Civic Action
Voices organizing for change in their communities and beyond.
Pollution is for No One
How wetlands filled with PFAS sewage; UMBC Baltimore study; 3M's $10.3B settlement
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The Forever Chemical: PFAS
How Harvard found Black/Hispanic communities face higher PFAS; UK REACH regulations
Environmental Justice and PFAS: Unequal Burdens in America's Chemical Crisis
How Harvard found marginalized communities more exposed; 3M's $10.3B settlement
Invisible Toxins: The Fight for Environmental Justice in the Battle Against PFAS
How Potomac Riverkeeper found PFAS in all 150 samples; Waterkeeper Alliance global campaign
Environmental Justice & the Fight Against PFAS
How 2,800+ communities have PFAS water; 3M's $450M NJ settlement; EPA limits proposed
PFAS in our Blood: The Impact of Forever Chemicals on Indigenous Peoples
How 2,815 suspected PFAS sources near tribal lands; 48% Indigenous lack safe water
When Clean Water Becomes a Privilege: PFAS and the Failure of Justice
How Harvard analyzed 44K samples; EPA 4ppt MCL; legal frameworks fail communities
Who is PFAS Affecting and What Are We Doing About It?
How Harvard studied 44K samples across 18 states; EPA's 2023 standard protects 25%
Fight Against PFAS
How Black/Hispanic communities face higher PFAS exposure; UC Berkeley study; EPA's $1B testing fund
Environmental Justice and the Fight Against PFAS
How Latino/Black communities face higher PFAS exposure; EPA's $2B Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocation
A Toxic Burden: The High Cost of Clean Water in Veneto
How Veneto Italy's 150,000 residents faced Miteni contamination; $100M funded health surveillance for 60,000
Environmental Justice and the Role of PFAs in Environmental Racism
How NRDC found water violations 40% higher in communities of color; Navajo Water Project served 500 homes
Environmental Justice and the Role of PFAs in Environmental Racism
How NRDC found water violations 40% higher in communities of color; Navajo Water Project serves 30% without clean water
Environmental Justice and the Fight Against PFAS
How Latino/Black communities face higher PFAS exposure; EPA's $2B Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocation
A Toxic Burden: The High Cost of Clean Water in Veneto
How Veneto Italy's 150,000 residents faced Miteni contamination; $100M funded health surveillance for 60,000
Fight Against PFAS
How UC Berkeley found Latinx wells disproportionately exposed; EPA's 2024 standard protects 100M people
Environmental Justice in the Age of PFAS
How firefighters face elevated PFAS from AFFF foam; linked to kidney/testicular cancers
PFAS in Clean Water = Lack of Action
How Black/Hispanic communities face higher PFAS water levels; Cannon AFB NM contamination
What does environmental justice look like in the fight against PFAS?
How 2022 study found Black/Hispanic communities face higher PFAS water contamination; mental health impacts
The Chemical Crisis
How 3M's $10.3B settlement addresses PFAS contamination known since 1970s
Environmental Justice and the Fight Against PFAS: Who's Paying the Price?
How Harvard study found Black/Hispanic communities face 108% higher PFAS per source; NM dairy lost 3,500 cows
PFAS: Tracing the Use and Injustice
How Harvard study found 3-6% higher PFAS detection in Black/Hispanic communities
Forever Chemicals, Forgotten Communities
How Baltimore citizen scientists partner with UMBC to test PFAS in waterways
The Most Deadly Information Gap: PFAS and Vulnerable Communities
How EPA found PFAS at unsafe levels in all but 3 states; Black/Hispanic communities face higher exposure
Forever Contaminated: Investigating the Lasting Harms of PFAS Pollution from Mass Production Across Causes to Vulnerable Populations Across the United States
How 3M plants in high-poverty NJ/KY communities face PFAS pollution subpoenas
PFAS Pollution in a Rural State and the Road to Justice
How Bennington College students track increasing PFAS in private wells from closed factory
PFAS: More than an Environmental Hazard
How Harvard's 44,000 water sample study found Black/Latino communities face higher PFAS exposure
PFAS Exposure and Environmental Justice
How Black/Hispanic/low-income communities face higher PFAS exposure due to systemic discrimination
How PFA's Harm Marginalized Communities
How Black/Latino communities face significantly higher PFAS drinking water contamination
Forever Chemicals, Unfair Burden
How military bases, factories, and farms expose vulnerable communities to PFAS
PFAS Are Hurting the Same Communities over and over
How 200M Americans face PFAS exposure with 3M's $450M NJ settlement as rare accountability
How PFAS Have Reshaped the Fight for Environmental Justice
How 200M Americans face PFAS exposure with disproportionate impact on Hispanic and Black communities
The Danger of PFAS
How Boston Black/Latino communities and 3M's Tennessee River dumping expose environmental injustice
PFAS as a Socioeconomic Measure: Where It Stands
How rural and minority communities face untested water systems and industrial PFAS exposure
PFAS in Washington State
How King County partners with 15+ organizations to test water and sue PFAS manufacturers
Environmental Justice in the Fight Against PFAS
How Latinos and Black residents face disproportionate PFAS water exposure
PFAS and Environmental Injustice: Marginalized Communities at Risk
How 69% of California disadvantaged communities face PFAS drinking water contamination
The Disproportionate Threat of PFAS
How Flint's 40% poverty rate correlates with PFAS water contamination
Will the Forever Chemical Truly Be Harmful Forever?
How military base firefighting foam contaminates rural and Indigenous groundwater
The Toxic Legacy of Everyday Products: PFAS, Policy Gaps, and Environmental Injustice
How EPA's 2031 delay leaves communities of color exposed to PFAS water contamination
Tackling PFAS in Bellingham, Washington
How Bellingham's PFAS testing complies with state/federal regulations amid EPA cuts
PFAS and the Toxic Legacy of Everyday Products
How EPA's 4 ppt drinking water limits aim to protect low-income communities
The Battle against PFAS
How 3M's $450M settlement and citizen activists fight PFAS contamination
The Silent Invaders: PFAS, Environmental Injustice, and the Quest for Accountability
How low-income communities face disproportionate PFAS exposure and mental health toll
PFAS Priorities in US Drinking Water: Community Voices and Corporations Collide
How Texas cities sue 3M and DuPont over PFAS-contaminated water systems
Forever Chemicals, Fleeting Protections: Policy and Social Justice in the Fight Against PFAS
How 79% of low-income Californians face PFAS-polluted water systems
Water's Role in Environmental Racism
How nitrates, climate disasters, and political exclusion harm marginalized communities
The Role of Water in Environmental Racism
How PFAs, Flint lead, and Navajo Water Project reveal systemic discrimination patterns
The Complexity of Water in California
How Central Valley's rural communities face nitrate contamination and groundwater overdraft
Who is Most Affected by Water Quality Problems
How Flint lead and Santee Sioux manganese crises reveal systemic discrimination