Eve Gartner's Blog

April 7, 2016

Weak Laws and Weaker Governance Keep Toxic Chemicals on the Market

Even if advocates succeed in reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act, the EPA will have to step up to the plate to make sure the law is enforced.

April 16, 2015

Coalition Seeks Ban on Flame Retardants

97% of U.S. residents are at risk from toxic organohalogen flame retardants in their bodies

Health, firefighter, consumer and science groups are calling on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban certain consumer products if they contain any organohalogen flame retardants—a class of chemicals that counts dioxins and the pesticide DDT among its ranks.

April 2, 2015

Strengthen Protections for Those Who Help Grow Our Food

Farmworkers picking cauliflower in Salinas, California in June 2014.

We live in one of the richest nations on earth, but nearly 3 million agricultural workers who cultivate and harvest our food lack the basic protections they need to keep themselves and their families safe from harmful pesticides.

September 4, 2014

America To Benefit From Flame Retardant Victories

Two victories in California last week will soon make families – and firefighters – across America healthier. Both involve toxic flame retardant chemicals deliberately put into our couches, chairs and other furniture items.

November 26, 2013

Calif. Ends Rule That Poisoned Us with Flame Retardants

Chemical flame retardants, which are present in a wide array of household products, have been linked to cancer and developmental, neurological and reproductive problems. And chances are, if you are sitting on a padded chair or couch, it contains these noxious chemicals.