Vice President Kamala Harris will join Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and a group of Democrat state representatives today in Dorchester for a roundtable discussion about action to protect reproductive rights in a post-Roe v. Wade world. The event at IBEW Local 103 on Freeport Street will mark the seventh state Harris has visited in recent weeks to discuss the Biden
After almost a year of studying how "forever chemicals" touch nearly all aspects of life in Massachusetts, the PFAS Interagency Task Force released its final report April 20th with recommendations that the state regulates PFAS chemicals as a class, restrict the sale of consumer products.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are man-made chemicals that do not break down entirely in the environment, and exposure to their long-lasting presence has been linked to serious and negative health impacts like thyroid disease and kidney cancer.
A whole section of the task force report revolves around fire departments and firefighters, who are exposed to PFAS on every shift via their turnout gear and who often come in contact with PFAS in fire-fighting foams.