• Water

President Trump Promises to Veto any Legislation Mandating PFAS Regulation

• #Darkwaters
• Forever Chemicals
• PFAS
• safe drinking water

The White House said in a statement that the President would veto any PFAS legislation because it would  “bypass well-established processes, procedures, and legal requirements of the Nation’s most fundamental environmental laws….”

Why This Matters:  So much for crystal clear waters.  The administration had promised that EPA would issue new regulations creating limits on PFAS contamination in rivers and drinking water by the end of 2019, but they failed to do so.

• Water

Top Stories of 2019: PFAS Pollution Puts Drinking Water for Tens of Millions at Risk

• #Darkwaters
• clean water
• PFAS
• safe drinking water
• toxic pollution

The feature film “Dark Waters” exposed the scandal that Congress and the President are ignoring.  According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), PFAS contamination is now found at 1,361 locations in 49 states — and in a variety of sources including community water systems, groundwater sources, military bases, airports, and industrial sites. According to EWG’s analysis […]

• Health

New Study Finds Toxic PFAS in Rainwater Across the U.S.

• #Darkwaters
• Forever Chemicals
• PFAS
• toxic pollution
• water pollution

We have reported in ODP about widespread PFAS contamination in lakes, rivers and groundwater reserves across the country, but this study shows that PFAS is also found in rainwater, according to The Guardian, and the likely sources are direct industrial emissions and evaporation from PFAS-laden fire-fighting foams.

Why This Matters:  PFAS has been shown to cause serious health issues such as cancer, and the immune system and thyroid problems.

• Politics

Hero of the Week: Tracy Danzey Who Walked Across Denmark In Protest

• #Darkwaters
• West Virginia

Earlier this week, we attended a DC screening of the excellent movie starring Mark Ruffalo entitled “Dark Waters” that opens today in theaters and were impressed with all the real-life heroes portrayed in the film.  And then we heard about Tracy.  Tracy was born and raised in Parkersburg, WV, (the setting for the film) where […]

• Health

Mark Ruffalo Uses Star Power to Push For Passage of PFAS Legislation

• #Darkwaters
• #fightforeverchemicals
• Dupont
• Forever Chemicals
• PFAS

Yesterday, in a tour-de-force of star power, the actor and activist Mark Ruffalo crisscrossed Washington. D.C. — from a Washington Post Live event, to a Capitol Hill press conference, to testifying at a House hearing answering questions from Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, to a screening of his new film “Dark Waters” at the Motion Picture Association –– all to make the point that it is high time for the government to act to keep the public safe from a little-known but ubiquitous toxin called PFAS (also known as “Forever Chemicals” because they never break down) that can now be found in the bloodstream of 99% of all Americans

• Water

New Film “Dark Waters” Based On True Story of DuPont Toxic Pollution

• #Darkwaters
• Dupont
• PFOA
• toxic
• water pollution

A new environmental thriller called “Dark Waters” that opens in theaters later this week is already getting great reviews.  It is the passion project of its star, Mark Ruffalo, who wanted to make a film adaptation of a 2016 New York Times Magazine article by writer Nathaniel Rich entitled, “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst […]