The unfortunate fact is that over 98% of people in the U.S. have PFAS in their blood. PFAS have also been found in wildlife, soil, and water around the world. The PFAS that have been studied are toxic at extremely … Read More
Category Archives: Healthy Kids
When food or beverages are heated in plastic containers such as in a microwave oven, chemical additives from inside the plastic migrate into the food and tiny flecks of plastic known as micro- and nanoplastics are also shed into the … Read More
Wednesday, November 12, 12pm. Online. In this webinar, Ryan Johnson will provide an overview of the contribution that buildings and construction make to global plastic consumption. He will highlight how plastic building materials have been found to affect health and … Read More
Wednesday, November 12, 7pm. Online. You may have heard about microplastics and nanoplastics infiltrating the human body. Maybe you saw a news article about how there’s the rough equivalent of a plastic spoon’s worth of micro and nano-plastics in our … Read More
I was very surprised recently to learn that my home office in the basement had an unsafe radon level, even though I had tested the home some 30 years ago when we purchased it. I was tipped off by new … Read More
Sunday September 28, 2-4pm. Watertown Savings Bank Room,Watertown Free Public Library (123 Main St., Watertown). Want to learn more about PFAS – the chemicals are now almost everywhere, including in human blood, and are being linked to severe health problems? … Read More
Monday, September 29, 12pm. Online. Join Green Energy Consumers Alliance for a webinar dedicated to the public health impacts of vehicle electrification. Topics Covered: The current public health impact impacts of our reliance on gas and diesel vehicles The relative … Read More
Newton’s summers are getting hotter so where our kids play matters more and more. That’s not just a comfort issue. On hot sunny days, the risk of heat stroke rises fast. Asphalt parking lots, cement sidewalks, sports fields and unshaded … Read More
Thursday, September 4 at 7 pm. Online. Reporter Mariah Blake, author of They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals, will speak on the secret history of forever chemicals with the moving story of how … Read More
Our beloved summer swimming spot, Crystal Lake, was temporarily closed this summer after a dangerous bloom of toxic cyanobacteria underscored the growing toll of climate change on our local waters. In an email to Newton residents on August 13, Mayor … Read More
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