Facing Victims of His Inaction, Pruitt Proposes...Something
EPA released a vague statement today that it "is working" to finalize a rule on the toxic chemical methylene chloride "shortly"—but what does that mean?...
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Defending our Health from the Scott Pruitt Chemical Industry
Today, we filed our opening brief in a case challenging Pruitt’s attempt to circumvent the law and allow new toxic chemicals onto the market without the appro...
More News on Toxic Chemicals in Food That’s Hard to Swallow
A new study released today provides further evidence that we are being exposed to a class of toxic chemicals that harm male reproduction in our food—with high...
Needless Deaths: Toxic Solvents in Paint Strippers
The decision by the Trump administration to shelve a ban on the toxic solvent methylene chloride is already responsible for verifiable and actual deaths, with m...
Trump EPA: Creating Tomorrow’s Toxic Problems Today
The EPA is taking dangerous, unlawful, and alarming steps to dismantle the long-standing TSCA program for reviewing the safety of new chemicals before they are ...
The Year in Toxics: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly from 2017
Needless to say, it was a very strange year. In the world of toxic chemicals, there were disappointing setbacks but also several significant advances. On...