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MANY OF US enjoy the time-saving benefits of purchasing prepared meals. Ordering takeout also allows Massachusetts residents to support the many restaurants that have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. But ordering takeout food can come with a serious downside: Researchers at Consumer Reports and the Silent Spring Institute have found that as much as 40% of food packaging contains toxic chemicals called PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalklyl substances).
It’s our turn, Massachusetts — we cannot afford to wait There is no denying it: Massachusetts has a water safety problem. Earlier this summer, public drinking water systems in 50 cities and towns across the state, including Wayland, Natick, Easton, Acton, Mashpee and Ayer, tested above the new limit for the toxic, health-threatening class of fluorinated petrochemicals known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances).
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