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A sign warns visitors from a contaminated stream in Fort Edward, N.Y. Trichloroethylene (TCE) was dumped by a nearby factory into the ground. The toxic chemical subsequently entered the underground soil and water aquifers in a plume area underneath homes in the neighborhood. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images)
feature February 28, 2024

What you should know about trichloroethylene

The carcinogenic chemical trichloroethylene (TCE) has contaminated drinking water for decades and been linked to cancer clusters across the country.

Drinking water and PFAS research being conducted at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response in Cincinnati. (Joshua A. Bickel / AP)
Article January 31, 2024

The Toxic Chemicals Hiding in Our Homes, and How We Can Reduce Them

A fundamental environmental law, the Toxic Substances Control Act, can help protect us from harmful chemicals. But first, the government needs to fully enforce it.

In the News: Inside Climate News January 1, 2024

Washington Law Attempts to Fill the Void in Federal Regulation of Hazardous Chemicals

Eve Gartner, Director, Toxic Exposure & Health Program: “We assume that somebody’s verifying the safety [of these chemicals], and that’s really not true. Very few toxic substances have been tested and even chemicals that we know are dangerous are not banned in this country.”

During September, sockeye and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka and kisuch) intermingle during their spawning migration in an Alaskan stream. (Thomas Kline / Design Pics)
Press Release November 8, 2023

U.S. Fishing Groups Sue Tire Manufacturers Over 6PPD Impacts on Salmon, Steelhead

6PPD interacts with ozone to create the highly toxic 6PPD-q

Coho salmon returning from its years at sea to spawn, seen near the Suquamish Tribe's Grovers Creek Hatchery. 
(K. King / USFWS)
Press Release: Victory November 2, 2023

EPA Grants Tribal Nations’ Petition to Restrict 6PPD in Tires

EPA agrees with petitioners that federal regulation is needed to address environmental risks

(Yipeng Ge / Getty Images)
Press Release October 23, 2023

Earthjustice Applauds EPA’s Proposed Ban on Widely Used, Cancer Causing Chemical

Trichlorethylene (TCE) is a toxic chemical that is associated with cancer outbreaks and other severe harms in communities across the country

Document September 18, 2023

Earthjustice Clients’ Complaint for EPA Missing TSCA Review Deadlines

This complaint details the clients reasons for suing EPA for missing its risk review of 22 toxic chemicals.

Press Release September 18, 2023

Health and Environmental Justice Advocates Sue EPA to Force Action on Overdue Toxic Chemical Reviews

EPA missed its deadlines to evaluate twenty-two toxic chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act

Coho salmon returning from its years at sea to spawn, seen near the Suquamish Tribe's Grovers Creek Hatchery. 
(K. King / USFWS)
Article August 1, 2023

What’s Killing the Salmon in Our Urban Streams? A Mystery is Now Solved.

A chemical called 6PPD that’s found in tires is devastating aquatic life.

Coho salmon returning from its years at sea to spawn, seen near the Suquamish Tribe's Grovers Creek Hatchery. 
(K. King / USFWS)
Press Release August 1, 2023

Tribes Petition Environmental Protection Agency to Ban Toxic Chemical from Tires

Water contamination from 6PPD use in tires imperils salmon recovery

Press Release April 20, 2023

EPA Proposes Ban on Many Uses of Deadly Solvent

The rule would prohibit dozens of widespread methylene chloride uses, restrict others

Document April 7, 2023

EPA Chevron Challenge

Earthjustice’s challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to allow Chevron USA to manufacture highly carcinogenic chemicals to make fuels.

Press Release April 7, 2023

Community Sues EPA for Allowing Production of Petrochemical Fuel Despite Extreme Cancer Risk

EPA approved Chevron USA’s request to make the fuel despite the up to 1 in 4 cancer risk it poses to a fenceline community in Pascagoula, Mississippi

In the News: Politico March 31, 2023

GOP energy package would revamp landmark toxics law

Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program, Earthjustice: “This is the broadest and most direct assault on the 2016 TSCA amendments since they were passed.”

A natural gas flare from an offshore oil drilling rig in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
(Paul Souders / Getty Images)
Press Release March 30, 2023

Republican Polluter Priorities Bill Worsens Climate Change and Environmental Injustices

Earthjustice urges House of Representatives to reject H.R. 1

Document February 6, 2023

Testimony of Raul Garcia: Energy and Commerce Hearing

Testimony of Raul Garcia, Legislative Director for Healthy Communities, Earthjustice, before the United States House of Representatives Joint Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Legislative Hearing: “Unleashing American Energy, Lowering Energy Costs, and Strengthening Supply Chains.”

Press Release December 21, 2022

EPA to Reconsider Common Herbicide Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

Dozens of countries have banned paraquat because of its toxicity to the human nervous system and other health risks

Press Release October 13, 2022

Half of “Forever Chemicals” in Commerce Approved through EPA Loopholes

Community and advocacy groups petition agency to take 600 PFAS off the market immediately