Massena, Sep 18, 2018 (Issuewire.com) - On August 15, in Massena New York, I declared Zero Hour for Mother Earth and released a Roadmap to achieve bold climate change goals. Protecting and repairing our environment has two tracks: responding to climate change and getting the poisons out of our everyday lives. Both tracks require a whole-of-government approach.
From many sources, poisons and toxic chemicals seep into our water, air, soil, food, medicines, and far too many everyday items. These toxins interact and stay in our bodies as too many of us battle horrible health effects. In addition, as weather patterns change and more intense storms batter our neighbourhoods, poorly secured containers, especially at oil refineries and chemical plants, release cancer-causing pollutants that join untreated sewage that flood streets and homes. Without attention, we can expect the same public health problems again and again including now during the 2018 hurricane season.
The chemical PFOA and the class of chemicals called PFAS are a tragic example of the overwhelming presence of toxic chemicals in our lives. PFAS was mixed into Teflon-plated frying pans, and similar chemicals now go into stain-resistant carpeting, water-resistant clothes, and firefighting foam and gear. The health impacts include birth defects, delayed child development, childhood and adult cancers. PFAS chemicals were recently found in public drinking water in 34 sites in Michigan, and even right here in Cambridge. Unlike the poisonous levels of lead in Flints water, PFAS contamination likely occurs over decades.
As a Congressional candidate, I release this roadmap for Eliminating Everyday Poisons:
Immediate Actions
- Immediate and full disclosure by government and corporate entities of PFAS and related chemicals, sources and health effect, in a format to share with impacted communities
- The federal government will regulate chemical compounds as a class and provide health protections at the lowest international standard
Whole-of-Government Response to Everyday Poisons
- Put Manage Everyday Poisons in the mission and measures of all agencies
- Build partnerships to fund cleanup, long-term health and wellness services, research
- Demand for polluter accountability.
- Charter government-citizen Everyday Poisons Accountability Board
- Totally reinvent how we test, set standards and mitigate classes and interactions of toxins
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Lynn Kahn 4 NY21 Campaign Committee
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