In response to a New York Times article, our Mom Detective writes why she was disappointed in the biased reporting about microplastics.
New York Times Got it Wrong. Microplastics Are Bad.
In response to a New York Times article about microplastics, our Senior Policy Analyst on Petrochemicals tells why plastics industry disinformation report is dangerous.
“We’ve Been Bamboozled by the Plastics Industry!”
“A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies” webinar delivered a scathing indictment of how plastics manufacturers have created an “absurd death spiral” that is loading the environment with so much plastic that it’s even in the air we breathe.
12 Books to Help Your Family Use Less Plastic This Holiday Season
The plastic trash that accumulates during the holiday season is hard to ignore. These 12 books will help you and your children understand how plastic pollutes, why it matters, and what we can do about it.
Tell Governor Shapiro and the DEP: Protect Pennsylvania Families From Polluting Facilities
Tell Governor Morrisey and the WVDEP: Protect West Virginia Families From Polluting Facilities
Tell Governor DeWine and the Ohio EPA: Protect Ohioan Families From Polluting Facilities
Letter to EPA About Chemical Accident Prevention Rule, October 31, 2022
Burning Plastic Contaminates Eggs. Here’s What To Do About It.
When plastic waste in developing countries is incinerated, local food sources, such as eggs can become polluted with toxins.
Small Progress—But Not Enough—On Reining in Petrochemical Pollution
Moms Clean Air Force commends the Justice Department and EPA for pursuing this enforcement action, which will reduce the dangerously high levels of benzene and other hazardous air pollutants around some petrochemical facilities.
Petrochemical Pollution and Our Health
Plastics are everywhere, and the industry that makes them is booming. The ubiquity of plastics and other petrochemicals comes at a steep cost to our health, especially for those living near production and processing facilities. Learn more about petrochemicals and our health, and how you can take action in our new fact sheet, “Petrochemical Pollution and Our Health.”
Petrochemical Pollution Is Harming Our Health. That Includes Plastics.
Plastics are everywhere, and the industry that makes them is booming. The ubiquity of plastics and other petrochemicals comes at a steep cost to our health, especially for those living near production and processing facilities.