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100+ organizations to REI: Lead the outdoor industry away from PFAS

Today a group of more than 100 local, state, and national organizations sent a letter to REI’s CEO Eric Artz calling on the company to lead the outdoor apparel industry in a bold transition away from the entire class of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals.”

Filed Under: Mind the Store Tagged With: Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Clean and Healthy New York, Clean Water Action, earthjustice, Green America, greenpeace, League of Conservation Voters, Learning Disabilities Association of America, Mind the Store Campaign, NRDC, Safer States, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, US PIRG, vermont public interest research group, North Carolina Conservation Network, Toxic-Free Future, PFAS, Defend Our Health, REI, outdoor apparel, Eric Artz, Consumer Reports, Friends of the Earth, ParentsTogether, Earth Ministry, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, RE Sources, Washington Environmental Council, Washington Conservation Voters, WashPIRG, Clean Cape Fear, Concerned Citizens of WMEL Water Authority, Merrimack Citizens for Clean Water, Breast Cancer Action

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Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and allies sue Trump EPA over new toxics rules

WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families filed petitions asking a federal court to review two rules recently finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement the 2016 Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act. The petitions challenge final rules on how EPA will prioritize chemicals for safety review and evaluate the risks of those chemicals. 

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Andy Igrejas, Frank R Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, linda reinstein, vermont public interest research group, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act, Paul Burns, Trump administration

Toxic Chemical DecaBDE: EPA Says Phase It Out, Environmental Health Advocates Applaud and Ask for More Protection

EPA to phase out toxic chemical decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), a brominated flame retardant that has been in the crosshairs of a coalition of states, scientists and public health professionals for nearly a decade

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: American Sustainable Business Council, CDC, EPA, flame retardant, hazardous chemicals, Mark Mitchell, PBDE, safer chemicals, Science and Environmental Health Network, Ted Schettler, toxic chemicals, toxics, TSCA, TSCA reform, Environmental Health Fund, connecticut coalition for environmental justice, david levine, DecaBDE, brominated flame retardant, charity carbine, vermont public interest research group, george lundgren, arlene blum, green science policy institute, DBDPE, kathy curtis

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