Two bills — Senate Bill 121 and House Bill 171 — that would tighten regulations on the group of chemicals known as PFAS are stalled in committee.
Two bills that would tighten regulations on the group of chemicals known as PFAS are stalled in committee as Alaska’s legislative session draws to a close. They could just die at the end of session — which would send lawmakers back to square one and leave clean water advocates high and dry for another year.. Activists rallied for the bills at the Alaska State Capitol last week.
“We think it’s high time that these bills be passed to protect our Alaska communities,” said Pamela Miller, director of Alaska Community Action on Toxics. “There are communities from the North Slope of Alaska, all the way down through Southeast that have contaminated drinking water because of this dispersive use of these chemicals in industrial firefighting foams, used on airports and on military bases.
Sara Siqiñiq Thomas joined the rally to advocate for her hometown of Utqiaġvik where firefighting foams“I know too many people who have passed away from cancer in their 20s, people who have been on thyroid medication since their teens, things that are not normal and we’re seeing way too much of it,” she said.
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