City Council support of An Act to protect Massachusetts public health from PFAS.

POR 2026-131 FIRST IN COUNCIL June 22, 2026 City of Cambridge COUNCILLOR NOLAN COUNCILLOR SOBRINHO-WHEELER VICE MAYOR AZEEM WHEREAS: The City and City Council have been active in monitoring and addressing issues related to PFAS within the city including within the water supply, plastic products, turf fields, and other sources as research has improved and as federal and state regulations continue to be developed; and WHEREAS: Significant parts of Massachusetts drinking water has been contaminated by toxic PFAS, increasing our risk of cancer and other health threats, and the Cambridge Water Department has been monitoring and taking action on this for years, at significant cost to local residents; and WHEREAS: Costs paid by citizens, businesses, and local governments to manage products at the end of use including contaminants from PFAS are, in effect, subsidies to producers that enable and encourage producers to design products for disposal and without regard to end-of-life management; and WHEREAS: To protect our health and water we must stop PFAS at the source; stop industrial discharges of PFAS; eliminate PFAS from consumer goods; and provide more resources for testing and mitigation; now therefore be it ORDERED: That the Cambridge City Council go on record in support of House Bill H.4870 and Senate Bill S.3034, An Act to protect Massachusetts public health from PFAS; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of this resolution to each member of the Cambridge delegation to the state legislature on behalf of the entire City Council.

A true copy; ATTEST:- Paula M. Crane, Interim City Clerk

City of Cambridge City Council support of An Act to protect Massachusetts public health from PFAS.