PFAS in Drinking Water: Making the Invisible Visible

Topic: PFAS in Drinking Water: Making the Invisible Visible

Laurene Allen is a community based clinical social worker, co-founder of Merrimack Citizens for Clean Water and a founding member of the National PFAS Contamination Coalition. She started advocating for the needs of residents in Merrimack, NH after learning in 2016 that her family and community members were impacted by industry attributed PFAS contamination of drinking water. In addition to community engagement, education and advocacy efforts on a local, state and federal level, Laurene has focused on raising awareness of community health impacts believed to be associated with both past and ongoing PFAS exposure. Together with citizen advocates from across the nation, she has also led efforts to attain a federal response to PFAS exposure that ensures health science drives environmental policy and community support measures. Laurene strongly believes that PFAS impacted community members are valid exposure outcome observers as illustrated by…