EDC Policy Updates

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.

A group of over 30 scientists, health professionals, and public health advocates is urging the Senate not to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act, a move they say will put children in harm’s way from toxic chemicals and pollutants.

New EU packaging regulations will take effect this week, that set EU-wide limits on PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in food-contact packaging and set targets to cut waste, especially of oil-derived plastics.

Pesticide manufacturers have voluntarily canceled registrations for products containing paraquat in California — kicking off a statewide phase-out of the controversial herbicide.

One year after negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty collapsed in Geneva, a new document has been released to revive the process.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule making it mandatory for companies to notify the agency about new chemical ingredients they determined are safe for use in food.

Republicans on Thursday voted down a proposed amendment to the Farm Bill that would have protected consumer rights to sue pesticide manufacturers over alleged harm after the U.S. Supreme Court recently narrowed those rights.

Less than three months ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official Jess Kramer outlined a series of promises dubbed “PFAS OUT,” aimed at eliminating a family of toxic compounds from drinking water.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has an alternative definition of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that excludes new herbicides, insecticides and fungicides, and says they pose no threat to human health.

A former EPA chemist recounts agency reluctance to respond to risks seen with pesticides.

Over the past 18 months, the Trump administration has delivered a string of victories to the pesticide industry.