Actor Mark Ruffalo calls for federal action on PFAS as the chemicals come to the big screen

Since 2016, advocates and community activists from Pennsylvania and other states have lobbied Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate PFAS, the potentially harmful chemicals that have contaminated drinking water for millions nationwide, including homeowners in Bucks and Montgomery Counties.

On Tuesday, they got a boost of star power. The actor and producer Mark Ruffalo appeared in Washington with environmental attorney Rob Bilott to urge lawmakers to take action to protect Americans from the chemicals and to promote a new film,  Dark Waters , about a landmark legal and health investigation into contamination from the chemicals.

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The movie, out Friday, may bring mainstream attention to a complex issue that has affected tens of thousands of residents in Horsham, Warrington, and Warminster Townships and surrounding areas for more than three years. The issue has spread across the country, and the debate over who is responsible for the contamination and cleanup of PFAS has landed on Capitol Hill.

SOURCE Article on The Philadelphia Inquirer  by Justine McDaniel

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