EDC Policy Updates

The European Union wants to relax rules for pesticides, saying it will be easier for farmers to adopt more environmentally-friendly options. But health and environmental experts say the risks are far too great.

A new movement for human health is giving people from different backgrounds a reason to stand together.

The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly backtracked on a claim that the US has phased out two of the most dangerous PFAS compounds — PFOA and PFOS.

The regulator looks to expand a loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic.

The Trump administration is systematically undercutting the public comment process, stifling public input while skirting federal laws.

Methyl bromide levels near fumigation facilities in Long Beach have spiked 20 times this year, air monitoring data shows. Many residents have no idea of the risks.

A bipartisan bill that would phase out PFAS-containing firefighting foam in Pennsylvania passed the state Senate Monday by a 48-1 vote.

Blocked Middle East oil shipments upended supply chains and prices for fossil fuel-based plastics, offering yet another reason nations must support a global treaty that shifts to sustainable materials, environmental advocates say.

By extending pesticide approvals and keeping hazardous products on the market, Brussels is bending to Big Pharma and causing a food-system and public-health burden for decades to come.

Under the new law, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation must track pesticides containing PFAS in its publicly-accessible database and monitor how these pesticides are used over time.

U.S. officials said this week they are expanding a scientific review of the widely used weed killer glyphosate, a chemical popular in agriculture but also linked for years to cancer and other health problems. But skeptics doubt the sincerity of the move.

With some U.S. states joining global bans on one weedkiller, it’s time to keep the momentum going.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rescinded 2022 guidance that encouraged states to use Clean Water Act permitting tools to monitor and limit PFAS discharges from industrial facilities.

New Mexico’s rule for manufacturers to label consumer products that contain PFAS infringes on commercially-protected speech, a U.S. judge says.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) worked directly with pesticide maker Bayer in approving the controversial herbicide dicamba earlier this year.

A new report examines how cumulative impacts analysis could help states and communities build stronger, more equitable environmental protections.

The chemical, found in dozens of popular sunscreens, can potentially act as an endocrine disruptor.

An ambitious bill to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off California produce lost its teeth after the chemical and agricultural industries spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying against it.

The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help identify the industries dumping harmful PFAS chemicals into wastewater, two former officials say.