CEH Criticizes the Trump Administration for its Latest Gift to the Chemical Industry
The Center for Environmental Health is alarmed by the Trump Administration’s nomination of Michael Dourson, a close friend to the tobacco and chemical industry, to lead the nation’s toxics program. The nomination serves as yet another gift to the chemical industry...Act Now To Stop Trump’s EPA Pick!
If you love asbestos, you’ll love Nancy Beck. She’s Trump’s pick to lead chemical safety policy at the EPA. Nancy Beck’s previous job was defending the safety of chemicals for companies like Monsanto, Chevron, ExxonMobil and companies that make asbestos and other...Trump EPA Fails American Children on Toxic Brain Pesticide
The Trump EPA’s refusal to ban the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos threatens the health of American children while providing no benefits, other than profits to chemical corporations. Chlorpyrifos, a chemical known to damage children’s brains and nervous systems, was...Keystone Vote Shows Money Trumps Health Protections for Americans Near Fracking Sites
Senators voting “No” on health protections received nearly 10 times more money from the oil and gas industry New York, NY- Senators who voted yesterday against an amendment to the Keystone XL pipeline bill that would have restored Safe Drinking Water Act protections...
Lawsuit Challenges Delays by EPA in Cleaning Up Dangerous Smog Pollution in Phoenix, Yosemite National Park Area
Conservation and public-health groups sued EPA today for failure to take action to reduce smog pollution.
Environmental and Labor Coalition Seeks to Block Baseless Partisan Attacks on Bedrock Environmental Law
Today, a diverse coalition of environmental justice, labor, and conservation groups moved to intervene in a lawsuit.
Community Groups Continue Fight for Polluter Chemours to Fund Testing on the Health Effects of PFAS in Appeal of EPA Ruling
Today, North Carolina community groups, appeared before the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, VA to urge it to reverse the district court’s dismissal of their case seeking to compel EPA to require Chemours to conduct comprehensive health testing on PFAS released into the NC environment from the Fayetteville Works chemical facility.
North Carolina Groups File Opening Brief in Continuing Battle to Require Vital Health Studies on Effects of Exposure to Chemours PFAS
Today, groups took a critical step in their three year battle to compel the EPA to require health studies to determine the effects on communities of chronic and high levels of PFAS exposures linked to pollution from the Chemours facility in Fayetteville, NC.
Bipartisan Letter Calls on EPA to Rigorously Assess PFAS Risks Under the Toxic Substances Control Act
The bipartisan group of lawmakers called for increased transparency regarding how the EPA plans to consider PFAS Significant New Use Notices under the Toxic Substances Control Act.