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This site provides information to help communities facilitate full lead service line replacement.

A map that showcases the 2020 mercury emissions from the most polluting coal plants.

The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards reduce mercury, soot, lead, and other toxic pollution from our nation’s coal-fired power plants.

Methylene chloride, a highly toxic chemical used to strip paint for decades, is being phased out for most uses, thanks to a new rule from the EPA.

EDF identified 10 cities in the U.S. with the most lead service lines (LSLs) based on numbers reported in 2021. These cities collectively have over one million LSLs, representing 12% of the 9.2 million EPA estimates are in the country.

The process to make petrochemicals, which are found in everything from plastics to fertilizers to yoga pants, exposes nearby communities to serious health risks, like cancer and respiratory illnesses, says Tonya Calhoun of the Environmental Defense Fund, shown in front of banner on Cancer Alley in Louisiana.

EDF's map offers tools to encourage EPA to do better risk assessments of chemicals. Use this tool to see where facilities are polluting toxic chemicals into our air, water and land and how it’s putting our health at risk, then encourage EPA to take action.

Having a newborn is stressful enough — here are tips to give your baby a healthy start.

EDF co-authored study published in the journal Environmental Health evaluated Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) notices that food manufacturers voluntarily submitted to FDA and found that 1) no GRAS notices followed FDA's draft guidance, and 2) there were high risks of bias and conflicts of interest.

Report prepared for EDF by Marine Taxonomic Services, Ltd. (MTS) seeks to understand the extent to which telecom and power cables running through rivers, streams, and lakes that serve as drinking water sources may have been constructed using lead pipe and which may now pose a public health risk.

DF has identified chemicals in food packaging and food handling equipment where the potential health impacts from their migration into food raises serious concerns.

EDF’s Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) Framework illustrates how EPA can conceptualize and apply comprehensive cumulative risk evaluations in a way that is pragmatic and protective of public health, especially for those at greatest risk.

These steps from EDF – focused on addressing environmental racism in beauty and personal care products – guide companies to develop and implement their chemical policies with equity at the forefront.

Here’s how companies can ensure that everyone - regardless of race - has equal access to safe products.

EDF co-authored a peer-reviewed case study highlighting the environmental justice issues that arise when water utilities require property owners to pay when they replace lead service lines (LSLs) that connect homes to the water main under the street.

Stakeholder presentation for National Academy of Sciences grant to examine and address the vulnerability of petrochemical facilities along Galveston Bay to flood-induced chemical spills and releases.

EDF's Clean Beauty Roadmap for Retailers gives brands the ground rules for executing a responsible and credible clean beauty program, with a focus on ingredient safety.

Boma Brown-West is leading the charge to eliminate toxic chemicals from our food and consumer products. On this episode of EDF's Degrees podcast, we talk with our very own Director of Consumer Health.

BPA exposure is linked to diseases such as cancer and diabetes, but going BPA-free is harder than you might think. EDF explains 3 things you should know.

To evaluate health equity and environmental justice concerns, Environmental Defense Fund and American University’s Center for Environmental Policy analyzed more than 3,400 LSL replacements (LSLRs) conducted in Washington, DC between 2009 and 2018.

PFAS are a class of widely used chemicals that have been found in our food.

Read as EDF works to reduce exposure to lead, arsenic, and cadmium, as these are the heavy metals most commonly found in food.

EDF conducted a unique landscape assessment of the market demand for technologies capable of detecting a person's exposure to harmful chemicals.

Details on the choice experiment designed and conducted by ERG Inc. to estimate consumers’ willingness to pay for personal chemical exposure monitors.

EDF's report, Toxic Consequences, highlights the Trump administration's major threats to the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).