"Corporations that are using this material have known for literally decades that it is harmful and had concerning health risks. And they have hidden that information,” said Emily Carey Perez de Alejo, with Defend Our Health. wgme.com/news/local/m...

🏭We have a massive, new threat to children's health, and the Trump administration is actively fast-tracking it: AI Data Centers.

"We just need to slow down because this is going way too fast and is causing a lot of harms and we are going to find out about those harms after they have already been caused." - Emily Carey Perez de Alejo, Defend's executive director www.mainepublic.org/climate/2025...

Join us for our final authors & friends talk of the year! Click the link to learn more and register to join or to receive a recording if you can't make it live 😁 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This makes such a strong case that to truly avoid #toxics the whole lifecycle is essential. And that SO MUCH MORE WORK needs to be done.

NEW FINDINGS: We found sixteen pesticides linked to learning disabilities, autism and hormone disruption in Target-brand baby food. foe.org/toxic-pestic...

Check out our latest blog from our director of campaigns and programs, Maya Rommwatt, on toxic chemicals in both recycled and virgin PET plastic! #toxicchemicals #plastic #plasticpollution #recycling defendourhealth.org/blog/new-stu...

📚 Don’t miss the final @islandpress 50% off simply everything sale! Nearly every Island Press print book is half off from Nov 10 – 16. Only at www.islandpress.org.

JOIN US! This convo will feature Professor Roy Gardner, an internationally recognized expert in wetland law and policy and the author of Waters of the United States: POTUS, SCOTUS, WOTUS, and the Politics of a National Resource. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

✨New blog from our campaign manager, Adam Nordell, on our recent work with coalition partners in Massachusetts to tackle #PFAS! Check it out: defendourhealth.org/blog/pfas-co...

Plastic clothes? No, thank you! Join us and @defendourhealth.bsky.social in calling on 3 top children's clothing-makers to stop using so much plastic in their products. 🛑 Sign the petition urging Carters, H&M, and The Children's Place to stop using so much polyester. bit.ly/no-plastic-c...

This progress stems from LD 1911, which we proudly helped pass, and from the work of the PFAS Fund's Health Subcommittee, which our farmland contamination manager, Adam Nordell, was a part of! www.pressherald.com/2025/10/13/m...

How can you tell which products contain toxic #PFAS? You can't. We hosted a PFAS Show and Tell at the State House today to show why we need to pass @juliancyr.bsky.social and Rep. Hogan's bill to #banPFAS from many products. @sierraclubma.bsky.social @defendourhealth.bsky.social

You’re invited to join Defend Our Health and Island Press for our webinar Defend Our Health: Authors & Friends on Thursday, October 23rd, at 1 PM ET. Learn more and register today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Tell Congress: No toxic chemicals in our drinking water! via @selc.bsky.social act.selc.org/page/87298/a...

Our homes are built with plastic materials that pose huge health hazards during wildfires. 🔥 Burning plastic is toxic. 😵 California Housing Agencies must advance the use of fire-safe, non-toxic materials. 🏡 Sign the petition! ‼️ bit.ly/46E9l88 #PlasticPollutes #Wildfires

"The water utilities are members of our community and are really trying to provide the safest and best water quality that they can to communities, but they need us to take regulatory and legislative action to help drive that change." - Emily Carey, Defend's ED www.mainepublic.org/environment-...

🚨 New report finds that supermarkets are not doing nearly enough to reduce the amount of plastic generated. 🛒 It’s time for the supermarket sector to take responsibility for its contribution to the plastic pollution crisis. 🛒 Learn more: breakfreefromplastic.org/supermarket-audit

These fashion brands may lead in sustainability, but they could do more to be health protective of children who may wear their clothes. Click the link to find out who and take action today! takeaction.io/ehsc/tell-th...

You’re invited to join Defend Our Health and Island Press for our webinar Defend Our Health: Authors & Friends on Tuesday, September 23rd, at 1 PM ET. Learn more and register today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The health burden of chemicals used to make clothes may harm children the most! In response to chemicals and plastics in kids’ clothing, we’re calling on The Children’s Place, Carter’s, and H&M to stop making so many clothes out of polyester plastic! Take action today: takeaction.io/ehsc/tell-th...

