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EPA Webinar 2/18 - "progress of EPA’s core mission to protect children’s health" & "how ACE is dedicated to better empowering parents & caregivers with practical guidance & resources under Make America Healthy Again". Just imagine the upcoming, nauseating spin...

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The #PFAS issue has & is going to be (understandably but sadly, too) buried for awhile, For now, sharing this welcomed & necessary blend of 2 phenomenal songs - - TY @dmbofficial.bsky.social & @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social for the reminder. Also looking forward to Green Day slaying at 1/2 time!

Commentary: New York must get 'forever chemicals' off the menu Pass legislation to phase out the sale of cookware that contains Teflon, a nonstick material that is a form of toxic PFAS.

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These pesticide approvals mark only the beginning of this administration’s push to unleash more #PFAS pesticides across the United States: The Trump EPA has proposed approving four more PFAS pesticides in the coming year.
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👇👇👇👇👇👇Make no mistake - this isn't a hearing on 'modernization. It's desirable rollbacks at the bequest of polluters and industry, full stop.

Thank you!

Take Action: Stop Congress from gutting chemical safety laws. Image Description: a woman at a store with her daughter, who is pointing at a bag of food.

⚠️ You shouldn’t have to worry that your shampoo, cookware, or drinking water might harm your health. ☣️

🗣️ Tell Congress to put public health and safety before the profits of chemical companies!

📝 Take action here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-congress-from-gutting-chemical-safety-laws/

The chemical lobby is trying to weaken the law that protects people from toxic chemicals Toxic chemicals and pollutants are contributing to a rise in chronic disease including cancer, Parkinson’s, diabetes, heart disease, autism, and infertility. Yet, the chemical lobby is trying to rewri...

IMPORTANT Environment Subcommittee hearing today on TSCA rollbacks - 2:00 pm - link to watch live in article #PFAS
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FDA Can’t Determine Safety in Cosmetics The FDA’s 2025 PFAS cosmetics report found major toxicology data gaps, leaving safety unresolved and pushing responsibility for substantiation—and “PFAS-free” claims—onto brands.

“Significant uncertainties"= We don't have toxicological or health safety data on these #PFAS but let's allow industry to put the untested shit in there anyway because they'll make a boatload of money. That's what we've always done - to hell with the consequences.
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‘Forever chemicals’ may increase liver disease risk in adolescents by as much as 3-fold Related News Longitudinal study links PFAS contamination with teas, processed meats and food packaging February 5, 2024 USC geneticist Marlena Fejzo named one of TIME magazine’s 2024 ‘Women of the […]

“Taken together, the two studies show that #PFAS exposures not only disrupt liver biology but also translate into real liver disease risk in youth”
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House majority introduces chemical industry-backed bill to weaken federal protections from toxic chemicals - Toxic-Free Future The House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a bill that would weaken the nation’s chemical safety law—the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

🚨 A new chemical industry-backed House bill would roll back key federal protections from toxic chemicals and weaken safeguards that protect our families. This bill is a chemical industry wish list disguised as “reform,” and it threatens our health, our environment, and our communities.

Advocacy groups sue EPA over approval of ‘forever chemical’ The organizations claim the insecticide contains chemicals linked to cancer risk and environmental harms.

Advocacy groups are suing the EPA over approval of a PFAS “forever chemical” insecticide linked to cancer risk, pollinator harm, and threats to endangered species. This raises urgent questions about chemical oversight and health.

tinyurl.com/mtfjakm4 #PFAS #ClimateJustice #Health #Biodiversity

State AGs standing up to (yet another) EPA rollback of #PFAS reporting rule
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Headshots of speakers, title and call info over a colorful map of all US states.

Join us next Thurs Jan 22 for a CHE Café conversation about the importance of state leadership on environmental health.

Author Susan Kaplan & state policy expert Sarah Doll will explore trends, lessons & opportunities.

Learn more & RSVP here: www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...

Shaheen, Collins, Dexter, Lawler Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Help Clinicians Provide Care for Patients Exposed to PFAS | U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) and Representatives...

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US FDA unable to determine PFAS safety in cosmetics due to lack of data The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not reached a definitive safety determination for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in cosmetic products, citing “significant unc...

