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document December 20, 2024

Motion to Intervene: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements

Motion of Newburgh Clean Water Project, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club to intervene in support of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the challenge to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements.

Orcas in Puget Sound. (Tifotter / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
case December 20, 2024

Protecting Salmon and Orcas from Puget Sound Wastewater Pollution

Working with four nonprofit environmental organizations — Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, RE Sources, Toxic-Free Future, and Waste Action Project — Earthjustice advocated for more stringent pollution controls for the wastewater treatment plant to help protect salmon, orcas, and people.

document December 19, 2024

Petition for Review: Phthalates in Food Contact Materials

A group of health advocates, represented by Earthjustice, sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to force the agency to reevaluate its decades-old authorizations for the use of certain phthalates in food packaging and food production materials.

Press Release December 19, 2024

Grupos de Salud Demandan a FDA Para Que Elimine Químicos en Alimentos y Bebidas

Los ftalatos, un grupo de sustancias químicas altamente tóxicas, entran en contacto con productos de consumo mediante empaques o envases, entre otros materiales.

Press Release December 19, 2024

Health Advocates Sue FDA to Remove Phthalates from Food

Phthalates leach from packaging and other products into food and drinks

Press Release December 18, 2024

Advocates Demand Stronger Carbon Monoxide Alarm Standards from U.S. Safety Commission

Standards fail to protect against harmful carbon monoxide exposure until levels reach a critical danger point

document December 17, 2024

Petition to Promulgate a Consumer Product Safety Standard for Carbon Monoxide Alarms

The current voluntary standards for CO alarms are insufficient to safeguard public health. A significant flaw in these standards is that alarms are not triggered until carbon monoxide levels become life-threatening, leaving people vulnerable to lower concentrations of the gas that can still cause serious and permanent harm, including increased risks of cardiovascular harm, stroke, and developmental harm.

Press Release December 17, 2024

Fifty Experts and Advocates Urge Maryland to Develop Comprehensive Pesticide Data Program for Public Health and Transparency

Pesticide transparency enables researchers, health professionals, and others to tackle harm to humans, wildlife, and the environment

document December 17, 2024

Petition to Develop a Comprehensive Pesticide Data Program under the Maryland Agricultural Code

Maryland Pesticide Education Network, in partnership with Earthjustice and a broad coalition of farmers, scientists, public health experts, businesses, and advocates, petitioned the Maryland Department of Agriculture to comply with state law by creating a comprehensive pesticide data program to increase pesticide use transparency.

Youth plaintiff Kalā W. shares an emotional moment with an elder  on Jun. 24, 2024, during the celebration of the historic settlement in <a href="https://earthjustice.org/feature/hawaii-youth-climate-lawsuit" class="a_color--white"><em>Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation</em></a>. (Elyse Butler for Earthjustice)
feature December 13, 2024

2024: A Year in Earthjustice

Together, we achieved extraordinary wins for the earth and its people. Thank you.

Black cooking utensils sitting on counter in a home kitchen. (LifestyleVisuals / Getty Images)
Update December 12, 2024

Yes, Your Black Plastic Utensils May Be Harmful. Here’s What We’re Doing About It.

Black plastic items may contain a deadly flame retardant. We’re suing the government to keep it out of our homes.

The U.S. EPA’s flag flies outside the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, D.C. (Aidan Wakely Mulroney / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release December 12, 2024

Coalition Sues EPA Over Weak Regulation of Toxic Flame Retardant Found in Black Plastic Kitchen Utensils

DecaBDE, linked to cancer and harm to children’s brain development, threatens Indigenous and frontline communities due to inadequate EPA regulations

Press Release December 12, 2024

EPA Enfrenta Demanda por Laxa Norma Sobre Peligrosas Sustancias Químicas en Electrodomésticos y Muebles

El decaBDE, grupo de sustancias químicas vinculadas al cáncer y a daños en el desarrollo infantil, sigue siendo una amenaza para comunidades indígenas y de primera línea debido a las inadecuadas regulaciones de la agencia federal

document December 12, 2024

Petition for Review: DecaBDE

Earthjustice, representing the Yurok Tribe, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, the Center for Environmental Transformation, and the Consumer Federation of America, filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenging its 2024 rule on decaBDE, a toxic flame retardant linked to cancer, reproductive issues, and harm to children’s brain development. DecaBDE is also highly toxic to salmon and other wildlife.

Press Release: Victory December 12, 2024

EPA Proposes New Rule to Reduce Cancer-Causing Air Pollution from Chemical Plants

The new rule will reduce deadly ethylene oxide emissions from chemical facilities manufacturing polyether polyols

Trichloroethylene contamination has been found in the drinking water of hundreds of public water systems across the United States. <a href="https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/tce/map/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See EWG's interactive map.</a> (Data: Environmental Working Group’s Tap Water Database / <a href="https://www.ewg.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.ewg.org</a>)
Press Release: Victory December 9, 2024

Historic Victory for Public Health as the EPA Bans Toxic Chemical TCE

The toxic solvent poses an unreasonable risk of life-threatening medical problems like cancer and congenital heart defects

Linda Robles, founder of Environmental Justice Task Force, poses for a portrait in her home in Tucson, Ariz. (Mamta Popat for Earthjustice)
Article December 9, 2024

Her Family Moved to Escape This Deadly Chemical — But It Followed

The Biden administration has finally banned trichloroethylene, a widely-used solvent linked to cancer and Parkinson’s disease. Here’s what it is, and one family’s story after being exposed.

Children often experience greater exposure to chlorpyrifos because they eat more fruit for their weight relative to adults. (Annette Dubois / CC BY-NC 2.0)
Press Release December 2, 2024

EPA Proposes Limited Ban on Chlorpyrifos Pesticide

Proposed rule allows continued use of neurotoxic pesticide on 11 crops, despite links to irreversible harm in children