EDC Policy Updates

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.

Industry groups are pushing hard to kill California’s plastic law. So far, they’ve whiffed.

The agency approved trifludimoxazin for use on crops, including corn, wheat, oats, soybeans, oranges, apples, peanuts, and almonds, earlier this summer.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s retreat from its role guarding clean air and water will have lasting effects on public health, critics fear.

In 2024, the Biden administration enacted wide-ranging regulations to protect communities near petrochemical plants from air pollution. The Trump administration has since granted exemptions to scores of polluting facilities and is working to rewrite the long-awaited rule.

Influential “Make America Healthy Again” activists are channeling their anger over pesticides at Heidi Overton, a top aide the president picked to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors and 17 states sued California, arguing the law is unconstitutional.

A memo reviewed by The Washington Post, circulated by U.S. diplomats, comes as negotiations over a plastics treaty reach a critical point.

A new report warns that widely used PFAS treatments only concentrate the chemicals, not destroy them, as EU and U.S. limits tighten sharply.

When I learned asbestos was only truly restricted in 2024 when new uses were banned under the reformed TSCA, I was speechless, yet grateful there is now a law keeping it out of new building materials.

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency narrows its definition of PFAS and approves new PFAS-containing pesticides, Minnesota is moving in the opposite direction under Amara’s Law, named for a 20-year-old who died of liver cancer linked to 3M’s “forever chemicals.”

The “hazardous substance” designation expands federal power to hold parties accountable for cleaning up releases.

With the federal government politically divided nearly to the point of immobilization in recent years, most environmental health protections that exist take place on the state level, and sometimes on the local level.

NGOs say the agreement was held back by tenuous human health commitments and lobbying from the plastic industry.

The European Union has introduced new rules targeting packaging waste and “forever chemicals.” Although the changes will be phased in slowly, some small sellers have already paused shipments due to the additional red tape.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has so far received 90,000 public comments on its plans as scientific and other groups rally against them.