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Videos Presentations
Participant’s Reviews
“What can I say? I was totally wowed by her PFAS Part I and II
presentations! She is a dynamic and an engaging speaker who truly
knows her stuff! I learned so much from the presentations and then
receiving the PFAS Toolkit, which is chocked full of information and
resources – that was an added bonus. I continue to refer people to her as
she indeed knows more about the subject than anyone I am yet to meet.
She explains things so people can easily understand, and her passionate
work with Move Past Plastic as an activist and an educator will surely
move us toward the changes we need to reduce contamination in our
food, water, and air. Thank you, Tamela!”
Tami A. Renkoski, CIH
Certified Industrial Hygienist
Allegan, Michigan
Hazards of Synthetic Playing Surfaces
Synthetic Playing surfaces (also known as Unified Playing Surfaces)
are rapidly being put in our community playgrounds and sports
fields. This leads to health harm to our children, athletes, and the
environment.
These surfaces are not regulated or third-party tested for their
safety claims. Health harms range from impact injuries, burns,
longer athlete recovery time, and exposure to toxic chemicals.
These products are more expensive than alternatives. They are
toxic to the health of our watersheds. These problems expose
schools, municipalities, and businesses to the risk of future
litigation.
Discover what toxic chemicals and microplastics leach into our
children's and wildlife's skin, lungs, and digestive tract. Our air,
water, and soil are full of these toxins already, and we shouldn't
expose our most vulnerable populations to these hazards.
Join Halt the Harm Network's AC Stauble, Move Past Plastic's
Tamela Trussell , and special guest speakers Aaron Golembiewski,
Head of Business Development for Turf Talents, to discuss
alternatives to the harmful synthetic turfs for this educational
event.
How to Ensure Safe Drinking Water
presentation.
Finally, the EPA has acknowledged the hazards of perfluoroalkyl
and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and is setting scientifically
supported maximum contaminant levels (MCL). DEP has
published its PFAS rule-making. Learn what this means for your
community.
PFAS compounds are pervasive in our society. They are found in
our bodies, household dust, clothing, cosmetics, and many other
products that we use daily, and are found in drinking water.
MPP is offering presentations to learn more about PFAS and how
to engage your municipality in testing their drinking water for
these toxic bioaccumulating chemicals.
Zero Waste Team In Action
PFAS In Things You Aren't Thinking About - Feb 22,
2023 Hosted by Zero Waste, PA Sierra Club
Are we being exposed to Forever Chemicals (PFAS) through local
farms because of contamination in the municipal sludge that
farms use for fertilizer? Are we at risk from unsafe levels of PFAS
in other everyday items, like our clothes? Hear how local activists
testing and analyzing in places where the EPA and DEPA have
been slow to investigate. Tamela Trussell from Move Past Plastic
will speak about PFAS exposure from clothes, utensils, packaging
and other stuff that we may not think about. Darree Sicher from
the SC/PA Food & Ag team will speak about PFAS link between
our foods and farms and the use of sewage sludge/biosolids
marketed as a “fertilizer”.
Monitor and Protect Conodoguinet Creek -
Part 1
The first recording of the series, Monitor and Protect
Conodoguinet Creek - Part 1 Sponsored by Move Past Plastic,
MPP, and hosted by Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Association,
CCWA and Penn State Extension.
This program was held virtually on October 26th at 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Our speaker was Jerry Steigleman, Middlesex Township Asst.
Code Enforcement Officer. He shared his very personal story of
the history, content, and potential hazards of several past waste
sites in and near Carlisle.
Break Free From Plastic Extration
BFFP Cono Ck with Outtakes
This video is a message to the Biden administration asking him to ban
further petrochemical build out and protect PA's watersheds. We also ask
him to support local communities in handling single use plastic by building
real recycling infrastructure and requiring single use plastic to contain a
minimum of 30% recycled plastic.
Latest news for evidence for these ask:
Pa. charges Energy Transfer with environmental crimes over Mariner East
pipeline project
The company has already paid more than $20 million in fines for more
than 120 violations of the state’s Clean Streams Law. That same law is
the basis for the criminal charges announced Tuesday.
By Susan Phillips | UPDATED: OCTOBER 5, 2021 | 5:52 PM
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Shell hit with violations for chemical odor in county; investigation ongoing
Chrissy Suttles
Beaver County Times
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PennEast Pipeline is Cancelled!
September 30, 2021 by Abigail M. Jones, Vice President of Legal and
Policy
BFFP FF FACTS with Outtakes #2
This video is a message to the Biden administration asking him to ban
further petrochemical build out and stop using American tax dollars to
subsidies an industry that harms us and our environment.
We also ask him to support local communities in handling single use
plastic by building real recycling infrastructure and requiring single use
plastic to contain a minimum of 30% recycled plastic.
You’re Breathing in Microplastics, But
What Does That Mean for Your Health?
Microplastics are everywhere—in our food, water, and now even the air
we breathe. But scientists are just starting to understand how airborne
microplastics end up in the atmosphere and what happens when we
breathe them in.
How Close
Are We to
Reinventing Plastic?
Our dependence on plastic is so extreme that we have
microplastics not only floating through the ocean, but also in the
atmosphere, in our food, and in our bodies. So how close are we
to reinventing plastic?
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and feeling like I had professional level skills," by Caroline from
Restorative Harmony.
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PA League of Women Voters.
"In-depth presentation" by Kurt from Climate Reality.