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Jul 16, 2021Liked by Erin Brockovich

This is a fantastic article

To bad it couldn’t be televised

Every community has to stand together and fight their life. We have been fighting for almost 8 months in Fairfield, Maine and we are finally getting some results. We have 377 members as of today

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Regulations are only as good as the enforcement. We can have the best laws, rules, regulations and they are worthless unless they are enforced. So who is in charge of enforcing these regulations? I think the enforcer should be named in every rule, law, code that is enacted and name the consequences if they fail to do their job. And it should be an elected official or governing body elected by the public. In other words we need to hold our elected officials and governing bodies responsible for doing their job and realize and enforce consequences for failing to do what they vowed and promised to do. Their #1 job is to protect and keep us safe. So failure to enforce Health and Safety Codes and Regulations is a violation of that promise and comes with immediate consequences. I do believe that a failure to uphold and secure our right to be free from the fear of 'forever chemicals" trespassing on our lives and livelihood is a criminal act of neglect and willful reckless disregard for our well being. It is a criminal action. That means consequences are time served in jail behind bars. We need to bring our elected officials into our world of cause and effect and that translates to consequences and accountability for their actions.

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Jul 16, 2021Liked by Erin Brockovich

Sending this & sharing on media outlets too... NoBODY is safe or immune to the toxic plumes of PFAS & PFOS forever doom...

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PFAS is the poison that is killing our soils, water, animals and our current generation. Sewage sludge aka "Biosolids", and their unregulated land application is an environmental travesty. Please contact your legislators to push for testing, regulation and elimination of PFAS.

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Talk about sticking around & bringing us/US down! Not only are PFAS leaching out of the bodies of mom's into the breast milk to nourish our babies it can also become air borne impacting our health & IAQ-indoor air quality & picked up through dust particles that our children crawl on the floor to also be inhaled & absorbed by skin & then it also leaches into our foods that we cook by our made in the USA pots & pans & then pour out from our faucets into our water supplies; all exposures to poisons are cumulative & detrimental... What we don't know can harm all of us/US... Canaries & birds inside homes can actually be overcome & die when someone forgets a pan on the stove because the noxious PFAS gases release into the air & the bird will succumb to the poison toxic air releases, so technically we're all the canaries inside our own homes too. Made in America & betrayed by corporate greed means we all feel the life-altering impacts inside & out. Capitalism is not the definition of democracy in lieu of the future for all our invaluable resources & all our kid's fate & sake. Prove it's safe first & stop doing our worst by putting our money where our mouth is & help our kids live. Do N0 HARM & Stop poison on purpose for profits #POPP

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Seattle study of breast milk from 50 women finds chemical used in food wrappers, firefighting foam July 18, 2021 at 6:00 am Updated July 19, 2021 at 1:26 pm https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/seattle-study-of-breast-milk-from-50-women-finds-chemical-used-in-food-wrappers-firefighting-foam/?fbclid=IwAR2kZEHLKX1EXWRvrm7b00b-4cbPHDz3_ZWQe4DydjQnqRyg7rI7RTBp4Jw

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FYI "Proposed Bill Seeks To Address PFAS Contamination, While Protecting Polluters

JULY 15, 2021 BY JONAH CHESTER AND WORT NEWS DEPARTMENT

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Proposed bill seeks to address PFAS contamination, while protecting polluters

A piece of legislation currently making its way to the Wisconsin State Senate would establish a new grant program for communities looking to address PFAS contamination.

The chemicals are an endemic issue in Wisconsin’s waterways — and they’ve been tied to a number of adverse health effects.

But, legislative Democrats and environmental advocates are raising red flags over the bill, as it could protect polluters from facing legal consequences.

For more, our producer Jonah Chester spoke with Tony Wilkin Gibart, the Executive Director of Midwest Environmental Advocates.

PHOTO: Chali Pittman for WORT News"... https://www.wortfm.org/proposed-bill-seeks-to-address-pfas-contamination-while-protecting-polluters/

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