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Tosh Sagar, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program: “These are basic statutory requirements that EPA has been flip-flopping on for a while, it’s causing real harms. It means that protections are not being put in place. It’s this court’s job to say what the law is, to clarify the rules of the road.”

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.

Groups send letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin

Earthjustice will use the power of the law to defend the right to a healthy environment.

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

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.

Republicans take power with an agenda that will benefit polluters big time at the expense of communities and weakened protections for air and water.

We are prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office.

The policy playbook from the Heritage Foundation would strip away our rights to clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet.

El manual de políticas de la Fundación Heritage nos quitaría derechos a un aire y agua limpios, además de un planeta saludable.

New report calls on EPA to conduct comprehensive chemical review

The federal agency will start a rulemaking process to address toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in more than 100 million fluorinated plastic containers

The petition asks EPA to regulate PFAS created that leach from more than 100 million fluorinated plastic containers into household products and the environment.

The petition asks EPA to regulate PFAS created that leach from more than 100 million fluorinated plastic containers into household products and the environment

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.

Eve Gartner, Director, Toxic Exposure & Health Program: “We assume that somebody’s verifying the safety [of these chemicals], and that’s really not true. Very few toxic substances have been tested and even chemicals that we know are dangerous are not banned in this country.”

6PPD interacts with ozone to create the highly toxic 6PPD-q