In November 2016, a group of non-profits and individuals petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976 to end the addition of fluoridation chemicals into drinking water due to fluoride’s neurotoxicity.
The EPA rejected the petition.
Fast-forward to April 2017. The group sued the EPA in federal court.
In...
(Westlaw Today – Reuters) Enviros to EPA: Use novel power to get industry to pay for PFAS research.
Public health and environmental groups in a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court say the Environmental Protection Agency should utilize its untapped power under section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to order a chemical company to subsidize...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 7 million people die every year worldwide due to air pollution. It is a regrettable fact that the majority of the global population does not breathe in air that meets the scientific standard of “clean.” What is even more unfortunate is that the hopeful prospect of government-led clean air reform continues to be so...
The celebrity chef’s kibble claims to be “natural,” but a suit filed in New York claims otherwise.
When a man in New York realized that Nutrish, the natural dog food line made by Rachael Ray, contained glyphosate, a dangerous weed killer, he filed a lawsuit against the company. The plaintiff says that he relied on the Nutrish dog food label information when doing his shopping....
Pesticides have been shown in repeated studies to cause birth defects, cancer and neurological problems. Yet American farmworkers are routinely exposed to dangerous pesticides. As part of their jobs, they are often exposed when they mix up batches of pesticides to spray on crops and then again as they apply the pesticides in the fields.
EPA Strengthens Pesticide RegulationsNew safety...
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