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- Defend Our Health Applauds EPA’s Designation of PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances Under the Federal Superfund Law (April 19, 2024)
- Defend Our Health Applauds The New EPA Standards for PFAS in Drinking Water (April 10, 2024)
- More ‘Forever Chemicals’ Reported in Products Sold in Maine (March 5, 2024)
- Defend Our Health Welcomes New CEO and President (January 23, 2024)
- Serious Disease Burden Attributed to Plastics, New Study Says (January 11, 2024)
- PFAS Use Widespread in Products Sold in Maine, Industry Reports Reveal (January 3, 2024)
- EPA Takes First Steps to Regulate Highly Dangerous Chemical Used to Make Plastic (December 14, 2023)
- Defend Our Health Calls for More from Coca-Cola (October 20, 2023)
- “Everywhere Chemicals” in Organic Products, Conventional Products, Baby Formula – Unsafe Supply Chain (September 20, 2023)
- Federal Government Concludes That Common Plastic Endangers Human Health (September 13, 2023)
- More Than 350 Farms Potentially Contaminated by PFAS identified by Department of Defense (Aug 29, 2023)
- Toxic Chemicals Found in Some Plastic Beverage Bottles (Aug 28, 2023)
- Defend Our Health Celebrates Maine’s PFAS Fund Administration Plan (July 12, 2023)
- Defend Our Health Condemns LD 2004 Veto Override Failure in Maine (July 6, 2023)
- First-Ever Study Reveals the Hard Truths Behind Soft Drinks’ Plastic Bottles: Beverage Industry Supply Chain Riddled with Carcinogens, Emissions and Contamination (May 23, 2023)
- Defend Our Health Supports Amendments to the PFAS Products Law in Maine (May 10, 2023)
- Investors Holding More Than Ten Trillion Raise Alarm on Runaway Plastic Use (May 9, 2023)
- Biden EPA Proposes Partial Crackdown on Toxic Air Emissions from the Chemical Industry (April 25, 2023)
- Defend Our Health Praises Maine Suit Against PFAS Manufacturers (March 29, 2023)
- Defend Our Health Praises EPA’s New PFAS Drinking Water Standard, Urges State to Take Action (March 14, 2023)
- Defend Our Health and PFAS Impacted Farmers Celebrate Possible Federal Safety Net (March 10, 2023)
- Casella Waste Systems, Manufacturing a Crisis in Maine (March 3, 2023)
- Plastic Bottle Demand is Fueling Widespread Toxic Pollution Burden (February 14, 2023)
- Defend Our Health Discovers More than 6,500 Maine School Children Exposed to PFAS (January 17, 2023)
- Canada Acts on PFAS, Officials Indicate Movement Away from Toxic Sludge Spreading on Farmland (December 8, 2022)
- Number One Plastic Polluter Prize Goes to Coca-Cola for Fifth Straight Year (November 17, 2022)
- Defend’s Director of Advocacy Response to Maine DEP PFAS Extension (November 7, 2022)
- International Public Health Coalition Calls on Coca-Cola to Remove Cancer-Causing Chemicals from Its Plastic Bottles (November 3, 2022)
- Biggest Global Brands Use More Virgin Petrochemical Plastic, Missing Their Own Targets (November 2, 2022)
- Maine-Based Coalition Calls for Action from the DEP on PFAS (October 13, 2022)
- Giant Petrochemical Plastic Consumer, Coca-Cola, Sponsors COP27 (September 30, 2022)
- Defend Our Health Announces 2022 Environmental Health Leadership Awards (September 13, 2022)
- EPA Puts Manufacturers of Toxic “Forever Chemicals” on Notice by Proposing PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances (August 25, 2022)
- Coca-Cola to Take the “Green” Out of Plastic Bottles, But Not the Toxic Chemicals (August 5, 2022)
- Expert Review of PFAS Health Impacts Directs Maine to Offer Free Health Monitoring to PFAS Impacted Communities (July 29, 2022)
- Plastic Bottles Threaten Children’s Health; Not Just a Waste Problem (July 19, 2022)
- Local Farmer Impacted by PFAS Pollution Joins Maine Environmental Health Nonprofit (June 22, 2022)
- Toxic Food Packaging Sold in Violation of Maine Law by Two Corporations (April 27, 2022)
- Defend Our Health Applauds Maine Legislature for Passage of Bill Giving Maine Households Access to Clean Water (April 26, 2022)
- In National First, Maine’s Legislature Votes to Ban Spreading of PFAS Laden Sludge and Compost Derived from Sludge (April 15, 2022)
- Farmers and Groups Urge Support for LD 1911 (Feb 23, 2022)
- Sewer Districts, Casella Try to Derail Legislation to Stop Spread of PFAS-contaminated Sludge (Feb 5, 2022)
- People of Color Must Be Protected from Toxic Phthalates, Groups Say (Dec 10, 2021)
- New Online Guide to Toxic-Free Food Safety Launched (Nov 3, 2021)
- Defend Our Health Applauds Maine Attorney General for Pushing State Forward in the Fight Against ‘Forever Chemicals’ (Sep 21, 2021)
- Groundbreaking PFAS Bills in Maine (July 15, 2021)
- Toxic Chemicals Found in Some Beverage Packaging (July 14, 2021)
- Defend Our Health Applauds Maine Legislature and Governor Mills for Passage of Bill Tackling PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ (June 22, 2021)
- Defend Our Health Applauds Maine Legislature and Governor Mills for Passage of Health Protective Lead Bill (June 16, 2021)
- Internationally Renowned Experts, Community Members Testified on PFAS Drinking Water Standards in Maine (April 14, 2021)
- Leading retailers ban sales of toxic PFAS products, health advocates call on Maine to follow (April 1, 2021)