Don’t let a chemical industry insider weaken health protections |z SaferChemicals

You may have already heard that the Trump administration is taking actions behind the scenes to weaken an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to protect us from PFAS chemicals. You may be outraged (but probably not surprised) to learn that these actions have been driven by a former chemical industry lobbyist—who’s now nominated to run our top consumer protection agency.

That’s right, this is the kind of plot thickening that movies are made of! But unlike a good movie, this story gets a little wonky and detailed right off the mark, so it’s important for us to break it all down so we can understand what we need to do to get our happily ever after.

What’s going on? And what’s a SNUR?

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