Disappointed & enraged by a process and text that sidelines ambition, but inspired by countries & CSOs that refused to accept it. No treaty is better than a bad treaty. GAIA's statement at the end of the #INC5_2 closing plenary www.no-burn.org/ambitious-co... #couragenotcompromise #plasticstreaty

"What I've seen is that Maine's work to combat PFAS in recent years has been a journey marked by listening, collaborating and acting decisively," said Sen. Henry Ingwersen, D-Arundel. www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...

Nordell hopes the visit can spur a more regional discussion about addressing these toxic chemicals because “PFAS doesn’t necessarily respect property boundaries or state boundaries.” mainemorningstar.com/2025/08/12/m...

A new study found even more chemicals in plastics than previously known: over 16,000! And even worse, they found 4,200 of those chemicals threaten human health or the environment. This is why we are working to draw down the use of plastics where we can. Read more: www.msn.com/en-au/scienc...

"This is a small step we can take to get some of the plastic out of our waste stream," Sarah Woodbury of the organization Defend Our Health said in support of the bill... "We cannot recycle our way out of the plastic crisis." www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...

With the help of @defendourhealth.bsky.social and the Conservation Law Foundation, Portland citizens have banded together to cover the Cassidy Point coal pile and end the use of coal in Maine! Join us today to protect the health of Mainers from dirty coal

Ever leave your plastic water bottle in a hot car and then wonder if it’s safe to drink from? Heat and UV radiation can cause the chemicals used to make the plastic to leach out into the water faster. This advice column talks about phthalates and phenols like BPA. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/w...

The government is about to strip the nation of drinking water protections from PFAS that it had adopted just last year. This map shows how widespread PFAS contamination is in the water we rely on for drinking and cooking. #PFAS www.nrdc.org/resources/ne...

From preventing toxic chemical exposure to defending hard-won health protections, states are showing what bold leadership looks like. #StatesInTheLead #PFAS #Plastics 📊 Explore key trends from this year’s legislative sessions: www.saferstates.org/insights/sta...

Kudos to California Senate committee members for passing the bill on plastic microbeads out of committee! If passed, AB 823 will ban plastic microbeads in personal products (and includes cleaning products). 👏👏👏 goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntim...

Take action today! #EPA #PFAS #safedrinkingwater takeaction.io/ehsc/tell-th...

“We have to do this research and take steps to not just make sure that our food supply is safe, but also ensure our farms and farmers are safe,” said Bill Pluecker, a Maine state representative and public policy organizer at MOFGA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Earthjustice, SELC, Public Rights Project, and Lawyers for Good Government filed a class action lawsuit against the EPA for unlawfully terminating the Environment and Climate Justice Grant programs despite a Congressional directive to fund them. Read more: defendourhealth.org/blog/epa-ter...

In the absence of federal protection for clean water, Tribal Nations are protecting and managing millions of acres of wetlands in the U.S., helping to improve water quality and reduce flood risk.

You’re invited! Join Defend Our Health and Island Press for our next Defend Our Health: Authors & Friends webinar on Wednesday, July 15, at 1 PM ET. Learn more and register today! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Maine continues to lead the way in #PFAS legislation! Interim drinking water standard (20 ppt for Sum of 6 PFAS) to be replaced with the 2024 EPA standard (4 ppt for PFOA & PFOS, 10 ppt for PFHxS, PFNA & GenX) Great summary from @defendourhealth.bsky.social defendourhealth.org/news/defend-...

In case you missed it - video here www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ARa... Thanks again @defendourhealth.bsky.social and @sharonudasin.bsky.social for the informative webinar! #PFAS #PoisoningTheWell

www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech... VERY important as well as unprecedented work being done in Maine thanks to the advocacy efforts of @defendourhealth.bsky.social and farmers like Adam Nordell.

Science says plastic bag bans really do work. | A new study finds that outlawing or taxing plastic bags reduces beach litter. grist.org/science/plas... #Plastic #Litter #Trash #Ocean #Beaches #Environment

"Not only am I breathing that as I drive back and forth on the tractor, but off it goes on the wind current across the landscape, across any number of property boundaries." - Adam Nordell, campaign manager at Defend Our Health, on concerns about dust exposure www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech...