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State legislatures take the lead on turning off tap on toxic chemicals

PFAS, toxic flame retardants and chemical disclosure top issues for states

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: children's products, corporate accountability, disclosure, drinking water, electronics, firefighting foam, flame retardants, food packaging, furniture, mattresses, PFAS, Safer States, state bills, state policy

NDAA conference report fails to include PFAS clean-up measures; will end military use of PFAS firefighting foam

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, Congressional negotiators finalized the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report, which now includes several important provisions that begin to take action on the PFAS contamination crisis. At the same time, the conferees left out key provisions that would have required cleanup of PFAS-contaminated communities and industrial water pollution.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Congress, drinking water, firefighting foam, Laurie Valeriano, Liz Hitchcock, military, NDAA, PFAS, Sarah Doll

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House passes NDAA amendments to tackle PFAS contamination crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with measures that begin to take action on the PFAS contamination crisis. 

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: drinking water, House, House and Senate, Laurie Valeriano, Liz Hitchcock, NDAA, PFAS, Sarah Doll, Toxic-Free Future

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