Safer Chemicals, Healthy FamiliesA national effort to protect families from toxic chemicals.
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Policy & Regulation
Our coalition is working to repair our broken chemical policy system to protect against toxic chemical exposures.
Three moms on a mission to ban the chemical that killed their sons
We have spent the past few days with three courageous moms, who have taken the unimaginable grief of losing their sons and turned it into tenacious advocacy. They’re working to get the deadly chemical their sons were all exposed to off store shelves and out of workplaces.
Health Advocates Kick Off Week of Action Urging Lowe’s and EPA to Ban Toxic Paint Strippers
Nationwide actions urge ban on toxic methylene chloride after four consumers died since EPA proposed restrictions.
Congress to Scott Pruitt: What do you have to say to these families?
Representative Pallone and Representative Lowey stand up for victims of deadly paint strippers.
Let’s say it again: Dangerous paint strippers don’t belong on store shelves
Methylene chloride has killed more than 50 people across the country but so far E.P.A. and home improvement retailers have failed to act.
Washington becomes first state to ban non-stick chemicals in food packaging
Congratulations are in order for Toxic-Free Future, Washington Rep. Joan McBride and other partners in Washington! Today Governor Jay Inslee signed the Healthy Food Packaging Act, which bans toxic non-stick PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) chemicals in paper food packaging.
State legislatures tackle toxic chemicals as Pruitt EPA falters
State legislatures across the country are stepping up to protect public health from harmful chemicals in an effort to fill gaps in chemical protections due to inaction by the US EPA, according to an analysis of state policies by Safer States. The analysis found that at least 23 states will consider 112 policies to limit exposures to toxic chemicals, including bans on nonstick PFAS chemicals and toxic flame retardants.
Toxic golf balls? Sporting good illustrates need for prompt action by EPA to address persistent chemical threats
Advocates uncover likely use of toxic, environmentally harmful chemical in golf balls; call on EPA to follow Congressional directive to promptly address chemicals that build up in people and the environment
EPA ordered to act on lead to protect children’s health
Last week, thanks to our coalition partners WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Sierra Club, and Earthjustice, and others, a federal court ordered the U.S. EPA to update standards for lead in paint and dust to protect children’s health. The agency must propose the revised standards in 90 days, and finalize them a year after that, despite EPA’s arguments for a further delay.
E.P.A.’s “interesting” holiday gift: delaying bans on hazardous chemicals
This week the news broke that EPA had moved rules to ban certain uses of three dangerous chemicals from the “pending” column into the “long-term action” column in its regulatory agenda.
Industry addiction to “toxic vaping” tough to break without final EPA action
New survey reveals few industry leaders, many laggards on TCE phase-out
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