: A scientific study reported toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals in milk from 50 Seattle area mothers. While none of the study participants lived in a known hotspot, each of the milk samples contained PFAS—which are known to impact the thyroid, immune system, reproductive system and are linked to several types of cancer.

Senators Comerford and Moore ask AG Healey to take action on PFAS

June 30, 2020

Kadineyse Ramize Pena

Toxic Chemicals, Uncategorized

The cost of cleaning up PFAS contamination is enormous. Massachusetts Senator Jo Comerford (D-Northampton) and Senator Michael Moore (D-Uxbridge) have sent a letter to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, asking her to do what other state attorney generals have done: Take legal action to require the corporations that made billions polluting our state to take responsibility for PFAS contamination. Letter sent to the Attorney General urging action towards companies that have produced PFAS

What are PFAS and should I be freaking out about them?

December 1, 2019

Laura Spark

State Campaigns, Toxic Chemicals, Uncategorized

WBUR’s Senior Enviromental Reporter Barbara Moran explains what you need to know about PFAS, a class of thousands of chemicals that are ubiquitous in the environment and harmful in very small quantities. Read WBUR’s article on PFAS.

Toxic Hall of Shame

November 29, 2019

Laura Spark

Uncategorized

If you are sipping coffee at Starbucks, nibbling on McNuggets, or picking up a sweaters at Marshall’s, you are shopping at one of the retailers that earned an “F” in Mind the Store’s recently released 2019 Retailer Report Card. Fourteen brands earned this grade for their failure to make even the most basic commitments to removing toxic chemicals from their products and packaging. This is the 4th year the Mind the Store has released its report card, which evaluates store…

Toxic PFAS Found in 21 Massachusetts sites

June 3, 2019

Kadineyse Ramize Pena

Uncategorized

https://patch.com/massachusetts/danvers/toxic-pfas-found-19-places-massachusetts