They’re in the water we drink, the food we eat, and the things we buy. PFAS chemicals are manufactured by big companies like 3M and DuPont and are used in everything from non-stick pans to food packaging, household cleaning materials to cosmetics and personal care products, hand sanitizer, dry cleaning, electronics, firefighting foam, pesticides and fertilizers, photography, plastics, recycling machinery, refrigerants, textiles, and vehicles…. the list goes on.
PFAS contamination is rampant and widespread. PFAS can be found in the blood of 97% of people in the United States,¹ and they’re causing all sorts of health problems, including liver malfunction, birth defects, thyroid disease, weakened immunity, and cancer.
It may seem daunting to address such a widespread issue, but we never back down from the fight. We’re ramping up our campaign to protect our bodies and our environment from these dangerous chemicals, but we need you with us to hold the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Congress, and corporations accountable.
For years, Food & Water Watch has been calling on the EPA to use a broad, widely accepted definition of PFAS in order to protect public health. Now, we are ramping up our work to make sure your voices are heard loud and clean so regulators are not let off the hook.
With your support, we can advance our campaigns to advocate for:
PFAS to be regulated as a class of chemicals, not on an individual level.
Enforceable national drinking water limits for all PFAS chemicals.
Passage of the WATER Act and the PFAS Action Act – critical bills in Congress that would ensure clean water for all.
Our communities will keep eating, drinking, and breathing toxic chemicals until the federal government sets strong regulations on PFAS and holds polluters accountable for cleanup. So that’s just what we’re pushing them to do.
Food & Water Watch and its affiliated organization, Food & Water Action, are advocacy groups with a common mission to protect our food, water and climate.
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