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Trading Old Hazards for New Ones? Mystery Shrouds Chemicals That Replaced PFOA
These new chemicals also pose grave threats to human health.
Two States, Two Paths: Border Makes for Sharp Contrasts in Handling of Tainted Water Crisis
Laws governing toxins like PFOA aren't strong enough.
Are Hazardous Vapors Seeping Into Your Home?
The movement of underground contaminants into buildings is attracting increased scrutiny.
Meet the Los Angeles Household Worker Taking on the Toxic Cleaning Industry
A coalition of Latina and Filipina immigrant women is taking on the powerful consumer cleaning product industry.
We Can’t Stop Our Exposure to Toxic Chemicals Until We Rein In the Corporations Releasing Them
The US chemical manufacturing industry is an $800 billion business that has registered over 80,000 chemicals for use in the US.
Transcript From Secret Meeting Illustrates EPA Collusion With the Chemical Industry
The Poison Papers represent a vast trove of rediscovered chemical industry and regulatory agency documents and correspondence stretching back to the 1920s.
States Band Together to Sue EPA After Agency Backtracks on Pesticide Ban
Chlorpyrifos is a neurotoxin used to kill insects, but exposure in human beings has been linked to devastating side effects.
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Monsanto Promises to “Aggressively Challenge” California’s Listing of Weed Killer as Cancer Cause
As California moves forward with glyphosate listing, debate over warning labels, exposure limits continue.
Federal Report Slams ExxonMobil for Safety Gaps in Refinery Explosion, While Activists Say Risks Remain
Since the February 2015 blast, the facility has been beset with other safety problems and small leaks.
One Community’s Fight for Clean Air in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
When a Denka plant was discovered emitting large amounts of chloroprene, a concerned citizens group formed in Louisiana to fight back.