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As research opens the public eye to the numerous dangers of PFAS, or forever chemicals, pressure remains firmly on the Coakley Landfill Group, the EPA, and the state to remedy contamination from the long shut-down landfill in North Hampton and Rye.
In a recent wave of legislation that impacts transgender people in New Hampshire, another bill was heard before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. This bill, HB 1664, would establish standards to recover damages for “injury caused by gender transition surgery, administration of puberty blocking drugs, and/or the administration of cross-sex hormones.”
The House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee voted ought to pass on a bill that would legalize marijuana for Granite Staters. HB 1633 would put in place “procedures for the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis” and “the licensing and regulation of cannabis establishments.”
During its executive session on Wednesday, the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee voted on two bills that would substantially impact environmental concerns in consumer products.
State Sen. Denise Ricciardi, R-Bedford, introduced a bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee that would hold liable facilities that used PFAS, or forever chemicals, in manufacturing.
On Monday, the House Education Committee heard polarized testimony regarding a bill that would put strict gender guidelines in place for school athletics, prohibiting what the legislators classified as “biological males” from participating in female athletics.
DeSantis responded, garnering laughs from the audience: “These people started coming in Iowa and screaming about global warming, when we were in the middle of a blizzard for Pete’s sake.”
After emotional testimony on January 10 over three bills that would either codify abortion into the New Hampshire constitution or severely limit access, the House Judiciary Committee voted on their recommendations for each bill on Thursday morning.
One of New Hampshire’s “Water Warriors” presented a new House Resolution to the State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee on Friday afternoon that would push for greater accountability of the manufacturing company, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, well-known for the substantial PFAS drinking water contamination it caused in Merrimack and surrounding towns.