It would appear, with current EPA rollbacks on #PFAS regs and TSCA, HHS/MAHA doing absolutely squat on the subject, and an EPA staff full of industry shills, that FDA Makary is simply full of shit claiming to 'update and strengthen recommendations'.
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Hundreds of groups urge Congress not to weaken chemical safety law Hundreds of environmental and health groups are urging Congress not to weaken the nation’s premier chemical safety law as Republican lawmakers signal a willingness to reopen the Toxic Substances Contr...

Hundreds of environmental and health groups are urging Congress not to weaken the nation’s premier chemical safety law: the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

@stoptoxics.bsky.social @cleanaircatf.bsky.social @earthjustice.org
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'Forever Chemicals' Common in Cosmetics, but FDA Says Safety Data Are Scant SATURDAY, Jan. 3, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Federal regulators have released a mandated report regarding the presence of "forever chemicals" in makeup and skincar

Federal officials have identified more than 1,700 cosmetic products that intentionally add 'forever chemicals' known as PFAS. Researchers found that safety data for most of these chemicals is unavailable or incomplete.
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NYS again adds to the growing list of banning toxic #PFAS! HUGE round of applause to all those involved in getting this over the finish line!! @lindabrosenthal.bsky.social @cleanhealthyny.bsky.social @bobbiwilding.bsky.social @cpferrante.bsky.social @kate-donovan.bsky.social @weact4ej.bsky.social

"Thursday’s hearing represents a key test of whether Congress will defend communities exposed to #PFAS or bend to industry pressure."
TIME: 10 a.m. ET

PFAS can cause serious health consequences.

Yet manufacturers make them anyway — risking the well-being of our communities.

That’s why Sen. Gillibrand and I reintroduced the PFAS Accountability Act to help exposure victims get justice.

Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans? The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.

Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out

They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.

New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:

Someone please make this make sense: They're calling for a plan to expedite #PFAS cleanup, but are going to approve using the same shit that's caused the massive contamination at 100s of bases for years longer, that they have been banned from buying for the past two years ?????

This should be the easiest bill you sign this year
@governor.ny.gov I can't fathom one reason why you wouldn't want to protect women, and especially young girls who could suffer a lifetime of health harms, from this toxic crap #PFAS Learn from Hoosick Falls. We've suffered enough.
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New research links health impacts related to 'forever chemicals' to billions in economic losses A University of Arizona study finds that PFAS contamination imposes annual social costs of at least $8 billion.

"Removing #PFAS from drinking water not only results in drastically improved health outcomes. It also produces a significant long-term economic benefit." Contamination imposes costs of at least $8 billion on the babies born each year. BABIES!!
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The health burden from phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides and #PFAS amounts to up to $2.2tn a year – driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions, infertility, endocrine disruption (to name a few)

PFAS in pregnant women’s drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds An innovative study mapped preterm births, low birth weights and infant mortality to municipal water wells downstream from PFAS-contaminated sites. The results show the high cost of PFAS harm.

Not to mention our God given right not to have breastmilk & babies knowingly poisoned that Kennedy is absolutely silent on (and he knows this issue). Look at these disturbing, jaw dropping numbers: theconversation.com/pfas-in-preg...

PFAS in pregnant women’s drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds An innovative study mapped preterm births, low birth weights and infant mortality to municipal water wells downstream from PFAS-contaminated sites. The results show the high cost of PFAS harm.

So Sec Kennedy going on about "infant formula in a mother's breast", and yet absolute silence on the known effects of toxic #PFAS on babies. Zeldin needs to read this, too. Another in the long list of examples of truly horrifying, jaw dropping data on harms:
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EWG to Lee Zeldin: PFAS pesticides are bad news, not ‘fake news’ Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin claims “fake news” to reports spotlighting the agency’s approval of new pesticides made with the toxic “

"Allowing more #PFAS pesticides – and disparaging safer organic alternatives – won’t make America healthy again. And contaminating our farmland with persistent forever chemicals won’t help the farmers who feed us."
VIA @ewgofficial.bsky.social
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New York Farm Bureau calls for state to test sewage sludge for PFAS The organization said they will support testing of sewage sludge for PFAS, heavy metals and other toxins prior to landspreading.

“Opposition of the land application of biosolids that have detectable amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances #PFAS and/or elevated levels of heavy metals,” was highlighted in a press release as a policy resolution for '26". GREAT!
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