Gretchen Lee Salter

Also- his statement about costs of alternatives is completely bogus. Six other states have banned pfas in these products and costs haven’t gone up.

Gavin Newsom’s veto on bill to ban Pfas hands industry a win, advocates fear Decision from governor, eyeing presidential bid, could echo across US as similar bans considered in states like New York

For anyone who thinks #GavinNewsom is going to save our democracy, please take note of how he kowtowed to the makers of #foreverchemicals and vetoed a measure that would have protected consumers from these cancer-causing chemicals. He also vetoed a bill to help curb microplastics.

Dear Diehard Centrists-

Your moral relativism is why we’re here. Stop pretending everything is “both sides” to make yourselves feel better.

Sorry this makes you uncomfortable.

-People who care about America enough to stand up to authoritarianism

Read my full statement on the Trump EPA rollback of PFAS standards: www.ewg.org/news-insight...

EPA plans to weaken rule curbing forever chemicals in drinking water The Environmental Protection Agency will rescind and reconsider drinking water standards for four chemicals that have been linked to a range of illnesses.

Official Trump policy: less fluoride in our water, more lead and forever chemicals. #MAHA

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Happy Mother’s Day to all my activist mama friends!

Common chemicals in plastic linked to over 350,000 deaths from heart disease Researchers estimate that exposure to phthalates contributes to 13 percent of all heart disease deaths in people between 55 and 64 years old each year.

A set of chemicals found in food packaging, plastics, and lotions and shampoos has been linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths from heart disease, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal eBioMedicine.

Opinion | Meet the Unlikely Warriors on the Front Lines of a Major Environmental Battle (Gift Article) Thousands of ordinary Americans whose lives have been upended by forever chemicals are battling to end their use.

Some progress against Forever Chemicals, "one of the most significant environmental threats of our time."
"We have ordinary citizens to thanks for most of these shifts."
by @mariahblake.bsky.social @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...

New book spotlights ‘forever chemicals’ in North Alabama: ‘I know I’m facing death’ A new book on so-called forever chemicals shines a spotlight on North Alabama--and one community activist in particular.

New book spotlights ‘forever chemicals’ in North Alabama: ‘I know I’m facing death.’ www.al.com/news/huntsvi...

What we saw last night in the Senate was outrageous! When an arsonist is burning down your house, you don’t write them a check for more fuel.

Read this thread. More awful and terrifying news among the already awful and terrifying.

Thank you for everything you have done for us Cecile. Rest in Power.

Apparently Joe & Jill will ride with Trump & Melania to the Capitol tomorrow.

Either Trump is a threat to democracy, & guilty of an insurrection, or not.

I believe he is.

Biden claimed to believe he is, too. But Biden & many top Dems didn't actually believe it.

Otherwise, how to explain this?

States Lead the Way: New PFAS Restrictions Going into Effect in 2025 - Safer States Happy New Year! Starting January 1, 2025, several state policies targeting PFAS “forever chemicals” went into effect, marking a major milestone in protecting public health and helping transform the na...

Happy New Year! 🎉

Several new state policies targeting #PFAS "forever chemicals" took effect on January 1, 2025. These restrictions span 14 product categories in 10 states, marking a huge win for public health & safer products.

Read here: www.saferstates.org/insights/sta...

Who is “they”?

RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement Obscures America’s Unhealthy Past Medical historians say that the phrase “Make America Healthy Again” obscures a past during which this country’s people ate, smoked and drank things that mostly left them unwell.

Another great piece about the health history of Americans and the false mantra of MAHA. Just like with MAGA, asking when in the past people want to return to opens up dialogue about the realities of the past and why a desire to establish old ways is a bad idea. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/h...

Chronic Pain Afflicts Billions of People. It’s Time for a Revolution. As many as two billion people suffer from it — including me. Can science finally bring us relief?

Great piece on pain and potential new science on how to treat it in NY Times today. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/m...

"The smoke is a toxic soup. It’s not just the brush that’s burning, but homes are burning and homes contain plastics that are built from petrochemical compounds." - California Professional Firefighters president on CNN today.

EPA Promotes Fertilizer Carrying PFAS, Long After 3M Shared Risks The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”

The last line says it all- if these companies knew about the dangers and kept quiet, then they should have to pay.

Opinion | Now Is Not the Time for Surrender (Gift Article) What do Democrats need to do? Act like an opposition party.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

And I love it

Gen X- you’re welcome.

U.S. EPA finalizes rule to ban cancer-causing trichloroethylene - Toxic-Free Future Widely used in dry cleaning, sealants, and degreasers, TCE contaminates water supplies across the U.S. and has sickened millions in workplaces and communities Toxic-Free Future applauds final rule  WA...

Today, the #EPA announced a historic ban under #TSCA on the cancer-causing chlorinated solvents #TCE and #PCE, chemicals that have contaminated hundreds of communities from across the country.

Here's our @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social press statement:
toxicfreefuture.org/press-room/u...

Yes. Car time is the best time.

Nothing like a tsunami warning to make your day extra spicy

YouTube video by Ben Wikler Unite. Fight. Win.

If we’re going to take on Trump, Republican extremists, and move our country forward, the Democratic Party needs to be stronger. I'm running for Chair of the Democratic National Committee to unite the party, fight everywhere, and win. Join me. 🧵

I regret to inform you that although we put a pin in it, we never circled back.

Imagine that- when cancer causing chemicals are regulated, their levels in our blood go down.

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