By: Shaina Oliver, Colorado State Coordinator, Moms Clean Air Force Date: September 28, 2022 About: Environmental Protection Agency Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0174 To: Environmental Protection Agency Thank you for providing the opportunity for public comment today. I want to remind everyone that …
Testimony: Laurie Anderson, EPA Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Rule, September 28, 2022
By: Laurie Anderson, Colorado State Coordinator, Moms Clean Air Force Date: September 28, 2022 About: Environmental Protection Agency Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0174 To: Environmental Protection Agency Hi! My name is Laurie Anderson and I am a field organizer for Moms Clean Air …
“Advanced Recycling”
In recent years, plastics industry lobbyists have been promoting an old incineration method as a new way to solve the plastic pollution crisis. They are calling the process “advanced recycling,” even though nothing gets recycled.
Letter to Congress About Federal Plastic Incineration Bill, September 19, 2022
Date: September 19, 2022 To: Members of the House and Senate Dear Senator, The undersigned 201 environmental, health, science, consumer protection and environmental justice organizations urge you not to sponsor or co-sponsor legislation that supports so-called “advanced recycling” promoted by the American …
Keep Forever Chemicals Out of Our Bodies
A Michigan mom asks EPA to protect her family and community from PFAS “forever chemicals.”
PFAS Expert Offers Back-to-School Tips to Protect Kids
A PFAS expert tells us how parents can protect their kids from PFAS, aka “forever chemicals,” especially as they head back to school.
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.
Greenwashing At Its Worst — From EPA And The Plastics Industry!
Chemical industry lobbyists are promoting plastics incineration under a deceptive name, “Advanced Recycling” even though nothing gets recycled. Instead, the trash that enters a so-called “advanced recycling” facility is burned, creating harmful air pollution and toxic ash.
Letter to EPA About “Chemical Recycling,” July 14, 2022
Date: July 14, 2022 To: The Honorable Michael S. Regan Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 Dear Administrator Regan, Thank you for all that you are doing at the EPA to center the needs and concerns …
Ask Mom Detective: Are Dishwasher Pods OK for the Environment?
Mom Detective answers a question from a member in California: “I like to use those dishwasher pods in the disposable clear packs, but I want to make sure they break down in the environment. Do they?”
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.”
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