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Cambridge finds elevations of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water, will switch to MWRA

by PEER | August 28, 2022
Kyla Bennett, director of science policy for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in New England, urged Cambridge residents to stop using the city’s water because of the reported levels of PFAS. Bennett lives in Easton, where the town is spending more than $9 million on a ...

State task force recommends Mass. do more to crack down on PFAS

by PEER | April 20, 2022
But Kyla Bennett, director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in New England, found it “disappointing.” ”I thought that the goals were wimpy … and I thought the language was a little slippery,” she said. She said she’d hoped the report would include more ...

As contaminated water concerns grow, Massachusetts towns urge the state to stop spraying pesticides in their communities

by Elizabeth Duan | May 31, 2021
“To reduce the spread of eastern equine encephalitis and other mosquito-borne diseases, the state has sprayed millions of acres in recent years with a pesticide found to contain significant amounts of PFAS. The PFAS leached into the pesticide from its packaging. Under pressure from ...

More communities are finding toxic chemicals in their drinking water

by Elizabeth Duan | May 23, 2021
“Since Massachusetts enacted new safety regulations last fall, more communities have found elevated levels of toxic chemicals known as PFAS in their drinking water. Kyla Bennett, a former scientist at the US Environmental Protection Agency, noted that Massachusetts requires testing ...

President Biden’s flurry of actions to protect the environment reignites a controversy about the Atlantic’s only marine monument

by Elizabeth Duan | January 21, 2021
“Last June, as part of a concerted campaign to dismantle the environmental policies of the Obama administration, Donald Trump met with fishermen in Maine and signed a proclamation that allowed commercial fishing in nearly 5,000 square miles of federally protected waters southeast of ...