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It’s your turn to make history. Vote Yes on Prop 4
Commentary On November 3, 2026, you can vote "yes" to amend the Vermont Constitution by adding Proposal 4, Equality of Rights. Adopted in 1777, the Vermont State Constitution, our founding legal document stating the overarching values of our society, does not have an equal protection clause that prohibits discrimination based on a person’s race, sex, religion, or other characteristics.
Marguerite Adelman: It’s your turn to make history. Vote 'yes' on Prop 4.
Commentary Marguerite Adelman: It’s your turn to make history. Vote 'yes' on Prop 4. On November 3, 2026, you can vote "yes" to amend the Vermont Constitution by adding Proposal 4, Equality of Rights. Adopted in 1777, the Vermont State Constitution, our founding legal document stating the overarching values of our society, does not have an equal protection clause that prohibits discrimination based on a person’s race, sex, religion, or other characteristics.
Commentary | Marguerite Adelman: The true cost of Global Foundries' government grants and contracts
Excuse me if I don’t celebrate the $125 million in federal and $4.5 million in state funding that Global Foundries (GF) announced at a press conference in March or the Department of Defense (DoD) multi-year contract for $3.1 billion in September of 2023.
Adelman: Until PFAS is banned, we must protect ourselves from contaminated water
In June of 2022, the EPA issued new drinking water health advisories for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS). PFOA and PFOS are members of a group of over 9,000 man-made chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or “forever chemicals.” The updated advisory indicates that negative health effects may occur with concentrations of PFOA or PFOS that are near zero parts per trillion (ppt). Currently, no labs can detect PFAS at amounts below 2 ppt.
Sewer Sludge from Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Washington, DC is highly contaminated with PFAS — Military Poisons
Report by DC Statehood Green Party warns of the dangers of PFAS in the city. Greens point to toxic Bloom Soil Conditioner, a product of DC Water By Pat Elder July 31, 2021 DC Water treats wastewater from the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.
State PFAS legislation is not nearly enough
by Marguerite Adelman, Vermont Military Poisons Coalition In 1935, Dupont came out with the saying “Better things for better living … through chemistry.” The slogan had little to do with chemistry and more to do with promoting big business as a force for moral good and continual progress. Over the past 80 years, big businesses like Dupont, 3M, and others — as well as the military and its industrial complex — have proved that they are far from a force for moral good and progress in our world.
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