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Alaska Community Action on Toxics We believe in the right to clean air, clean water, and toxic-free food. linktr.ee/akaction

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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🚨 Congress could soon weaken the protections that help keep us safe from toxic chemicals. Reports indicate the Senate could begin advancing legislation to weaken our nation’s chemical law known as #TSCA as soon as this month. www.akaction.org/news/action-...
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Join us for a screening of How to Poison a Planet with a Q&A immediately following the film! beartooththeatre.filmbot.com/.../revealed...
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
While we're deeply disappointed that Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed HB 25, we're incredibly grateful for everyone who stood with us throughout this campaign. This is not the end of our work.
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🚨 ACTION ALERT: HB 25 VOTE TODAY 🚨 Take action now: 📧 Write a short Public Opinion Message of support 📨 Send it to LIO.Juneau@akleg.gov 📢 Ask that it be shared with all State Senators Your voice matters.
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Please join us this weekend! #parkcleanup
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
“The EPA has an obligation to protect air quality, the integrity of Denali National Park and the surrounding area, and the health of people.” "We will not tolerate the degradation and contamination of this precious region with harmful and health-threatening pollutants.” said Pamela Miller, ACAT ED.
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Conservation Organizations Challenge Administration’s Unlawful Approval of Air Pollution Plan in Alaska
San Francisco – Three leading conservation and environmental health and justice organizations will challenge the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful approval of a plan for Alaska that will allow…
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Please join the ACAT team in Juneau this week for two great events! #juneau
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Take action today and urge Congress to protect strong chemical safety standards: www.akaction.org/news/action-...
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Action Alert: Tell Congress to stop the chemical lobby from rolling back our health protections | ACAT
Every family has a right to be protected from toxic chemicals in the products we buy, water we drink, or the food we eat. The chemical lobby is working hard to undermine protections that ban harmful…
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Join us for this month's CHE-Alaska webinar! Register here: www.akaction.org/webinars/202...
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Despite a court order, federal regulators advanced a Cook Inlet offshore lease with no public input or new protections for endangered beluga whales—putting wildlife and communities at risk. earthjustice.org/press/2025/t...
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Trump Administration Reaffirms Cook Inlet Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale Based on Environmental Study Completed Without Public Input
Federal regulators are allowing the challenged lease sale to move forward without any additional measures to protect endangered beluga whales
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
More than 250 public health & enviro groups including ACAT sent Congress a clear message: protect public health & reject the chemical lobby’s push to weaken #TSCA, our nation’s chemical safety law. Read the letter, and TAKE ACTION at the link in the comments: go.toxicfreefuture.org/tsca-sign-on...
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250+ groups urge Congress to reject chemical lobby push to weaken TSCA - Toxic-Free Future
Toxic-Free Future, Safer States, and more than 250 state, local, and national public health and environmental groups sent a joint letter to Congress this week, urging lawmakers to reject the chemical ...
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🌍 Thank you to Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition and Native Movement for joining us for this important event in Fairbanks! #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #FairbanksEvents #CleanWater #EnvironmentalJustice #ACAT #AlaskaJustTransition #CitizensForCleanAir #FairbanksClimateActionCoalition
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🌍 Please join us in Fairbanks for a free film screening and community discussion! #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #FairbanksEvents #CleanWater #EnvironmentalJustice #ACAT #AlaskaJustTransition #CitizensForCleanAir
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Join us Thursday, October 23rd for next Plastic Free 907 meeting! #plasticfree
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
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Western Alaska Communities Unite to Establish Disaster Response Fund Following Recent Storms  - Alaska Community Foundation
In response to recent severe storms, including Typhoon Halong, that devastated Alaska’s western coast, local …
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Clean Water Action @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
In that spirit of Indigenous Peoples Day, we are proud to spotlight the work of 📢Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT)—a grassroots organization rooted in Indigenous leadership and environmental justice. @acat-akaction.bsky.social #IndigenousPeoplesDay cleanwater.org/IPD-ACAT-2025
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day Spotlight: Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT)
Indigenous Peoples’ Day, observed on Monday, October 13, honors the rich history, living cultures, resilience, and contributions of Indigenous peoples across the globe. For generations, Native nations...
