Records of Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz instill hope that progress under Biden could be extended
Public health advocates are optimistic that aĀ Kamala HarrisĀ win in the November presidential election in the US would lead to further regulation of PFAS toxic āforever chemicalsā, on which the Biden administration has already taken unprecedented regulatory action.
In part that is based on past actions. Last year, Harrisās running mate, the Minnesota governor,Ā Tim Walz, signedĀ bold legislation prohibiting the use of toxic PFAS across a range of common consumer goods from menstrual products to food packaging ā a measure that is considered by public health advocates to be among the āstrongest bans in the worldā.
Walz worked closely with victims ofĀ PFAS pollution as the legislation moved, said Sarah Doll, director of Safer States, which advocates for state-level regulations on toxic chemicals. āHe has lived experience with the families ā¦ and just having that could bring a deeper understanding of the complexities and the challenges that we face,ā Doll said.
Her record also is that sheās for M4A, now sheās not
She used to want to ban fracking, now she doesnāt.
She said a border wall would cause a humanitarian crisis, now sheās fine with it
We canāt 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 sheās going to say theyāre really not that bad and holding corporations accountable for their pollution would t make any sense.
Demonstrably and objectively false. One Axios āarticleā crafted that wildly misleading headline, right-wing media propagated it, and here you are, dutifully amplifying it.
Yep. This is the user that 8 degrees of separationāed every thread into a āGenocide Joe Badā rant.
And now theyāre starting to do it with Harris too, now that talking points are coming out.
Surprise surprise.
Hey, you know what? Youāre right. Politicians change their priorities, and usually itās 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 whatās your plan to do that?
Vote for the guy who isnāt even pretending to care about it? Because thatās a stupid fucking plan.My bad, I assumed you were a MAGAt