Records of Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz instill hope that progress under Biden could be extended

Records of Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz instill hope that progress under Biden could be extended

Public health advocates are optimistic that a Kamala Harris win in the November presidential election in the US would lead to further regulation of PFAS toxic “forever chemicals”, on which the Biden administration has already taken unprecedented regulatory action.

In part that is based on past actions. Last year, Harris’s running mate, the Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, signed bold legislation prohibiting the use of toxic PFAS across a range of common consumer goods from menstrual products to food packaging – a measure that is considered by public health advocates to be among the “strongest bans in the world”.

Walz worked closely with victims of PFAS pollution as the legislation moved, said Sarah Doll, director of Safer States, which advocates for state-level regulations on toxic chemicals. “He has lived experience with the families … and just having that could bring a deeper understanding of the complexities and the challenges that we face,” Doll said.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    716·
    20 days ago

    Her record also is that she’s for M4A, now she’s not

    She used to want to ban fracking, now she doesn’t.

    She said a border wall would cause a humanitarian crisis, now she’s fine with it

    We can’t count on any position Harris said she held is still being held.

    I sure as hell hope she comes out against PFAS, but the way this week is going she’s going to say they’re really not that bad and holding corporations accountable for their pollution would t make any sense.

    • Blackbeard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      20 days ago

      She said a border wall would cause a humanitarian crisis, now she’s fine with it

      Demonstrably and objectively false. One Axios “article” crafted that wildly misleading headline, right-wing media propagated it, and here you are, dutifully amplifying it.

      • Wrench@lemmy.world
        4·
        20 days ago

        Yep. This is the user that 8 degrees of separation’ed every thread into a “Genocide Joe Bad” rant.

        And now they’re starting to do it with Harris too, now that talking points are coming out.

        Surprise surprise.

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
      7·
      20 days ago

      Hey, you know what? You’re right. Politicians change their priorities, and usually it’s based on what will earn them the most money or gain them the most power. So we should make it known that this is a priority, and that nobody gets elected without supporting public health.

      So what’s your plan to do that? Vote for the guy who isn’t even pretending to care about it? Because that’s a stupid fucking plan.

      My bad, I assumed you were a MAGAt

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
    213·
    20 days ago

    Too late, there’s a reason these are nicknamed “forever chemicals”.

    You can prevent new ones from being created, but there’s enough out there to give us all cancer and then some.

    • NineMileTower@lemmy.world
      14·
      20 days ago

      Yeah, we might as well just shoot ourselves in the head and stop trying to fix anything at all. We’re all so doomed, it’s not even worth trying to change anything. /s

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
      4·
      20 days ago

      And they are already inside you. “Out there” is in our brains, our blood streams, our reproductive organs, we’re all already contaminated. Our children are already contaminated.

      Stopping PFAS and microplastic production is about saving future generations from the nightmare we have created for our kids.