Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 29, 2024
Other studies suggest that a majority of the US population drinks water containing PFAS chemicals—as many as 200 million people, according to a 2020 peer-reviewed study conducted by the Environmental Working Group. The same suppression and disinformation kept government regulators at bay for decades.
Brag
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
By September 30, 2026 , support Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) pesticide safety training for 20,000 farmworkers annually compared with the FY 2018-2020 annual average baseline of 11,000. Comments are due November 12, 2021.
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Brag
OCTOBER 20, 2021
By September 30, 2026 , support Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) pesticide safety training for 20,000 farmworkers annually compared with the FY 2018-2020 annual average baseline of 11,000. Comments are due November 12, 2021.
Clean Energy Law
JULY 16, 2019
Pursuant to court order, EPA must finalize this regulation by December 2, 2020. EPA also looked at the financial health of the industry, cleanups in the sector, federal and state regulatory requirements governing releases of hazardous substances in the sector, and voluntary practices. EPA’s Interpretation of Its Authority.
Brag
JANUARY 11, 2022
According to EPA’s rule list , the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) is working on the following rulemakings under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On December 10, 2021, the Biden Administration released its Fall 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 19, 2022
Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. They appear to have a sympathetic ear in Justice Alito. During February’s oral arguments in West Virginia v.
Arnold Porter
AUGUST 26, 2021
Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. EPA Added Substances to Safer Chemical Ingredients List. Preliminary 2020 TRI Dataset Shows “Seemingly Limited” Scope for PFAS Reporting.
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