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🌿 Join us at the 42nd Annual Elders & Youth Conference! 🌿 ACAT is honored to host two sessions Oct 13 at the Dena’ina Center: 🩷 Breast Cancer Prevention | 1:30–3 PM 🌎 Microplastics, Mining & Mental Health | 3:30–5 PM Join us to protect our communities & future generations.
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Our Policy Team will be at the Heavy Fuel Oil Town Hall in Juneau on Oct 8 🌊 📅 Oct 8 | 5 p.m. 📍 Juneau Arts & Culture Center + Zoom Panel, policy discussion, live music + community input. Don’t miss it!
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
We’re excited to share that Cleaning House by Lindsay Dahl features voices from ACAT’s own Executive Director, Pam Miller, and Viola (Vi) Waghiyi, Indigenous Yupik activist, mother and grandmother from Sivuqaq. 📖 Order your copy here: www.harpercollins.com/products/cle...
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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
We’re excited to announce a new affiliate joining the movement against plastic pollution! Together, we’re moving closer to a #PlasticFreeFuture 🌍 💥 Don’t forget! It's time to sign up to learn how to move beyond plastics with Judith Enck this fall. Register for the class now: bit.ly/bennington-c...
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Intern Spotlight! Please help us welcome Anna ✨ She is joining us this summer as an Environmental Justice and Community Health Researcher/Advocate through ACF's Ted Smith Conservation Internship Program.
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
UPCOMING #Webinar!🖥️ ACAT & @che-healthenv.bsky.social will present "Carbon Capture and Storage: A Dangerous Distraction." Speakers will explain how CCS is a false climate solution that prolongs our reliance on fossil fuels and enables industry to continue polluting. akaction.org/webinars/202...
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
🔎 Misinformation and disinformation have become increasingly common, especially with social media being one of the primary news sources for many people. According to a global survey, more than 85% of people are worried about the impact of online disinformation.
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
#Anchorage! Join us JULY 18 for our first meeting of #PlasticFree907, a coalition of Alaskans who want to make a difference in the fight against plastic pollution in our communities!💧🌿 Special thanks to Blue Market AK for pledging 1% of earnings to Plastic Free 907 🩵 @akjusttransition.bsky.social
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We're hiring! ✨ ACAT is currently hiring for two positions: ➤ Media and Communications Coordinator ➤ Protecting Future Generations Coordinator Positions open until filled. Learn more about each position and apply! www.akaction.org/get-involved...
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
UPCOMING Webinar 🖥️ Join ACAT & @che-healthenv.bsky.social on June 17! In this webinar, speakers from orgs leading breast cancer prevention work will share how they incorporate community input, and how this fosters more effective and equitable prevention strategies. www.akaction.org/webinars/2025-6
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This week, @govdunleavy.bsky.social will be holding his Sustainable Energy Conference, which highlights the voices of major fossil fuel advocates while largely excluding the voices of Alaskans most impacted by the climate and energy crises. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
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Nick Chartres, PhD @nickchartres.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Want to learn how we can hold health harming corporations to account? Join us 12pm PT, Thursday May 29 to hear about the work of the @UCSF Center to End Corporate Harm
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CHE @che-healthenv.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
TOMORROW - Learn about UCSF’s Center to End Corporate Harm, how to use the Industry Documents Library, and how researchers tap these internal documents to understand how corporations influence science & policy. @ucsf-prhe.bsky.social RSVP here: www.healthandenvironment.org/che-webinars...
Top half of image is head shots of speakers over old archive documents. Bottom half of image is names, titles, logos and event details over cream background.
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Please help us welcome Courtney! Courtney Moore is the Plastics & Petrochemicals Coordinator at ACAT, where she brings passion and purpose to environmental justice work. Born and raised in AK, she first got involved in advocacy during the No Pebble Mine campaign in 2022 and hasn’t looked back since.
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
ACAT and Bear Tooth Theatrepub are hosting a special fundraiser screening of the film “Plastic People”! 🎬This award-winning feature documentary investigates our plastic addiction and the growing threat of microplastics to human health. 🎟️Tickets beartooththeatre.filmbot.com/movies/plast...
