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EPA paint stripper rule will leave workers’ lives at risk
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule on methylene chloride in paint strippers. The Trump administration’s final rule will ban consumer uses and sales of these...
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EPA is shirking its responsibility to require chemical safety testing
What we don’t know about chemicals CAN hurt us. The post EPA is shirking its responsibility to require chemical safety testing appeared first on Toxic-Free Future.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issues asbestos rule
Today the U.S. EPA issued a final rule on asbestos that adds four categories of products to a Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) proposed in June 2018. The post U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
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Asbestos: The latest chapter in the long struggle to protect Americans
Asbestos takes the lives of 40,000 Americans each year. There are no known safe levels of exposure to this deadly substance. While many Americans may assume that our government has already taken...
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The first 3 things Biden’s EPA must do to protect Americans from toxic chemicals
It was encouraging to see that one of President Biden’s first executive orders directed EPA to review a number of TSCA-related actions by the Trump EPA. While the Biden administration has much to do...
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EPA’s action on asbestos is a good step forward but there’s more work to do
At one of his last public events, the founding director of Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Andy Igrejas accepted the 2017 Tribute of Inspiration award from Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization...
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What EPA must do now that 3M announced it will no longer make PFAS “forever...
We urge EPA to prevent continued PFAS pollution by stopping other companies from initiating or increasing production of the PFAS that 3M is promising to no longer manufacture. The post What EPA must...
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At long last, EPA proposes a ban on most uses of methylene chloride
EPA’s announcement last week that it will ban most uses of methylene chloride gives us hope that no one else will die because of this deadly chemical. The post At long last, EPA proposes a ban on...
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U.S. EPA proposes rule to ban dangerous trichloroethylene
EPA announced a proposed ban on the manufacture, processing, and use of trichloroethylene (TCE), a toxic chemical that has been widely detected in drinking water and is used in stain removers,...
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EPA begins process to prioritize vinyl chloride for TSCA risk evaluation,...
Cancer-causing vinyl chloride is a key ingredient in production of PVC plastic, used in building materials and packaging Public health groups call on EPA to ban vinyl chloride UPDATED: December 17,...
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