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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · 5d

You’re invited to join Defend Our Health and Island Press for our webinar Defend Our Health: Authors & Friends on Thursday, October 23rd, at 1 PM ET. Learn more and register today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · 6d

Tell Congress: No toxic chemicals in our drinking water! via @selc.bsky.social act.selc.org/page/87298/a...

Tell Congress: No toxic chemicals in our drinking water. | Southern Environmental Law Center

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Plastic Pollution Coalition @plasticpollutes.bsky.social · 15d

Our homes are built with plastic materials that pose huge health hazards during wildfires. 🔥 Burning plastic is toxic. 😵 California Housing Agencies must advance the use of fire-safe, non-toxic materials. 🏡 Sign the petition! ‼️ bit.ly/46E9l88
#PlasticPollutes #Wildfires

New Report Shows How Plastics Fuel Wildfires—and How Communities Can Build & Rebuild Better

Plastics’ production and use in our built environment both fuels wildfires and exacerbates wildfires’ harms to human health and the environment.

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · 8d

"The water utilities are members of our community and are really trying to provide the safest and best water quality that they can to communities, but they need us to take regulatory and legislative action to help drive that change." - Emily Carey, Defend's ED www.mainepublic.org/environment-...

Maine health officials respond to study showing hexavalent chromium contamination in drinking water

Earlier this week, a report from the Environmental Working Group mapped water supplies that had some traces of harmful chemicals. According to federal standards, Maine utilities are in compliance.

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Break Free From Plastic @breakfreefromplastic.org · 22d

🚨 New report finds that supermarkets are not doing nearly enough to reduce the amount of plastic generated. 🛒

It’s time for the supermarket sector to take responsibility for its contribution to the plastic pollution crisis. 🛒

Learn more: breakfreefromplastic.org/supermarket-audit

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Sep 2

These fashion brands may lead in sustainability, but they could do more to be health protective of children who may wear their clothes. Click the link to find out who and take action today! takeaction.io/ehsc/tell-th...

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Aug 27

You’re invited to join Defend Our Health and Island Press for our webinar Defend Our Health: Authors & Friends on Tuesday, September 23rd, at 1 PM ET. Learn more and register today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Aug 19

The health burden of chemicals used to make clothes may harm children the most! In response to chemicals and plastics in kids’ clothing, we’re calling on The Children’s Place, Carter’s, and H&M to stop making so many clothes out of polyester plastic! Take action today: takeaction.io/ehsc/tell-th...

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GAIA Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives @gaiazerowaste.bsky.social · Aug 15

Disappointed & enraged by a process and text that sidelines ambition, but inspired by countries & CSOs that refused to accept it.

No treaty is better than a bad treaty.

GAIA's statement at the end of the #INC5_2 closing plenary
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#couragenotcompromise #plasticstreaty

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Aug 14

"What I've seen is that Maine's work to combat PFAS in recent years has been a journey marked by listening, collaborating and acting decisively," said Sen. Henry Ingwersen, D-Arundel. www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...

Maine farmers, lawmakers share PFAS lessons as Massachusetts eyes stricter regulations

Lawmakers from Maine and Massachusetts also said New England should take a regional approach to PFAS, especially amid uncertainty over the Trump administration's plans for regulating the "forever chem...

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Aug 12

Nordell hopes the visit can spur a more regional discussion about addressing these toxic chemicals because “PFAS doesn’t necessarily respect property boundaries or state boundaries.” mainemorningstar.com/2025/08/12/m...

Mass. lawmakers visit Maine to learn about how to stem forever chemical contamination • Maine Morning Star

A group of Massachusetts lawmakers, officials and advocates are visiting Maine on Tuesday to learn more about how to prevent further contamination from so-called forever chemicals. Maine is regarded ...

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Aug 7

A new study found even more chemicals in plastics than previously known: over 16,000! And even worse, they found 4,200 of those chemicals threaten human health or the environment. This is why we are working to draw down the use of plastics where we can. Read more: www.msn.com/en-au/scienc...

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Aug 6

"This is a small step we can take to get some of the plastic out of our waste stream," Sarah Woodbury of the organization Defend Our Health said in support of the bill... "We cannot recycle our way out of the plastic crisis." www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...

Lawmakers push forward on controversial bill banning common hotel amenity: 'This is a small step we can take'

Though a bill that would have banned single-use plastic toiletry bottles from Maine hotels failed, it highlighted similar initiatives in other states.

