What’s colorless and may cause cancer? The chemical industry doesn’t want you to know the answer is styrene—but Earthjustice is taking them on to reveal the truth.
In 2010, Earthjustice pushed the EPA to ban methyl iodide. Finally, after two years of litigation and intense public pressure, the manufacturer pulled its cancer-causing fumigant off the market.
In March of 2012, the maker of methyl iodide took the chemical off the market, less than a year after Earthjustice sued to protect strawberry field workers from the deadly…
This petition, filed on behalf of a coalition of farmworker, environmental, and public health organizations asks the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rescind the Bush administration era approval of the…
