Helpful Links - Environmental Justice and Water Safety Summit
- Final Report of the PFAS Interagency Task Force, April 2022
- Watered Down Justice Report, September 2019
- Boston Globe articles:
EPA to designate ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press,Updated August 26, 2022
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/26/nation/epa-designate-forever-chemicals-hazardous-substances/Why are they called ‘forever chemicals,’ and other things to know about PFAS
By Dharna Noor Globe Staff,Updated July 7, 2022
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/07/science/why-are-they-called-forever-chemicals-other-things-know-about-pfas/Cambridge finds elevations of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water, will switch to MWRA
“We just don’t know what is, or is not, a safe level. And that’s a huge problem,” said Cambridge city councilor Quinton Zondervan.
By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated August 28, 2022
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/28/metro/cambridge-finds-elevations-toxic-forever-chemicals-drinking-water-will-switch-mwra/State sues chemical companies for pollution from ‘forever chemicals’
By David Abel Globe Staff,Updated May 25, 2022
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/25/science/state-sues-chemical-companies-pollution-forever-chemicals/
- EPA Office on Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights website: https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-environmental-justice-and-external-civil-rights
- State website with interactive website on environmental justice populations in Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/environmental-justice-populations-in-massachusetts
| Attachment | Size |
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 pfas-interagency-task-force-report.pdf | 10.96 MB |
| watered-down-justice-report.pdf | 3.29 MB |