PFAS

The Latest On: PFAS

June 15, 2022 | Press Release

EPA Announces New Health Advisory Levels for Toxic “Forever Chemicals”

Earthjustice applauds announcement, aggressive action still needed for PFAS in drinking water

June 3, 2022 | Press Release: Victory

Gov. Polis signs most comprehensive state law in nation restricting PFAS

New law protects people and the environment by restricting the sale of eight consumer product categories containing dangerously toxic PFAS chemicals

May 6, 2022 | Press Release

Earthjustice Applauds the Announcement of Plans to Reintroduce Legislation to Regulate Discharges of Toxic PFAS into Waterways

The bill would remedy the current absence of Environmental Protection Agency regulations on PFAS discharges into waterways by establishing effluent limitation guidelines for several polluting industries

April 19, 2022 | Press Release

Study Reveals Suncor PFAS Pollution in Surface Water and Municipal Drinking Water Systems

Groups call for CDPHE to issue strongest possible water discharge permit for refinery

April 19, 2022 | Report

Suncor Surface Water PFAS Evaluation

Study reveals Suncor PFAS pollution in surface water and municipal drinking water systems.

April 15, 2022 | Article

What’s Environmental Justice Mean? Look at North Denver

A community movement in Denver puts longtime polluters on notice and wins new protections for residents.

April 11, 2022 | Press Release

Earthjustice Applauds Congressional Leaders Urging EPA to Close Loopholes Concerning Toxic PFAS Chemicals

The way EPA has codified the TRI-listed PFAS into law allows polluting industries certain exemptions to underreport PFAS releases or avoid reporting them entirely

March 10, 2022 | Press Release

Legislators, Scientists, Advocates Outline Steps to Ensure New Yorkers Know What is in Their Water

Urge the Department of Health to set the lowest possible notification levels for 23 PFAS chemicals

March 1, 2022 | Press Release

Earthjustice Statement on President Biden’s State of the Union Address

Earthjustice demands urgent action on climate and environmental justice

January 20, 2022 | Legal Document

PFAS TRI Loopholes

Three national advocacy organizations represented by Earthjustice, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in federal court, to force the agency to close illegal loopholes that let chemical plants and military bases across the United States avoid disclosing their PFAS emissions into the environment during manufacturing or use of these cancer-causing chemicals

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