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Over 120 community, environmental, public health, and other organizations from across the United States write to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to reinstate its Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) trichloroethylene (TCE) final rule, currently on hold, and avoid a protracted delay in implementation that will expose countless Americans to TCE’s serious risks of harm, including multiple cancers and Parkinson’s disease.

Lawmakers want to over turn a life-saving ban that phases out the potent carcinogen trichloroethylene (TCE)

Lawmakers are trying to overturn a ban on 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.

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

The Toxic Substances Control Act, or TSCA, can help protect us from harmful chemicals. But first, the government must fully enforce it.

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

Residents are challenging industry’s petrochemicals push into the region, and Earthjustice’s legal strategy has helped them notch an early win.

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

Rule makes history on process but protections from hazardous waste fall short

A large coalition of environmental justice, public health and green organizations in a letter Thursday called on President Obama to fulfill a consent decree by finalizing a proposed rule that would strengthen safeguards governing billions of pounds of hazardous waste that were excluded from regulation in 2008. “The undersigned individuals and organizations … are committed to…

EPA says it will consider impact of Bush rule on low-income communities

Industrial solvent cleaners release tons of carcinogenic air pollution as federal agency continues to allow them a pass

Decree ends legal dispute seeking EPA compliance with federal law