Toxics

The Latest On: Toxics

November 18, 2021 | In the News: Courthouse News Service

Environmental groups sue EPA over toxic air pollutants in Gulf states

Deena Tumeh, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “Communities shouldn’t have to sue EPA to compel the agency to do its job, but this, especially the health emergency in St. John, has reached the point where suit is needed to ensure EPA fulfills its duty to protect public health.”

November 18, 2021 | Report

Poisoned Food, Poisoned Brains

Earthjustice is releasing a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind report and data set collating 17 organophosphate human health risk assessments, as well as agricultural pesticide usage data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). This report documents the location and amount of organophosphate usage in the United States and the dangerous health effects associated with exposure. This powerful tool also shows what crops are sprayed, the foods that contain elevated levels of pesticide residues, and links to health risks evaluations and brief regulatory history.

November 18, 2021 | Press Release

Uso de Pesticidas Que Causan Cáncer y Efectos Neurotóxicos Debe Terminar, Grupos Piden a la EPA

Un informe revela exposición a organofosforados vinculados con discapacidad intelectual y otras enfermedades

November 17, 2021 | Press Release

Groups Urge EPA to Ban Nerve Agent Pesticides

Report shows exposure to organophosphates linked to intellectual disabilities and cancer

November 17, 2021 | Legal Document

Organophosphate Petition

Earthjustice filed a petition along with a coalition of 10 health, community, and farmworker groups, filed a petition asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban neurotoxic organophosphate pesticides, which are prevalent in our food and water, and endanger farmworkers and their families. The EPA recently banned all food uses of chlorpyrifos, the most well-known organophosphate pesticide, but only one among a dangerous pesticide group. Chlorpyrifos is just one of over a dozen organophosphates the agency reauthorized for use in agricultural fields, even though they are acutely neurotoxic — meaning that people who are exposed at high doses over a brief period can experience severe neurological symptoms — and are linked to neurodevelopmental harm to fetuses and infants.

November 15, 2021 | Press Release

Michigan Approves Another Polluter in Flint

Asphalt plant will pump more pollution into the air in a community not yet recovered from lead poisoning

November 12, 2021 | In the News: Locus Focus

Environmental Justice for Cully Neighborhood

Radio interview with Ashley Bennett, Attorney, Northwest Regional Office, Earthjustice, on the Owens-Brockway glass recycling plant in Portland

November 9, 2021 | Report

Vestiges of Environmental Racism

Closing California’s Last Two Municipal Waste Incinerators. This report is presented by Earthjustice’s Community Partnerships Program in partnership with East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice and Valley Improvement Projects.