Peggy Stevens
Coverage of Peggy Stevens in the Nexus archive.
- Plastic in our water isn’t going away
Plastics are pervasive in the environment, persisting for up to 1,000 years and being consumed by all living organisms. Examples include contamination from a former Teflon plant in Bennington and the Georgia carpet industry, with concerns about detergent pods and recycling processes releasing microplastics into water sources.
- Don’t gamble with our drinking water
A panel of experts highlighted contamination in Lake Memphremagog, a drinking water source for 200,000 Quebec residents, due to PFAS and landfill leachate. Municipalities around the lake oppose discharging treated or untreated leachate into the watershed, citing environmental injustice and inadequate treatment standards. Current leachate practices risk long-term contamination, with captured PFAS being returned to landfills instead of being destroyed.