Defend Our Health

The Nation’s Health, the official publication of the American Public Health Association, highlighted Defend’s work in their June 2026 edition. We're leading states like Maine to respond in a collaborative and coordinated way to make consumer safety and community safety something that is easy and the default.

States work to protect residents from PFAS as EPA backs down - Defend Our Health The Nation’s Health, the official publication of the American Public Health Association, highlighted Defend’s work in their June 2026 edition. With the federal government walking away from science and health policy measures, there is more difficulty and uncertainty for utilities and for industry...

Defend Our Health, along with partners across the country, are calling on Home Depot to phase out toxic PVC plastics - companies, consumers, and communities in Maine and nationwide are coming together to reduce the toxic exposure to PFAS, plastics, and pesticides!

As we approach The Home Depot's annual shareholder meeting on May 21, frontline leaders from across the country are calling on The Home Depot to lead the industry away from toxic PVC plastic.

Many of the advocates pictured live with the daily consequences of vinyl production and disposal, from polluted air and water in their communities to serious illnesses like cancer that may be linked to chemical exposure.

Safer alternatives to PVC already exist. To protect the health of these frontline communities, The Home Depot must restrict PVC in its packaging and lead the industry toward safer alternatives!

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A new study from PEW confirms what we already knew - people don't want to be poisoned for corporate profit! Americans of all backgrounds are overwhelmingly concerned about toxic exposures, think corporations need to be held accountable, and want government to do more. State and local laws, properly enforced, can be a powerful tool in reducing our families' exposures to toxic chemicals!

More than 70% of American adults are very or somewhat concerned about exposure to toxic chemicals in their food and drinking water, according to a new survey by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Public concern is so intense that 5 out of 6 adults in the United States said they wanted the federal government and industry to do more to protect them. https://cnn.it/3OxZOtW