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Don’t let Congress abandon Flint

Quite frankly, the stories from Flint are hard to hear. It’s outrageous that families in Flint are charged some of the highest water bills in the nation for water that they can’t use. It’s unthinkable to most that the lead contamination crisis that began in Flint more than two years ago has not been “solved” by now. It’s unconscionable that Flint families are in the third year of being unable to turn on the faucet and get a drink of water.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: children's health, Congress, EPA, lead poisoning, Sierra Club, water, Flint Michigan, tap, Environment New Jersey, lead contamination, lead pipes, funding, water resources bill, Dan Kildee

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Toxic turfs

Track and field, ultimate Frisbee, soccer, baseball, running free during recess… many of us cherish the memories we make “on the field.” But what happens when grass is replaced with artificial turf, some with health threats lurking in their bright green blades of “grass?” As it turns out, some artificial turfs contain high levels of […]

Filed Under: Find Safer Products Tagged With: action, artificial turf, cancer, Center for Environmental Health, chemicals, environmental, environmental impact of artificial turf, EPA, exposure, families, health, health concerns with artificial turfs, Jennifer Beals, lead exposure, Lindsay Dahl, phthalates, policy, products, retailers, Safe Chemicals Act, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Sierra Club, Synthetic turf bans, sythentic turf, toxic, Toxic Substances Control Act, toxic turfs, TSCA, TSCA reform, USA Today, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

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