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Sierra Club Maine @sierraclubmaine.bsky.social · Aug 4

With the help of @defendourhealth.bsky.social and the Conservation Law Foundation, Portland citizens have banded together to cover the Cassidy Point coal pile and end the use of coal in Maine! Join us today to protect the health of Mainers from dirty coal

Coal storage is bad for health and the environment. Its unnecessary, and we must end coal use in Maine for the sake of our communities.

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Jul 31

Ever leave your plastic water bottle in a hot car and then wonder if it’s safe to drink from? Heat and UV radiation can cause the chemicals used to make the plastic to leach out into the water faster. This advice column talks about phthalates and phenols like BPA. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/w...

I Left a Plastic Water Bottle in a Hot Car. Is It Safe to Drink?

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Jul 29

The government is about to strip the nation of drinking water protections from PFAS that it had adopted just last year. This map shows how widespread PFAS contamination is in the water we rely on for drinking and cooking. #PFAS www.nrdc.org/resources/ne...

New Maps Show Most Congressional Districts Have a PFAS Problem

Newly released EPA data show widespread toxic “forever chemical” contamination above the safety thresholds that the EPA is now planning to weaken or delay, which will affect 79 percent of congressiona...

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Safer States @saferstates.bsky.social · Jul 23

From preventing toxic chemical exposure to defending hard-won health protections, states are showing what bold leadership looks like. #StatesInTheLead #PFAS #Plastics

📊 Explore key trends from this year’s legislative sessions: www.saferstates.org/insights/sta...

States Leading the Way: Takeaways from the 2025 Legislative Session on Toxic Chemicals and Plastics - Safer States

2025 is turning out to be a landmark year for toxic chemical reform at the state level. So far, ten states have adopted at least 22 policies aimed at reducing exposure to toxic chemicals and advancing...

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Jul 22

Kudos to California Senate committee members for passing the bill on plastic microbeads out of committee! If passed, AB 823 will ban plastic microbeads in personal products (and includes cleaning products). 👏👏👏 goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntim...

First in the Nation Ban on Plastic Microbeads in Personal Products Passes California Senate Committee

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Jul 17

Take action today! #EPA #PFAS #safedrinkingwater takeaction.io/ehsc/tell-th...

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Jul 11

“We have to do this research and take steps to not just make sure that our food supply is safe, but also ensure our farms and farmers are safe,” said Bill Pluecker, a Maine state representative and public policy organizer at MOFGA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump administration yanks $15m in research into Pfas on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’

Pfas-laden pesticides and sewage sludge used as fertilizer move into crops and nearby water sources

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Jul 8

Earthjustice, SELC, Public Rights Project, and Lawyers for Good Government filed a class action lawsuit against the EPA for unlawfully terminating the Environment and Climate Justice Grant programs despite a Congressional directive to fund them. Read more: defendourhealth.org/blog/epa-ter...

EPA Termination of Environmental Justice for New England Program - Defend Our Health

We are proud to be one of 36 organizations to receive a grant from Environmental Justice for New England (EJforNE), but unfortunately, the EPA terminated the program. Last week, Earth Justice, Souther...

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NRDC @nrdc.org · Jul 2

In the absence of federal protection for clean water, Tribal Nations are protecting and managing millions of acres of wetlands in the U.S., helping to improve water quality and reduce flood risk.

In Uncertain Times, Tribes Provide Steady Protection for Clean Water

Tribal Nations protect and manage millions of acres of wetlands, which help improve water quality, curb the risk of floods, recharge groundwater, and store large amounts of carbon.

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Defend Our Health @defendourhealth.bsky.social · Jun 27

You’re invited! Join Defend Our Health and Island Press for our next Defend Our Health: Authors & Friends webinar on Wednesday, July 15, at 1 PM ET. Learn more and register today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Brunswick United for a Safe Environment @brunswickunited.bsky.social · Jun 27

Maine continues to lead the way in #PFAS legislation!

Interim drinking water standard (20 ppt for Sum of 6 PFAS) to be replaced with the 2024 EPA standard (4 ppt for PFOA & PFOS, 10 ppt for PFHxS, PFNA & GenX)

Great summary from @defendourhealth.bsky.social

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Defend Our Health's response to LD 1326 - Defend Our Health

On Wednesday, June 25th, Representative Dan Shagoury’s (D-Hallowell) bill LD 1326 became law. The bill, titled “An Act to Protect the Drinking Water for Consumers of Certain Water Systems by Establish...

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Brunswick United for a Safe Environment @brunswickunited.bsky.social · Jun 25

In case you missed it - video here

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Thanks again @defendourhealth.bsky.social and @sharonudasin.bsky.social for the informative webinar!

#PFAS #PoisoningTheWell

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