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June 1, 2017 | Article

FDA Allows Secret, Untested Chemicals into Our Food

Earthjustice has filed a lawsuit challenging a rule that allows thousands of novel, untested chemicals to be used as food additives without FDA review.

April 25, 2017 | Press Release

What’s In Your Cleaning Product? Answers Are On The Way

New reporting requirements for cleaning product makers will inform public about ingredients, potential hazards

March 28, 2017 | Crónica

Lo Que Debes Saber Del Clorpirifós

El pesticida tóxico que daña a nuestras familias y al medio ambiente

February 3, 2017 | In the News: The New York Times

Op-Ed: Protect Our Children’s Brains

By Sharon Lerner

October 24, 2016 | Article

Seven Ways This New Chemical Law Will Make You Safer

Updates to the chemical safety law known as TSCA will help to better protect Americans from toxic chemicals.

October 17, 2016 | Article

A Sinking Feeling about Florida’s Phosphate Mines

A series of environmental disasters has beset Florida’s phosphate mining industry, including the recent opening of a massive sinkhole 40 miles east of Tampa.

October 7, 2016 | Article

Protecting Farmworkers from a Poisonous Legacy

A petition to ban chlorpyrifos, a toxic pesticide, paves the way for even greater farmworker protections.

October 3, 2016 | Article

Americans Speak Out Against Toxic Phthalates in Food

The FDA received an outpouring of comments from the public voicing concern about phthalates, harmful chemicals used in food packaging and processing equipment.

September 20, 2016 | Article

Justice for Maryland—but What About Puerto Rico?

In Maryland and Puerto Rico, activists have taken to the streets in an effort to keep polluting trash incinerators at bay.

September 15, 2016 | Artículo

Good Seed, Bad Seed

As huge corporations patent and genetically alter seeds across the globe, independent seed companies are sowing a different future for our food system. (Spanish language version available.)

Take on Toxics

FDA Allows Secret, Untested Chemicals into Our Food

What’s In Your Cleaning Product? Answers Are On The Way

Lo Que Debes Saber Del Clorpirifós

Op-Ed: Protect Our Children’s Brains

Seven Ways This New Chemical Law Will Make You Safer

A Sinking Feeling about Florida’s Phosphate Mines

Protecting Farmworkers from a Poisonous Legacy

Americans Speak Out Against Toxic Phthalates in Food

Justice for Maryland—but What About Puerto Rico?

Good Seed, Bad Seed

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