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Federal appeals court rejects Trump administration’s last-minute approval of toxic pesticide banned in more than 100 countries
EWG applauds bills to set deadlines, provide resources for cleanup of ‘forever chemicals’ at military facilities
EWG applauds bill to limit PFAS discharges into water
California Assembly approves bill to sharply reduce lead leaching from water faucets and fixtures
Biden EPA reverses Trump ‘secret science’ rule
Minnesota appeals court ignores threat to Pineland Sands communities’ water and health
EPA creates new PFAS council, narrows exemption for new PFAS
Medical monitoring bill will provide justice for victims of ‘forever chemicals’
EWG applauds introduction of Superfund ‘polluter pays’ bill
Wisconsin’s Big Ag lobby threatens clean water rule
Landmark bipartisan PFAS Action Act introduced in Congress
EWG applauds ‘forever chemicals’ provisions in Biden budget
Calif. bill would ban ‘forever chemicals’ in products for children
Calif. bill to sharply reduce lead leaching from faucets and fixtures passes key committee
California To List Notorious ‘Forever Chemical’ as a Cause of Cancer in People
The top state scientific agency charged with protecting Californians from toxic chemicals has proposed adding the “forever chemical” PFOA to the list of substances known to the state to cause cancer...
Actor and Advocate Mark Ruffalo Applauds House Bills To Increase Infrastructure Funding for ‘Forever Chemicals’
Actor and environmental advocate Mark Ruffalo applauded the introduction of sweeping infrastructure legislation introduced by key House committees that would provide $3.5 billion over the next five...
EPA Takes First Step To Address Industrial Pollution From ‘Forever Chemicals’
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to propose a new rule, asking chemical companies to provide information on the production and discharge of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, which...
Groups Urge Immediate Action by EPA To Improve PFAS Disposal Guidance for Communities
The Environmental Protection Agency must take a series of steps to protect public health and the environment from the toxic fluorinated “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from being incinerated or...
For Years, Solvay Kept Tests Secret Showing Health Hazards of ‘Forever Chemical’
Solvay Specialty Chemicals failed for up to eight years to report animal and human tests showing the health hazards of one or more of the fluorinated “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, the...
EPA Starts Long Process to Set Legal Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Tap Water – But Action Needed Now
Today the Environmental Protection Agency took two long-overdue preliminary actions toward regulating the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in Americans' tap water, committing to set legal...