Jared Hayes

Senior Policy Analyst

Jared Hayes leads in providing in-depth research and data analysis to support the government affairs team’s advocacy efforts.

His work focuses on toxic chemical contamination, with a particular emphasis on PFAS – so-called "forever chemicals" – in drinking water, military sites and agricultural settings. He has helped to advocate for improved testing, cleanup and accountability for contamination affecting communities, service members and the environment.  

In addition to his environmental health work, Hayes analyzes and reports on U.S. agricultural policy, including commodity and conservation programs, subsidy reform and farmworker justice.

He holds a degree from Manhattan University in Riverdale, New York.

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This really exacerbates the contamination problem. … We’re going to see more contamination, driving up cleanup costs and essentially condemning more defense communities and another generation of service members,

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Jared Hayes
The Hill

Unfortunately, there's no regulation to stop industries from dumping as much PFAS into our waterways as they want right now.

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Jared Hayes
CBS News

There hasn't been an urgency from the DOD that we've seen to actually clean up their mess.

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Jared Hayes
Time

This really confirms what those folks know already, there is this contamination problem that’s happening, and we need to make sure that those impacted farmers in Johnson County are able to get the cleanup funds that they need from the people who caused the problem in the first place,

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Jared Hayes
Texas Tribune

Every pound of forever chemicals used on farmland presents a risk of contamination of our food, our water, and soil,

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Jared Hayes
Civil Eats

It’s a pretty significant deal that the Department of Defense is now, once again, allowed to purchase a toxic product that they have been banned from buying for the past two years.

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Jared Hayes
The Hill