Take on Toxics

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December 19, 2019 | Press Release

Trump’s EPA Revoked Chemical Disaster Prevention Rules. Now Groups are Suing.

Communities in chemical danger zones fight back against EPA’s latest attack on public health

December 18, 2019 | In the News: The Intercept

New Chemical Complex Would Displace Suspected Slave Burial Ground in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley”

Corinne Van Dalen, Attorney, Earthjustice: “While the rest of the country is trying to reduce or eliminate ethylene oxide emissions, this state is creating a brand-new toxic problem.”

December 11, 2019 | Press Release

Earthjustice: PFAS Provisions in NDAA “Wholly Inadequate” to Protect People’s Health

National environmental law organization decries shortcomings in bill’s approach to harmful chemicals

December 10, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Gobernador de Nueva York Solicita a la DEC Que Prohiba Uso del Clorpirifós en el Estado

Hoy, el gobernador del estado de Nueva York Andrew Cuomo le ordena al Departamento de Conservación Ambiental que prohíba todos los usos, excepto la aspersión sobre troncos de manzano, en diciembre de 2020 y la prohibición total del pesticida en julio de 2021

December 10, 2019 | Letter

Letter: National Environmental Leaders Urge NY Gov. Cuomo to Ban Chlorpyrifos

National environmental leaders urge NY Gov. Cuomo to ban on brain-damaging and neurotoxin chlorpyrifos.

December 10, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Statement: Gov. Cuomo Directs DEC to Ban the Use of Chlorpyrifos

Today, New York Gov. Cuomo directs the state Department of Environmental Conservation to ban all uses, except spraying apple tree trunks, by December 2020 and a full ban of the brain-damaging pesticide by July 2021

December 9, 2019 | Press Release

Children’s Health and Environmental Advocates Call on Governor Cuomo to Sign Legislation Banning Chlorpyrifos

New York State American Academy of Pediatrics, Learning Disabilities Association of New York, Human Rights Watch, and others urge Governor to take action

December 3, 2019 | In the News: Bloomberg Environment