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From the Experts October 2, 2026

Monitoreo del Aire Revela Altos Niveles de una Sustancia Carcinógena en Salinas, Puerto Rico

Los hallazgos preliminares indican que los riesgos de la sustancia química persisten en las comunidades locales.
From the Experts October 2, 2026

Air Monitoring Finds Elevated Levels of Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide in Salinas, Puerto Rico

Preliminary results show that the chemical's risks still persist in local communities.
Press Release October 1, 2026

New Air Monitoring Finds Elevated Levels of Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide in Salinas, Puerto Rico

Findings come as EPA and Steri-Tech reached a proposed agreement to address Clean Air Act violations, but local communities will remain vulnerable
Press Release October 1, 2026

California Bill Exempting Metal Shredders From Hazardous Waste Protections Becomes Law, State Must Act to Protect Frontline Communities

Communities call on state agency to protect them from toxic metal shredder waste after lawmakers provide industry with legal loophole
Residents observe the fire consuming the TPC Group plant on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, in Port Neches, Texas. Two massive explosions 13 hours apart tore through the chemical plant and one left several workers injured. (Marie D. De Jesús / Houston Chronicle via AP)
feature September 24, 2026

Five Things to Know About Chemical Disaster Prevention

Over 175 million Americans live under the threat of chemical disasters, including one in three schoolchildren.
In the News: The Guardian August 30, 2026

Trump EPA is manipulating safety data around a highly toxic flame retardant, advocates allege

Lakendra Barajas, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program: “There’s a lot of underestimation of the risk, and they’re ignoring different exposure pathways … and we’re definitely seeing them cite industry sources.”
In the News: The Guardian August 26, 2026

Groups sue Trump’s EPA over fast-track approval of toxic datacenter chemicals

“You have a situation where the EPA has failed at its most fundamental obligation when it comes to new chemicals, and that is to protect the public from unreasonable risk.”
document August 21, 2026

Comments to the UNEP Global Framework on Chemicals Secretariat

Earthjustice and several organizations submitted comments to the UN Environment Program Global Framework on Chemicals Secretariat – Supporting the Proposal Nominating Chemicals Management Issues of Special Concern for Children’s Health.
document August 18, 2026

Court Decision on Two PFAS as Hazardous Substances Under Superfund Law

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld EPA's 2024 decision to list two toxic “forever chemicals” — PFOA and PFOS — as hazardous substances under the federal…
Firefighters walk through foam used to extinguish a four alarm fire in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston in 2018. Firefighting foam is one source of PFAS contamination in the environment. (David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory August 18, 2026

Court Upholds Rule Designating Two Forever Chemicals as Hazardous Substances

Last year EPA reaffirmed its rule, however industry and association groups challenged the designations
In the News: The Hill August 14, 2026

EPA sued for approving semiconductor chemicals that may pose health risks

Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program: “Here, EPA admits that it has not evaluated the full extent of these chemicals’ health risks, yet it is still sending them into communities across the country and leaving the public to discover their effects one doctor’s visit at a time.”
Press Release August 14, 2026

Groups Sue EPA Over Approval of Toxic Semiconductor Chemicals

EPA approvals leave the public exposed to serious health risks that EPA admits it failed to measure
document August 14, 2026

Petitions for Review: New Chemicals for use in Semiconductor Manufacturing

CHIPS Communities United and Sierra Club sued the EPA, challenging the agency’s approval of two new chemicals for use in the manufacturing of semiconductors.
Coho salmon suffering from “Urban Runoff Mortality Syndrome.” Exposure to 6PPD-Q can kill coho salmon within hours. (Puget Soundkeeper)
Article August 12, 2026

What is 6PPD? How a Tire Chemical Harms Salmon — and Possibly Your Health

The tire industry continues to use a dangerous chemical whose byproduct kills salmon and may harm people. We took the industry to court.
Children that have high levels of lead in their blood stand next to a peeling lead paint wall in their apartment in New York City. Children ingest lead paint and lead paint dust, resulting in lead poisoning, which causes irreversible brain and central nervous system damage. While lead paint was banned in housing construction in New York in 1960, buildings built before 1960 still have high amounts of lead which landlords, especially in impoverished neighborhoods, are reluctant to remove. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
Press Release August 6, 2026

Environmental Justice Groups Sue New York Department of Health for Failing to Protect Tenants from Lead Under Nation-Leading Law

As currently structured, DOH’s program risks certifying dwellings as “lead-free” even when dangerous lead hazards remain
document August 6, 2026

Aug 2026 Lawsuit: NYS-DOH Lead in Homes

As currently structured, Department of Health’s program risks certifying dwellings as “lead-free” even when dangerous lead hazards remain.
In the News: ProPublica August 4, 2026

The EPA Heralds Its Omaha Cleanup as a Success. But Many Yards Still Have Toxic Levels of Lead.

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office: “I think for the five-year review to be meaningful, you need to do testing.”
In the News: Miami Herald July 31, 2026

Politics make it hard to regulate pesticide linked to Parkinson’s Disease

Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program: “A single sip can kill, yet millions of pounds are sprayed on U.S. cropland each year, causing Parkinson’s disease, lung and kidney damage, and, when paraquat is ingested, death.”