[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: A Congressional campaign issue

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

TOXIC DRINKING WATER BECOMES TOP CAMPAIGN ISSUE FOR MIDTERM CANDIDATES ACROSS THE U.S.

by Sharon Lerner
The Intercept
June 4, 2018

THERE ARE JUST over 5,000 people in Rye, New Hampshire. So when Mindi Messmer heard that four of them — all children — had developed an exceedingly rare cancer, she knew something was gravely wrong. Messmer, who had worked as an environmental consultant for 30 years, called Tom Sherman, who was her representative in the state legislature, to discuss what she feared was an environmental crisis.

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Now Messmer is hoping to bring her focus on the need for clean drinking water to Washington. And while her environmentally inspired campaign to represent New Hampshire’s 1st District may seem anomalous, she’s not the only one who’s hoping to win a seat in Congress by tapping into the wave of bipartisan outrage about health and water pollution. She’s not even the only midterm candidate who’s focusing on PFAS chemicals.

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Morgan may be right that some Republicans may be willing to cross party lines for environmental issues in the upcoming congressional races. According to an April poll by Change Research, 75 percent of 1,338 respondents wanted their member of Congress to fight harder for clean air and water, and 90 percent felt that Trump’s environmental policies would make them more likely to vote for Democrats in the midterm elections.

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For the entire article, see
https://theintercept.com/2018/06/04/midterm-elections-2018-toxic-chemicals-drinking-water/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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