rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/protect-chandler-from-intels-forever-chemicals?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-protect-chandler-from-intels-forever-chemicals' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Arizona Jobs With Justice https://actionnetwork.org/groups/tucson-jobs-with-justice https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/643/188/normal/Intel_Wastewater_Permit_Action_Network_Banner.png As Chandler residents, we urge you to protect our community and neighbors from toxic “forever chemicals” – PFAS – in the wastewater from Intel Corporation’s Ocotillo Campus. Intel’s permit with the city allows the company to dump poisonous chemicals into our municipal sewage system, but wastewater treatment plants do not have the capacity to clean PFAS out of wastewater. So PFAS released by the factory ends up in our drinking water. PFAS (per and poly fluoroalkyl substances) are known as “forever chemicals,” because they persist in our bodies, waterways, plants, and wildlife – for decades or possibly longer. There is no safe level of these persistent chemicals, which have been found to cause a variety of cancers, reproductive disorders, and other serious health impacts. We don’t know which PFAS chemicals Intel uses, due to the company’s secrecy, but the semiconductor industry has identified over a thousand uses of the chemicals in manufacturing and its supply chain. Without regulatory limits on PFAS discharges, Intel’s wastewater is likely sending the toxic chemicals to the City of Chandler’s sanitary sewer system and to our groundwater. Since wastewater plants are not currently equipped to remove PFAS, the dangerous chemicals either end up in biosolids (used as agricultural fertilizer), in landfills (where they can leach into the groundwater), incinerated (where they can turn into an airborne poison), or back in our waterways. Studies have found that PFAS in wastewater often ends up in drinking water. Intel’s most recent pretreatment permit with the City of Chandler does not mention PFAS. These chemicals are not among the toxic compounds that the company is required to sample for and limit as part of its compliance process. We understand that federal regulations do not require limits on PFAS in wastewater, but the science is clear. We do not need to wait for federal regulations to adopt protective policies for wastewater. We call on the City of Chandler to protect our community and neighboring cities from the PFAS chemicals used by Intel. Please require the following from Intel: Quarterly monitoring of 40 PFAS chemicals. Public reporting of monitoring results, so the public can be assured that Intel is not releasing toxics into our surface waters or public treatment works. A commitment to screen out all PFAS before sending wastewater from the facility. A commitment to destroy the PFAS using best available technologies. Water is uniquely precious in Arizona, a state that has been in a condition of long-term drought for over thirty years. In order to protect this vital natural resource, we need to go upstream and ensure that polluters clean up their own wastewater. As residents of City of Chandler, we call on you to step in and take action! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/protect-chandler-from-intels-forever-chemicals