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Native Movement @nativemvmnt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Putting the SUS in SUStainable Energy 👀! The Trump administration is in town for Gov. Dunleavy's conference on "sustainable energy". While they're inside, join with Alaskans outside the Dena'ina Center to tell them our lands are not for sale! #Dunleavy #Sus #NotYourResourceWarehouse #DumpTrump
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
ACAT's Samarys Seguinot Medina explores connections between Mother Earth and Indigenous communities around the world. She highlights plastic pollution as a threat to human health and the environment, especially in the Arctic. EN www.soldemedianochenews.org/mother-earth-will-survive-and-humans.html
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Mother Earth Will Survive! And Humans...?
The month of April is known and celebrated as Mother Earth. In the Quechua and Aymara languages, “Pachamama” literally means “mother of the universe” or “mother of the world.” Pachamama...
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Action Alert 📢 In recent years, Alaska has seen a serious decline in certain fish, shellfish, and marine mammals that many communities rely on. The trawling fleet’s bycatch of non-target species is one of the worst causes of this decline and the devastation of ocean floor habitat.
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
ANCHORAGE - Join us to celebrate Rachel Carson’s birthday while enjoying a meal of foraged greens, mocktails, poetry reading, live music, plant walks, and more! 🌿 🪻This is a FREE event! All are welcome. Register here: www.akaction.org/news/rachel-carson-celebration-2025
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This week is Women’s Health Week! Check out trusted resources from @che-healthenv.bsky.social, ACAT, and Zero Breast Cancer on reproductive health, environmental exposures, health & well-being, and more. 🔗 www.akaction.org/protectingourmamaqs www.healthandenvironment.org www.zerobreastcancer.org
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IPEN: toxics-free @toxicsfree.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The Stockholm Convention added the toxic plastic chemical group MCCPs to its list of globally banned substances, but also reopened a previous ban for the first time, with potentially dire consequences for our health and environment. Read more: ipen.org/news/nations...
Promotional graphic from IPEN featuring a headline in bold white text on an orange background that reads: “Read: Nations Agree to Ban Toxic Plastic Chemicals but Take Unprecedented Action Putting Health and the Environment at Risk.” The IPEN logo appears at the top, with diagonal blue stripes framing the corners. Below, a group photo shows an assembly of people smiling and standing together in a conference room at BRS.
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
In this BRS COPs side event, ACAT's Pam Miller and Jasmine Jemewouk discuss how persistent organic pollutants (POPs) cause disproportionate harm to human health and the environment in the Arctic, contaminating waters, ecosystems, and the traditional foods of Indigenous Peoples.
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Global Toxics & Human Rights Project @srtoxics.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
#IndigenousRights: On March 12, 2025, the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics & Human Rights will discuss the impact of military activities on Indigenous peoples at a press conference convened by Sivuqaq Tribal leaders and the Alaska Community Action on Toxics at @npcinstitute.bsky.social.
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Next week on May 15, @che-healthenv.bsky.social and ACAT will present “The Toxic Legacy of U.S. Military Sites: Health & Human Rights for the People of Sivuqaq.” ➡️ Register for this webinar now! www.akaction.org/webinars/202...
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
ACAT's Pam Miller wrote about the toxic legacy of trichloroethylene (TCE), a known carcinogen that is contaminating drinking water across Alaska, in an opinion piece in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.📰 www.akaction.org/news/blog/tce-contamination-is-a-crisis-congress-must-choose-people-over-profits
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TCE contamination is a crisis: Congress must choose people over profits | ACAT
In Alaska, we seek to protect our precious lands and waters, ensure the health of our fish, wildlife and communities. However, lurking beneath our feet and flowing through our waters is a toxic legacy...
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Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments @envirn.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Exposure to diesel pollution is dangerous to our health and clean air policies are on the chopping block. This #WorldAsthmaDay, tell your state leaders to stand strong and defend clean cars and trucks. Learn more from ANHE below or follow the link in our bio: zurl.co/i446z
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IPEN: toxics-free @toxicsfree.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The Stockholm COP added toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos and PFAS group LC-PFCAs to its global ban list. IPEN welcomed the move but warned that broad exemptions for chlorpyrifos leave children at risk. Science – not profit – must guide chemical safety. Read more here: ipen.org/news/toxic-p...
Image showing a large international conference hall filled with delegates seated behind country nameplates, such as Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, and Bhutan. At the top, a banner in red with white text reads: “Read: Toxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos and Large Chemical Group Set for Global Bans,” with the IPEN logo and tagline “for a toxics-free future” on the left. The setting and message convey the context of a high-level global policy meeting addressing toxic chemical regulations.
