Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire & its #toxic legacy Covering the world in #carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay

…A lack of state & federal #regulations allowed carpet companies & their suppliers to legally switch among different versions of stain-&-soil resistant products.

#law #EnvironmentalLaw #pollution #PFAs #ForeverChemicals #chemicals #PublicHealth #Climate #people #children #fish #wildlife #river #water #soil #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
https://apnews.com/projects/pfas-forever-stained/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-05-AP+Investigation+

Meanwhile, the local public #utility in Dalton, #Georgia responsible for ensuring safe #DrinkingWater coordinated with #carpet executives in private meetings that would effectively shield their companies from #oversight.

Year after year, the #chemicals traveled in #water discarded during manufacturing from mills across northwest Georgia, eventually reaching a #river system that provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people in Georgia & eastern #Alabama.

#law #PFAs #PublicHealth

Meanwhile, the local public #utility in Dalton, #Georgia responsible for ensuring safe #DrinkingWater coordinated with #carpet executives in private meetings that would effectively shield their companies from #oversight.

Year after year, the #chemicals traveled in #water discarded during manufacturing from mills across northwest Georgia, eventually reaching a #river system that provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people in Georgia & eastern #Alabama.

#law #PFAs #PublicHealth

Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire & its #toxic legacy Covering the world in #carpet came with a cost no one wants to pay

…A lack of state & federal #regulations allowed carpet companies & their suppliers to legally switch among different versions of stain-&-soil resistant products.

#law #EnvironmentalLaw #pollution #PFAs #ForeverChemicals #chemicals #PublicHealth #Climate #people #children #fish #wildlife #river #water #soil #DrinkingWater #Alabama #Georgia
https://apnews.com/projects/pfas-forever-stained/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-05-AP+Investigation+

"At stake is the strength of President Donald Trump ’s coalition as November’s midterm elections threaten his party’s control of Congress. After a politically diverse group of MAHA devotees came together to help Trump return to the White House a little more than one year ago, disappointing them could mean losing the support of a vocal voting bloc."

https://apnews.com/article/maha-pesticides-zeldin-epa-healthy-5ff2e898fe31953e7deb650250a9f1e0

#PublicHealth #MAHA #environment #EPA #pesticides #chemicals #lead #plastics #food

"At stake is the strength of President Donald Trump ’s coalition as November’s midterm elections threaten his party’s control of Congress. After a politically diverse group of MAHA devotees came together to help Trump return to the White House a little more than one year ago, disappointing them could mean losing the support of a vocal voting bloc."

https://apnews.com/article/maha-pesticides-zeldin-epa-healthy-5ff2e898fe31953e7deb650250a9f1e0

#PublicHealth #MAHA #environment #EPA #pesticides #chemicals #lead #plastics #food

“If we don’t document and film federal agents, then they can shoot you 10 times and then say that you’re brandishing a firearm and it ends there,” he said...“There will be absolutely no accountability unless people are documenting,” he said.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/minneapolis-ice-observers

#PublicHealth #immigrant #immigration #observers #ICE #DHS #violence #weapons #chemicals

“If we don’t document and film federal agents, then they can shoot you 10 times and then say that you’re brandishing a firearm and it ends there,” he said...“There will be absolutely no accountability unless people are documenting,” he said.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/minneapolis-ice-observers

#PublicHealth #immigrant #immigration #observers #ICE #DHS #violence #weapons #chemicals