Forty-five years after Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring, chemical companies are still endangering our environment with toxic substances. In fact, polluters continue to pump billions of pounds of toxic chemicals into our air, land, and water each year, many of which can cause cancer and other severe health effects. Chemicals sprayed on laptops and mattresses are now found in orcas and peregrine falcons. Mercury contaminates fish across the nation. And scientists are finding these same toxins in our bodies.
Environment Colorado advocates are working to ensure strong enforcement of environmental and public health protections, make polluters pay to clean up the toxic legacy of the past, switch our economy to safer alternatives, phase out toxins that accumulate in wildlife and in our bodies, and ensure our right to know about current toxic hazards.
