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  • Thursday March 11, 2021
    • Andy Hackman
      • S.20: Juvenile Products Manufacturers Written Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • Bradley Reed
      • S.20: Professional Fire Fighters of Vermont Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • Chris Carrigan
      • S.20: Vermont Chamber of Commerce Comments 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Public Comment
    • Eileen Conneely
      • S.20: American Chemistry Council High Pthalates Panel Comments 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • Ginny Lyons
      • S.20: New York Times- Chemicals in Food May Harm Children, Pediatricians’ Group Says2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Harvard School of Public Health- PFAS exposure linked with worse COVID-19 outcomes2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • Jen Duggan
      • S.20: Conservation Law Foundation Written Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: National Institutes of Health Hearing on the Federal Role in the Toxic PFAS Chemical Crisis 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Department of Health and Human Services - A Review of the Pathways of Human Exposure to PFAS and Present Understanding of Health Effects 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: PFAS in Food Packaging- A Hot, Greasy Mess 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Scientific Basis for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: The Toxicity of New Generation PFAS 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: GreenScreen Certified Fire Fighting Foam 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation PFAS Statewide Sampling Plan 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Danish Ministry of the Environment - Alternatives to PFAS in Textiles 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: PFAS Firefighter Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Environmental Working Group - 'Short Chain' PFAS Chemicals More Toxic Than Previously Thought 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Safer Chemicals - Home Depot Bans Toxic PFAS Chemicals in Carpets and Rugs it Sells 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and Department of Public Service Comments on EPA Rulemaking on PFAS 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Technical Comments on Environmental Protection Agency PFAS Proposed Rulemaking 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Conservation Law Foundation Comments on Advance Notice on the Regulation of PFAS Chemicals as a Class 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Center for Environmental Health - Purchasers Guide to Safer Foodware 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: PFAS-Free Paper Food Packaging Alternatives 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Widely Available Alternatives to Pthalates 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Dietary Habits Related to Food Packaging and Population Exposure to PFAS 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Take Out Toxics- PFAS Chemicals in Food Packaging 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • Katie McLinn
      • S.20: As Introduced2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Drafts, Amendments, and Legal Documents
    • Lauren Hierl
      • S.20: Vermont Conservation Voters Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: PFAS State Definitions 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • Marcie Gallagher
      • S.20: Vermont Public Interest Research Group Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Vermont Public Interest Research Group Written Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • Marguerite Adelman
      • S.20: Letter of Support 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Public Comment
    • Mark Cline
      • S.20: WestRock Letter of Opposition 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Public Comment
    • Martin Wolf
      • S.20: Seventh Generation Written Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • Michael Hansen
      • S.20: Consumer Reports Letter of Support 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Public Comment
    • Mitch Hubert
      • S.20: Firefighting Foam Coalition Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • Pat Elder
      • S.20: Military Poisons - PFAS Contamination at the Burlington Air National Guard Base - Part 1 of 32022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Public Comment
      • S.20: Military Poisons - PFAS Contamination at the Burlington Air National Guard Base - Part 2 of 32022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Public Comment
      • S.20: Military Poisons - PFAS Contamination at the Burlington Air National Guard Base - Part 3 of 32022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Public Comment
    • Samuel Nicolai
      • S.20: Casella Waste Management Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • Shawn Swearingen
      • S.20: Alliance for Telomer Chemistry Stewardship Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • Steven Hentges
      • S.20: American Chemistry Council Polycarbonate-BPA Global Group Comments 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • Teresa Gerade
      • S.20: Landfill Leachate Public Comment 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Public Comment
    • Tom Mallen
      • S.20: Sherwin-Williams Written Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
    • William Driscoll
      • S.20: Associated Industries of Vermont Written Testimony 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
      • S.20: Business Organizations Letter of Opposition 2022/WorkGroups/Senate Health and Welfare/Bills/S.20/Witness Documents
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