YOUR LOCAL NEWS & SPORTS ONLINE. SCAN HERE! Vol. 36, No.30 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net oca Free Every Friday Legislature Bans Cancer-Linked Chemical from IV Bags in Massachusetts Legislation prohibits DEHP — linked to breast, liver, lung, and testicular cancer — from intravenous bags and tubing used in Massachusetts hospitals Special to Th e Advocate B OSTON —The Massachusetts Legislature this past week voted to ban the use of a toxic chemical commonly added to plastic intravenous (IV) bags linked to cancer cases in Massachusetts. The bill would phase out the use of DEHP—a toxic chemical—in IV bags and tubing in Massachusetts. Many IV bags currently contain DEHP, which is added to improve the plastic’s fl exibility but can pose serious health dangers to patients. “Today the Legislature took action to make sure that no patient in Massachusetts has to wonder whether the equipment keeping them alive is also putting their health at risk,” said Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland). “This bill takes a known carcinS 781-286-8500 Friday, July 31, 2026 Revere Launches Pilot After Dark Plumbing Program for Students By Barbara Taormina chool Committee member Anthony Caggiano anJessica Ann Giannino State Representative ogen out of common hospital equipment and replaces it with safer alternatives that are already available. I’m grateful to Chair Rodrigues, Chair Driscoll, and Senator Lovely for their persistence on this issue, to our partners in the House, and to the doctors, nurses, and advocates who raised their voices to make sure we got this done.” Jeff rey Rosario Turco State Representative “These are common-sense reforms that will protect patients in Massachusetts from toxic chemicals that are linked to cancer,” said House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano (D-Quincy). “I want to thank Leader O’Day, Chair Decker, and all my colleagues in the MASS.HOUSE | SEE Page 2 nounced at last week’s School Committee meeting that the After Dark plumbing program for Revere students offered at Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School has been approved by the Department of Education. Starting in September, 12 Revere High students will take academic courses in the morning at Revere High each day. At noon, they will be picked up and brought to the vocational school for plumbing classes. Students will keep that schedule for three years. They will graduate with a diploma from Revere High and a plumbing certifi cate from Northeast Metro Tech. Caggiano, who serves on both the Revere School Anthony Caggiano Ward 3 School Committee Member/Northeast Metro Tech School Committee Member Committee and the Northeast Metro Tech School Committee, has long been working on launching the After Dark program. “This allows us to give students greatPROGRAM | SEE Page 4
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