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IPEN: toxics-free @toxicsfree.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Read the official #BRSCOPs interventions compiled by IPEN from Dr. Samarys Seguinot Medina, Tadesse Amera, Gilbert Kuepouo, Dr. Leslie Adogame, Pamela Miller, Sonia Buftheim, Yuyun Ismawati, Gohar Khojayan, Piyush Mohapatra, Aileen Lucero, Ram Charitra Sah, and Mari Carcamo: ipen.org/site/interve...
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
On behalf of ACAT and @toxicsfree.bsky.social, Environmental Health Director Samarys Seguinot Medina gives her intervention on the first day in Geneva for the 2025 Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs). 🙌
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 22/09/2023
We are grateful to the Latine folks who for generations have been fighting to preserve our planet and continue to move us toward a climate-safe future.
Teal background. Text reads “Isaias Hernandez @queerbrownvegan” “Hernandez is a Mexican-American environmentalist and eco-educator. Based in Los Angeles, his work is centered no environmental justice with a lens of localization. They use their social media platforms as a foundation for people to learn about environmentalism.” Black and white photo of Hernandez in bottom right corner and “Photo: Instagram” and arrow icon in top right corner.Teal background. Text reads “Vanessa Hauc @vanessahauc” “Hauc is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and anchor at Telemundo Network. She created the “Alerta Verde” segment about climate issues and leads the environmental investigative unit “Planeta Tierra.” Hauc co-founded Sachamama, a nonprofit that works to inspire, empower and educate the Latino community on climate issues and sustainable attitudes and lifestyles.” Black and white photo of Hauc in bottom right corner and “Photo: Climate One” and arrow icon in top right corner.Teal background. Text reads “Samarys Seguinot-Medina” “Dr. Seguinot-Medina is a Puerto Rican native who is the environmental health director for the organization Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT). ACAT has partnered with the people of Sivuqaq (AKA Saint Lawrence Island) in their fight for climate justice. Dr. Seguinot Medina also works as a researcher with the Sivuqaq community and co-founded the Sierra Club Puerto Rico Chapter.” Black and white photo of Dr. Seguinot-Medina in bottom right corner and “Photo: Jeff Chen” and arrow icon in top right corner.Teal background. Text reads “Alex Silva @earthrebranded” “Silva is a Mexican-Colombian college student studying environmental science who uses Tiktok to encourage optimism about the climate crisis and inspire people to take action. When he was 17 years old, Silva cofounded EcoTok, a collective of 19 environmentalists

who promote sustainability and climate action on Tiktok.” Black and white photo of Silva in bottom right corner and “Photo: Instagram” and arrow icon in top right corner.
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 28/04/2025
"By regulating hazardous chemicals and waste, the BRS Conventions help reduce our exposure to toxic substances." Thank you for joining this #BRSCOPs2025 side event on #humanrights and @brsconventions.bsky.social! Video, summary and documents ▶️ tiny.cc/GEN28Apr25
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IPEN: toxics-free @toxicsfree.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Join us at the BRS COP Side Event, “Spotlighting Approaches for a More Protective Stockholm Convention, With a Focus on Increasing Visibility of the Threats to Children’s Health" 📅 Date: 01 May 🕙 Time: 18:15–19:45 CEST 📍 Location: Geneva & online www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/spotl...
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IPEN: toxics-free @toxicsfree.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
IPEN and @acat-akaction.bsky.social strongly oppose a proposal to reopen the 2023 decision to ban UV-328 – a toxic chemical already phased out in many regions – and warn that granting new exemptions would set a dangerous precedent. Read our joint submission here: ipen.org/documents/re...
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ACAT @acat-akaction.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
ACAT environmental justice advocate Cory Johnson writes about the need for state-level action on microplastics and PFAS in an op-ed published in @adn.com. 📰Read it here! www.adn.com/opinions/2025/04/13/opinion-most-alaskans-want-state-action-on-microplastics-forever-chemicals
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Opinion: Most Alaskans want state action on microplastics, forever chemicals
Legislation sends messages to manufacturers to change their practices and gives people the power to put a stop to actions that alter nature and remove toxics from products we use daily.
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