EPN Comments on the Draft TSCA Risk Evaluation for Diisononyl Phthalate
The Environmental Protection Network Praises EPA for Cancellation of the Pesticide Dacthal
EPN Comments on EPA’s Interim PFAS Destruction and Disposal Guidance
EPN Comments on EPA’S Proposed Registration of New Active Ingredient, Glycerol Formate, in Ecolab’s Product, “DuoGuard RTU”
Environmental Protection Network Applauds Emergency Suspension of the Pesticide Dacthal
EPN Comments on New Registration Applications for the Pesticide Dicamba
EPN Comments on the Draft Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment for Formaldehyde and Paraformaldehyde
EPN Comments on Asbestos Part 2 Supplemental Evaluation; Draft Risk Evaluation Under TSCA
EPN Comments on EPA’s Draft Risk Evaluation for Formaldehyde
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Chemicals & Pesticides
Cancer-Linked Red Dye to Be Banned From Food, Drugs in US (4)
Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP), was quoted in Bloomberg Law about the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent ban on food coloring Red Dye No. 3.
‘A Trash Can For The US’: Anger in Mexico and Canada Over Toxic Waste Shipments
Barnes Johnson, former Director, EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, was quoted in The Guardian about exporting hazardous waste from the US to Mexico and Canada, posing unknown public health concerns and environmental threats abroad because of differences in environmental regulations.
Health Experts Rally For ‘Call to Arms’ to Protect Children From Toxic Chemicals
Linda Birnbaum, former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP), and Tracey Woodruff, former EPA Senior scientist and policy advisor, contributed to a paper referenced in The Guardian that found links between multiple childhood diseases to synthetic chemicals and provides recommendations to protect children in the future.
The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago.
Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in The New York Times about elevated levels of PFAS found in sewage sludge used as fertilizer across the nation.