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April 30, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

New York Bans Brain-damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos

Chlorpyrifos, linked to intellectual disabilities in children, will be phased out 2021

April 22, 2019 | Legal Document

Petition for Review: Methylene Chloride Rule

Latino workers, environmental and public health advocates, and the mothers of two young men who died from methylene chloride exposure sued the Trump administration for excluding workers from a rule banning methylene chloride from use in paint strippers.

April 22, 2019 | Press Release

Trump’s EPA Sued For Leaving Workers Exposed To Deadly Chemical In Paint Strippers

Methylene chloride is linked to dozens of workers’ deaths yet it remains on the market

April 19, 2019 | Press Release

Court Orders EPA To Decide Whether To Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide From Food

Ninth Circuit forces agency to stop stalling; chlorpyrifos is linked to neurodevelopmental damage unsafe to farmworkers

April 19, 2019 | Legal Document

Legal Document: Court Orders EPA To Decide Whether To Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide From Food

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals orders the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to decide by mid-July whether to ban chlorpyrifos, the organophosphate pesticide linked to neurodevelopmental damage in children.

April 16, 2019 | Blog Post

Montanans Fight to Keep a Mining Executive from Polluting Again

Tired of dealing with mining messes, state regulators are heeding citizen calls to crack down on serial polluters.

April 15, 2019 | Press Release

Groups Sue Trump’s EPA for Coke Oven Cancer Pollution

Coke oven facilities that produce carcinogens put millions in surrounding communities at risk

April 11, 2019 | Press Release

Trump EPA Targets Washington State Clean Water Standards

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency memo reveals plan to return to weaker standards

April 9, 2019 | In the News: Courthouse News

EPA Carve-Out for Recycling Called Out as Hazardous

Khushi Desai, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office, Earthjustice: “These wastes are toxic and can poison people and the environment. They can even spontaneously combust simply when exposed to the air.”

April 5, 2019 | Press Release

Communities Affected by Oil Refineries Applaud Measure to Regulate Toxic Hydrogen Cyanide Emissions

Rep. Diana DeGette’s bill would finally set standards, require monitoring, and enforce limits on dangerous pollutant

Take on Toxics

New York Bans Brain-damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos

Petition for Review: Methylene Chloride Rule

Trump’s EPA Sued For Leaving Workers Exposed To Deadly Chemical In Paint Strippers

Court Orders EPA To Decide Whether To Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide From Food

Legal Document: Court Orders EPA To Decide Whether To Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide From Food

Montanans Fight to Keep a Mining Executive from Polluting Again

Groups Sue Trump’s EPA for Coke Oven Cancer Pollution

Trump EPA Targets Washington State Clean Water Standards

EPA Carve-Out for Recycling Called Out as Hazardous

Communities Affected by Oil Refineries Applaud Measure to Regulate Toxic Hydrogen Cyanide Emissions

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