Written by Diane MacEachern

There are hundreds of cities and counties around the world declaring a “climate crisis” or “climate emergency” as a way to mobilize leadership and resources. Learn how to get to your community engaged.

Tom Neltner, J.D., Chemicals Policy Director and Maricel Maffini, Ph.D., Consultant The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Total Diet Study (TDS) is an important source of data for both the agency and the public to estimate exposure, track trends, and set priorities for chemical contaminants in food. EDF analyzed TDS data for samples the agency collected […]

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Tom Neltner, J.D., Chemicals Policy Director and Maricel Maffini, Ph.D., Consultant The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Total Diet Study (TDS) is an important source of data for both the agency and the public to estimate exposure, track trends, and set priorities for chemical contaminants in food. EDF analyzed TDS data for samples the agency collected […]

Pennsylvania Governor Takes Decisive Action on Climate Change

An interview conducted by the The International Business Review, a student-run print publication based at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

An interview conducted by the The International Business Review, a student-run print publication based at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Written by Dominique Browning

Trump's EPA is prioritizing profits over people by gutting a rule that limits methane pollution from oil and gas development. Trump and Wheeler should be held accountable for the crime of putting our children’s health and safety at risk with their radical deregulatory agenda.

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. We’re hearing that EPA has cancelled the next meeting of its Scientific Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC), which was scheduled for October 21-25.  The SACC is conducting peer reviews of EPA’s draft risk evaluations of the first 10 chemicals to undergo safety reviews under the Toxic Substances Control […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. We’re hearing that EPA has cancelled the next meeting of its Scientific Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC), which was scheduled for October 21-25.  The SACC is conducting peer reviews of EPA’s draft risk evaluations of the first 10 chemicals to undergo safety reviews under the Toxic Substances Control […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. We’re hearing that EPA has cancelled the next meeting of its Scientific Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC), which was scheduled for October 21-25.  The SACC is conducting peer reviews of EPA’s draft risk evaluations of the first 10 chemicals to undergo safety reviews under the Toxic Substances Control […]

The post Next TSCA chemical peer reviews and draft risk evaluations to be delayed. You’ll never guess why. first appeared on EDF Health.

Written by Amy Ziff

When her 9-year-old son became ill early in the school year, Trisha Dello Iacono discovered a connection between the rubber-like synthetic flooring in his school's all-purpose room. The chemical in the flooring is phenylmercuric acetate, which releases mercury vapors into the air.

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. We have blogged repeatedly about the ways in which the Trump EPA is compromising workers’ health, either by failing to identify the significant risks they face, or wishing away the risks EPA does identify by erroneously assuming that existing industry practices and OSHA regulations are taking care of […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. We have blogged repeatedly about the ways in which the Trump EPA is compromising workers’ health, either by failing to identify the significant risks they face, or wishing away the risks EPA does identify by erroneously assuming that existing industry practices and OSHA regulations are taking care of […]

The most important Mexican fisheries in terms of volume, value and their importance in generating livelihoods are at risk of serious impacts from climate change unless action is taken, according to new research co-authored by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Mexican experts and published today in the journal PLOS ONE.