EDC Policy Updates

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rescinded 2022 guidance that encouraged states to use Clean Water Act permitting tools to monitor and limit PFAS discharges from industrial facilities.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

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.